Win: Rafer Nicholas (7-3) Loss: Eizo Matsumoto (7-3)
Save: Al Batiste (16)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Rafer Nicholas pitching. Bill Cox strikes out. Hub Sain singles to right field. Daijiro Brando singles past the third baseman. Hub Sain advances to third on the hit. Joey Hernandez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Eizo Matsumoto pitching. John Powers walks. Terry Ball flies out to the left fielder. Passed ball. John Powers advances to second. Bob Elliott grounds out to the second baseman. John Powers advances to third on the play. John Humphreys flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Charlie Benz grounds out to the pitcher. Toshiya Ueda reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jay Jones. Shigeyoshi Miyamoto singles to right field. Toshiya Ueda is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Bruce Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Walton Wayde singles to center field. Rusney Pupo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walton Wayde advances to second on the play. Jay Jones doubles to right field. Walton Wayde scores. Jake Lonnett walks. 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. John Powers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Baltimore Eizo Matsumoto strikes out. Bill Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Hub Sain grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Terry Ball doubles past the center fielder. Bob Elliott singles to center field. Terry Ball is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. John Humphreys flies out to the left fielder. Walton Wayde flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Daijiro Brando grounds out to the shortstop. Joey Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Benz singles to center field. Toshiya Ueda grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Charlie Benz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Rusney Pupo grounds out to the shortstop. Jay Jones strikes out. Jake Lonnett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Shigeyoshi Miyamoto singles to left field. Bruce Davis grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Eizo Matsumoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Rafer Nicholas grounds out to the second baseman. John Powers reached on a fielding error by Daijiro Brando. Terry Ball strikes out. Bob Elliott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Bill Cox flies out to the right fielder. Hub Sain singles to right field. Hub Sain steals second. Daijiro Brando flies out to the right fielder. Joey Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas John Humphreys grounds out to the catcher. Walton Wayde flies out to the center fielder. Rusney Pupo doubles to center field. Jay Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Charlie Benz singles to right field. Toshiya Ueda flies out to the right fielder. Steve Madlock is pinch hitting for Shigeyoshi Miyamoto. Steve Madlock singles to center field. Charlie Benz advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Bruce Davis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Fred Wright enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Madlock at CF. Steve Hammaker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jake Lonnett grounds out to the shortstop. Rafer Nicholas flies out to the center fielder. John Powers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Turner Dalesandro is pinch hitting for Steve Hammaker. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Turner Dalesandro grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bill Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Hub Sain strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Sheldon Nied pitching. Terry Ball grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Elliott grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Humphreys reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bill Cox. Walton Wayde flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Al Batiste comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Daijiro Brando pops out to the shortstop. Joey Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Benz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners left on base: 5 Texas total runners left on base: 7
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lance Cardwell improves in range Ernie Bishop improves in control John Mellor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Mellor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Keith Miller did not respond to coaching in control Bill Fields did not respond to coaching in velocity Lance Cardwell did not respond to coaching in LF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Frazier did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Red Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Billy McGraw did not respond to coaching in control Wayne Zaun improves in contact_vs_lefty Art Nevers improves in arm Jim Marquez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tony Scott improves in 1B