Win: Tim Foster (2-2) Loss: Johnny Ray (10-15)
Save: Al Batiste (28)
Inning: 1 Texas Johnny Ray pitching. Terry Ball walks. John Powers walks. Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Toby Carter strikes out. Jim Marquez singles to right field. Terry Ball scores. John Powers advances to third on the hit. Deron Stockwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Tim Foster pitching. Bob Gagne flies out to the center fielder. Skel Forsch strikes out. Marv Almanza grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Tony Scott walks. Whitey Kramer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tim Foster grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Tyson Lancellotti doubles to center field. Ken Reinbach strikes out. Tom Wood lines out to the second baseman. Marvin Files lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Terry Ball flies out to the left fielder. John Powers strikes out. Chuck Ardoin singles to left field. Toby Carter grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chuck Ardoin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jesse Baez singles past the shortstop. Johnny Ray lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Gagne singles to left field. Jesse Baez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Skel Forsch singles to left field. Marv Almanza doubles to right field. Bob Gagne scores. Tyson Lancellotti strikes out. Ken Reinbach grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Jim Marquez singles to center field. Deron Stockwell triples. Jim Marquez scores. Tony Scott singles to center field. Deron Stockwell scores. Whitey Kramer grounds out to the pitcher. Tony Scott advances to second on the play. Tim Foster strikes out. Terry Ball walks. John Powers singles to right field. Tony Scott scores. Terry Ball advances to third on the hit. Chuck Ardoin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tom Wood singles to center field. Marvin Files flies out to the left fielder. Jesse Baez strikes out. Johnny Ray singles to center field. Tom Wood advances to third on the hit. Bob Gagne strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Toby Carter doubles to right field. Jim Marquez grounds out to the shortstop. Deron Stockwell strikes out. Tony Scott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Skel Forsch singles to left field. Marv Almanza grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Skel Forsch advances to second on the play. Tyson Lancellotti grounds out to the second baseman. Skel Forsch advances to third on the play. Ken Reinbach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Whitey Kramer grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Foster grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Ball strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tom Wood singles to right field. Marvin Files grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Jesse Baez singles to center field. Johnny Ray grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jesse Baez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas John Powers flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Ardoin triples. Toby Carter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck Ardoin scores. Jim Marquez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bob Gagne strikes out. Skel Forsch flies out to the center fielder. Marv Almanza flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ted Downing comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Deron Stockwell grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Tony Scott singles to center field. Whitey Kramer singles to center field. Tony Scott advances to third on the hit. Whitey Kramer steals second. Tim Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Scott scores. Whitey Kramer advances to third on the play. Terry Ball grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tyson Lancellotti grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Reinbach walks. Tom Wood singles to right field. Marvin Files grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Reinbach advances to third on the play. Tom Wood advances to second on the play. Jesse Baez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas John Powers grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Ardoin flies out to the right fielder. Toby Carter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Purnal Andrews is pinch hitting for Ted Downing. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Purnal Andrews grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Gagne walks. Skel Forsch flies out to the left fielder. Marv Almanza hits a home run. Bob Gagne scores. Al Batiste comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tyson Lancellotti flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Tyson Lancellotti is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Noah Carter did not respond to coaching in control Gregory Pollux did not respond to coaching in velocity Erik Newel did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Gandolph improves in velocity Hamilton Iganez did not respond to coaching in control Art Davison did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Steve Whaley improves in CF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Hadley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Monty Daniel did not respond to coaching in velocity Ellis Citarella did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Pavano improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Storie improves in speed Steve Collins did not respond to coaching in velocity