Inning: 1 Texas Roy Pena pitching. Pete Coffman grounds out to the pitcher. Ben Werhas strikes out. Fizz Feldman singles to center field. Johnny Gerner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Akira Yojo pitching. Tom Ballenger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yoshinari Ono reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Strauss. Don Bowman strikes out. Joe Meridith hits a home run. Yoshinari Ono scores. Jim Hershberger lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Frank Strauss strikes out. Billy Lovitto walks. Rob Brock strikes out. John Kingsale grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Billy Lovitto is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Arturo Ramirez singles to center field. Doug Kearns singles to center field. Heinie Davey strikes out. Roy Pena lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Akira Yojo strikes out. Pete Coffman walks. Ben Werhas walks. Fizz Feldman strikes out. Johnny Gerner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Tom Ballenger hits an infield single to the second baseman. Yoshinari Ono flies out to the left fielder. Don Bowman lines out to the first baseman. Joe Meridith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Frank Strauss grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Lovitto strikes out. Rob Brock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Jim Hershberger strikes out. Arturo Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Doug Kearns singles past the first baseman. Doug Kearns steals second. Heinie Davey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas John Kingsale pops out to the pitcher. Akira Yojo singles to center field. Pete Coffman singles to right field. Akira Yojo advances to third on the hit. Ben Werhas strikes out. Fizz Feldman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Roy Pena grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Ballenger flies out to the center fielder. Yoshinari Ono singles to left field. Don Bowman doubles to center field. Joe Meridith grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Johnny Gerner grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Strauss grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Lovitto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Jim Hershberger singles to left field. Arturo Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Doug Kearns flies out to the center fielder. Heinie Davey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Rob Brock grounds out to the second baseman. John Kingsale triples. Tink Clark 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 2nd. John Steinbach is pinch hitting for Akira Yojo. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Steinbach walks. Pete Coffman strikes out. Ben Werhas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Masahiro Hino pitching. Rangel Olivera is pinch hitting for Tink Clark. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rangel Olivera grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Ballenger grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshinari Ono triples. Don Bowman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Ryosuke Inui pitching. Fizz Feldman grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Gerner flies out to the left fielder. Frank Strauss walks. Billy Lovitto singles to center field. Frank Strauss advances to third on the hit. Rob Brock hits a home run. Frank Strauss scores. Billy Lovitto scores. Tony Shelton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Kingsale strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Joe Meridith grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Hershberger walks. Jim Hershberger steals second. Arturo Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Doug Kearns grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Doug Connor is pinch hitting for Masahiro Hino. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doug Connor walks. Pete Coffman walks. Ben Werhas walks. Fizz Feldman grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Connor scores. Pete Coffman advances to third on the play. Ben Werhas advances to second on the play. Johnny Gerner strikes out. Kerby Derry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Strauss walks. Billy Lovitto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Washington Speed Irvine pitching. Heinie Davey walks. Dian Guillen is pinch hitting for Kerby Derry. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dian Guillen grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Heinie Davey advances to second on the play. Tom Ballenger strikes out. Yoshinari Ono walks. Don Bowman walks. Joe Meridith strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Texas total runners LOB: 11 Washington total runners LOB: 11
Game Notes Frank Strauss is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doyle Stanton did not respond to coaching in control Noah Lott did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Greg Wieghaus did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Clay Cohen improves in contact_vs_righty Doyle Stanton did not respond to coaching in control Ruben Merchant did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ramon Gamble improves in contact_vs_righty Suds Erickson did not respond to coaching in control Dan Lawrence did not respond to coaching in control Mike Vaughn did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Vaughn did not respond to coaching in control Jot Roig did not respond to coaching in control