Win: Charlie Little (12-10) Loss: Estel Combs (15-9)
Save: Vance Cooper (14)
Inning: 1 Texas Estel Combs pitching. Freddy Queen doubles to left field. Shannon Koufax grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Freddy Queen advances to third on the play. Hal Offerman strikes out. Barry Pruitt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Charlie Little pitching. Charlie Wagner flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Myer walks. German Witt strikes out. Joe Millette grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jimmy Myer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Ike Thomas pops out to the third baseman. Jeff Dumovich hits a home run. Wes Kraus singles to left field. George McGah walks. Charlie Little lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Freddy Queen singles to left field. Wes Kraus scores. Shannon Koufax grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bobby Foreman flies out to the right fielder. Rick Kosco reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ike Thomas. Frank Holden hits an infield single to the second baseman. Jack Wickersham flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Rick Kosco scores. Estel Combs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Hal Offerman flies out to the center fielder. Barry Pruitt pops out to the first baseman. Ike Thomas pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Charlie Wagner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Myer hits a home run. German Witt flies out to the left fielder. Joe Millette grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Jeff Dumovich grounds out to the second baseman. Wes Kraus strikes out. George McGah grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bobby Foreman grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Kosco strikes out. Frank Holden lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Charlie Little pops out to the second baseman. Freddy Queen grounds out to the third baseman. Shannon Koufax strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jack Wickersham grounds out to the second baseman. Estel Combs strikes out. Charlie Wagner lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Hal Offerman flies out to the center fielder. Barry Pruitt singles to center field. Ike Thomas strikes out. Jeff Dumovich grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jimmy Myer flies out to the left fielder. German Witt singles to left field. Joe Millette flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Foreman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Wes Kraus flies out to the right fielder. George McGah hits a home run. Charlie Little strikes out. Freddy Queen singles to center field. Shannon Koufax flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Rick Kosco singles to center field. Frank Holden strikes out. Jack Wickersham grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rick Kosco is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jeff Coulson is pinch hitting for Estel Combs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jeff Coulson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Jimmy Daughters pitching. Hal Offerman pops out to the catcher. Barry Pruitt strikes out. Ike Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gene Coomer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shannon Koufax at RF. Bo Williams enters the game as a defensive replacement for George McGah at 1B. Vance Cooper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Charlie Wagner singles to left field. Charlie Wagner steals second. Jimmy Myer strikes out. German Witt grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Wagner advances to third on the play. Joe Millette flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Jeff Dumovich singles to center field. Wes Kraus grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Dumovich advances to second on the play. Bo Williams walks. Vance Cooper lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Freddy Queen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bobby Foreman singles to right field. Rick Kosco grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bobby Foreman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Holden grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jarrod McAleer did not respond to coaching in control Tom Daubert improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Donnelly did not respond to coaching in control Wilfredo Sleater did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Shoji Minamide improves in velocity Shoji Minamide improves in velocity Dave McIlwain did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Mahaffey improves in contact_vs_righty Leo Wise did not respond to coaching in C