Inning: 1 Texas Nigel Kern pitching. Howie Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Smith singles to right field. Don Mohler pops out to the third baseman. Paul Smith steals second. George McFadden flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Nat Cole pitching. Heinie Mack walks. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Heinie Mack steals second. Kojiro Muto singles to center field. Heinie Mack scores. Hugh Alexander singles to right field. Dennis Peters flies out to the right fielder. Kojiro Muto gets picked off second (1-4). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Diego Casanova singles past the third baseman. Freddy Ortiz strikes out. Rusty McNertney flies out to the right fielder. Harry Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Alex Daily grounds out to the shortstop. Drew Villone walks. Drew Villone steals second. Roger Kelb singles to center field. Drew Villone scores. Nigel Kern lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Heinie Mack doubles to center field. Roger Kelb scores. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Nat Cole flies out to the center fielder. Howie Brown singles to right field. Paul Smith strikes out. Don Mohler walks. George McFadden walks. Diego Casanova strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Kojiro Muto strikes out. Hugh Alexander grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Peters singles to left field. Alex Daily grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dennis Peters is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Freddy Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Rusty McNertney grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Drew Villone grounds out to the third baseman. Roger Kelb strikes out. Nigel Kern grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Nat Cole singles to right field. Howie Brown grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Nat Cole is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Paul Smith singles to center field. Howie Brown advances to third on the hit. Don Mohler grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Smith advances to second on the play. George McFadden doubles to left field. Howie Brown scores. Paul Smith scores. Diego Casanova singles to right field. George McFadden scores. Freddy Ortiz doubles to left field. Diego Casanova uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rusty McNertney pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Kojiro Muto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Harry Smith walks. Buddy Garrett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nat Cole lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Howie Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Hugh Alexander walks. Hugh Alexander steals second. Hugh Alexander is out trying to steal third. Dennis Peters strikes out. Alex Daily flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Don Mohler flies out to the right fielder. David Ahearne is pinch hitting for George McFadden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. David Ahearne walks. Charlie Cox is pinch hitting for Diego Casanova. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Cox flies out to the center fielder. David Ahearne steals second. Freddy Ortiz singles to left field. David Ahearne scores. Rusty McNertney grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Freddy Ortiz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Drew Villone strikes out. Roger Kelb singles to left field. George Hitt is pinch hitting for Buddy Garrett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Hitt flies out to the left fielder. Heinie Mack grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Roger Kelb is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Cotton Corcoran pitching. Bill Thompson is pinch hitting for Harry Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Thompson hits a home run. Nat Cole grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mickey Miggins is pinch hitting for Howie Brown. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mickey Miggins walks. Paul Smith doubles to center field. Mickey Miggins uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Blattner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Don Mohler singles to right field. Paul Smith scores. David Ahearne flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Cox pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz triples. Kojiro Muto strikes out. Hugh Alexander singles past the shortstop. Bobby Ortiz scores. Dennis Peters lines out to the third baseman. Tony Candaele comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Alex Daily reached on a fielding error by Don Mohler. Drew Villone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Freddy Ortiz singles to left field. Rusty McNertney singles to right field. Bill Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Tony Candaele lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mickey Miggins singles to center field. Freddy Ortiz scores. Rusty McNertney scores. Carlos Yochim comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Smith singles to center field. Mickey Miggins advances to third on the hit. Paul Smith steals second. Don Mohler walks. David Ahearne grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Roger Kelb grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack Hock is pinch hitting for Carlos Yochim. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Hock flies out to the center fielder. Heinie Mack flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 12 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Paul Smith (10), George McFadden (11), Freddy Ortiz (10).HR - Bill Thompson (11). Baserunning: SB - Paul Smith 2 (6), David Ahearne (28). Fielding: E - Don Mohler.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Maurice Barrett did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Kernek improves in control Bucky Mitchell did not respond to coaching in control Gat Davis did not respond to coaching in control Gary Lewis did not respond to coaching in CF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bob Fabregas improves in arm Chico Felton improves in power_vs_righty Scott Hunt did not respond to coaching in control Alex Harts improves in contact_vs_lefty