Win: Ramon Menhart (2-4) Loss: Gary Porter (1-5)
Save: Bill Singer (1)
Inning: 1 Texas Gary Porter pitching. Gene Clines walks. Jeff Burroughs flies out to the left fielder. Gene Clines steals second. George Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Clines advances to third on the play. Juan Beniquez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bert Blyleven pitching. Larry Thompson hits a home run. Bob Encarnacion singles to center field. Harry Brown flies out to the right fielder. Clyde Meador grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Encarnacion advances to second on the play. Rollie Angley walks. Al Granger doubles to center field. Bob Encarnacion scores. Rollie Angley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Palmer Pena singles to center field. Al Granger scores. Ryne Hawkes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Mike Hargrove walks. Jim Sundberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Hargrove advances to second on the play. Takeshi Kamiguchi singles to right field. Mike Hargrove is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Roy Howell doubles to center field. Takeshi Kamiguchi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bert Blyleven singles to center field. Roy Howell scores. Gene Clines walks. Jeff Burroughs walks. George Miller grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Bert Blyleven is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Gary Porter grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Juan Beniquez flies out to the left fielder. Mike Hargrove strikes out. Jim Sundberg hits a home run. Takeshi Kamiguchi grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Harry Brown flies out to the center fielder. Clyde Meador grounds out to the shortstop. Rollie Angley hits an infield single to the pitcher. Al Granger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Roy Howell grounds out to the second baseman. Bert Blyleven flies out to the right fielder. Gene Clines flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Palmer Pena flies out to the left fielder. Ryne Hawkes grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Porter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Jeff Burroughs grounds out to the shortstop. George Miller flies out to the left fielder. Juan Beniquez doubles to center field. Mike Hargrove grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Larry Thompson singles to left field. Bob Encarnacion pops out to the third baseman. Harry Brown flies out to the right fielder. Larry Thompson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Jim Sundberg singles to center field. Takeshi Kamiguchi flies out to the center fielder. Roy Howell singles to right field. Lance Richardson 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. Bert Blyleven pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Gene Clines singles to right field. Jeff Burroughs singles past the third baseman. Jim Sundberg scores. Roy Howell scores. Gene Clines advances to third on the hit. George Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Clyde Meador flies out to the left fielder. Rollie Angley strikes out. Al Granger grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Juan Beniquez flies out to the left fielder. Mike Hargrove pops out to the shortstop. Jim Sundberg flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Stan Perzanowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Palmer Pena flies out to the center fielder. Ryne Hawkes grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Fitzsimmons is pinch hitting for Lance Richardson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Fitzsimmons singles to right field. Larry Thompson singles to left field. Bob Encarnacion flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Russ Gruber pitching. Takeshi Kamiguchi flies out to the center fielder. Roy Howell strikes out. Jim Fregosi is pinch hitting for Stan Perzanowski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Fregosi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jeff Terpko pitching. Harry Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Clyde Meador grounds out to the shortstop. Rollie Angley walks. Al Granger singles to left field. Joe Hoerner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Palmer Pena grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Gene Clines walks. Jeff Burroughs triples. Gene Clines scores. Porter Posada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jeff Burroughs scores. Juan Beniquez flies out to the right fielder. Mike Hargrove grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ryne Hawkes flies out to the right fielder. Tommie Crockett is pinch hitting for Porter Posada. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tommie Crockett singles to right field. Larry Thompson singles to right field. Bob Encarnacion singles to center field. Harry Brown singles to center field. Tommie Crockett scores. Larry Thompson scores. Bill Singer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clyde Meador grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Greg Pryor improves in arm Russell Branyan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Greg Pryor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fin Vinson improves in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Braden Gardella did not respond to coaching in speed Eric Chambers did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty George Cassidy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty