Win: Rafer Nicholas (7-5) Loss: Henry Adams (3-4)
Save: Pete McCabe (11)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Rafer Nicholas pitching. Bill Cox strikes out. Fred Wright strikes out. Roger Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Henry Adams pitching. Jayson Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Walton Wayde pops out to the third baseman. Eiichi Okamoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Daijiro Brando grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Orme reached on a fielding error by Terry Ball. Sam Orme steals second. Sammy Berardino grounds out to the shortstop. Joey Hernandez singles to right field. Sam Orme scores. Augie Feldman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas John Humphreys strikes out. Terry Ball grounds out to the shortstop. Rusney Pupo walks. Derek Theiss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Henry Adams flies out to the right fielder. Bill Cox grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Wright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Jake Lonnett singles to center field. Rafer Nicholas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jayson Miller singles to left field. Jake Lonnett scores. Jayson Miller steals second. Walton Wayde triples. Jayson Miller scores. Eiichi Okamoto walks. Eiichi Okamoto is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Humphreys walks. Terry Ball singles to right field. Walton Wayde scores. John Humphreys advances to third on the hit. Rusney Pupo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Baltimore Roger Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Daijiro Brando walks. Sam Orme grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Daijiro Brando advances to second on the play. Sammy Berardino grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Derek Theiss strikes out. Jake Lonnett singles to right field. Rafer Nicholas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jayson Miller doubles to center field. Jake Lonnett scores. Walton Wayde flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Joey Hernandez strikes out. Augie Feldman strikes out. Henry Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Eiichi Okamoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Humphreys lines out to the second baseman. Terry Ball grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Bill Cox strikes out. Fred Wright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roger Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Bert Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rusney Pupo strikes out. Derek Theiss flies out to the center fielder. Jake Lonnett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Daijiro Brando walks. Sam Orme flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Garvin Cox is pinch hitting for Sammy Berardino. Garvin Cox grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Daijiro Brando is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joey Hernandez singles to left field. Toshiyuki Matsuda is pinch hitting for Augie Feldman. Toshiyuki Matsuda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Bruce Davis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Garvin Cox at C. Cliff Roy enters the game as a defensive replacement for Toshiyuki Matsuda at 2B. Rafer Nicholas singles to right field. Jayson Miller flies out to the left fielder. Walton Wayde grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rafer Nicholas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Eiichi Okamoto pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Bert Adams grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Cox flies out to the right fielder. Fred Wright singles to center field. Pete McCabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Fred Wright steals second. Roger Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas John Humphreys lines out to the first baseman. Terry Ball strikes out. Rusney Pupo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Daijiro Brando walks. Sam Orme pops out to the third baseman. Bruce Davis singles to right field. Daijiro Brando advances to third on the hit. Turner Dalesandro is pinch hitting for Joey Hernandez. Turner Dalesandro grounds out to the pitcher. Bruce Davis advances to second on the play. Cliff Roy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Baltimore total runners left on base: 7 Texas total runners left on base: 5
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Steve Hammaker did not respond to coaching in control John Walker did not respond to coaching in velocity Lee Brusstar improves in velocity Bill James did not respond to coaching in endurance Mike Bailey did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Dopson improves in arm Steve Dopson did not respond to coaching in LF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe White did not respond to coaching in velocity Chuck Ardoin improves in range Ray Conway did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ray Conway did not respond to coaching in speed Art Nevers did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Marquez improves in contact_vs_righty Art Nevers improves in 1B