Win: Brooks Phillips (13-4) Loss: Pat Cermak (4-15)
Inning: 1 Toronto Pat Cermak pitching. Willie Holt strikes out. Rob Katz doubles to left field. Esty Gehrman flies out to the right fielder. Mike Foley hits a home run. Rob Katz scores. Matt Caskin hits a home run. Bobby Hrbek grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Brooks Phillips pitching. Johnny Pignatano singles to right field. Rick Malis lines out to the second baseman. Colby Odom grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Reggie Hernandez reached on a fielding error by Colby Odom. Yukiyasu Sasaki singles to center field. Reggie Hernandez advances to third on the hit. Brooks Phillips strikes out. Willie Holt singles to left field. Reggie Hernandez scores. Rob Katz grounds out to the second baseman. Yukiyasu Sasaki advances to third on the play. Willie Holt advances to second on the play. Esty Gehrman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Lou Vail singles to right field. Andy Coleman strikes out. Lou Vail is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). John Gilkey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Mike Foley singles to center field. Matt Caskin singles to right field. Bobby Hrbek singles to center field. Mike Foley scores. Matt Caskin advances to third on the hit. Reggie Hernandez walks. Yukiyasu Sasaki singles to center field. Matt Caskin scores. Bobby Hrbek is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Reggie Hernandez advances to third on the play. Eddie Ortenzio comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brooks Phillips strikes out. Willie Holt hits a home run. Reggie Hernandez scores. Yukiyasu Sasaki scores. Rob Katz walks. Rob Katz is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Ricky Leip flies out to the center fielder. Dane Iorg strikes out. Eddie Ortenzio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Esty Gehrman walks. Mike Foley singles to center field. Esty Gehrman advances to third on the hit. Matt Caskin walks. Bobby Hrbek grounds out to the second baseman. Esty Gehrman scores. Mike Foley advances to third on the play. Matt Caskin advances to second on the play. Reggie Hernandez hits a home run. Mike Foley scores. Matt Caskin scores. Yukiyasu Sasaki walks. Brooks Phillips lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Willie Holt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Johnny Pignatano doubles to center field. Rick Malis singles to left field. Johnny Pignatano scores. Colby Odom pops out to the second baseman. Lou Vail singles to center field. Rick Malis is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Lou Vail steals second. Andy Coleman walks. John Gilkey singles to right field. Ricky Leip singles to left field. Lou Vail scores. Andy Coleman scores. John Gilkey advances to third on the hit. Dane Iorg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Toronto Rob Katz singles to left field. Esty Gehrman singles to right field. Rob Katz advances to third on the hit. Mike Foley strikes out. Matt Caskin singles to right field. Rob Katz scores. Esty Gehrman aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bobby Hrbek reached on a 2-base throwing error by Colby Odom. Esty Gehrman scores. Reggie Hernandez singles to right field. Matt Caskin scores. Bobby Hrbek scores. Yukiyasu Sasaki flies out to the center fielder. Brooks Phillips singles to center field. Reggie Hernandez advances to third on the hit. Willie Holt walks. Rob Katz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Texas Eddie Ortenzio grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Pignatano walks. Johnny Pignatano is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rick Malis singles to right field. Colby Odom hits a home run. Rick Malis scores. Lou Vail flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Esty Gehrman flies out to the left fielder. Mike Foley reached on a fielding error by Colby Odom. Matt Caskin flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Hrbek walks. Paul Ciardi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Reggie Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Andy Coleman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Gilkey flies out to the left fielder. Ricky Leip doubles to left field. Dane Iorg singles to left field. Ricky Leip scores. Archie Fletcher is pinch hitting for Paul Ciardi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Archie Fletcher walks. Johnny Pignatano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Toronto Bert Mullin pitching. Yukiyasu Sasaki strikes out. Brooks Phillips reached on a fielding error by Lou Vail. Willie Holt walks. Rob Katz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Jim Robertson is pinch hitting for Rick Malis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Robertson grounds out to the shortstop. Colby Odom flies out to the center fielder. Lou Vail flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Esty Gehrman strikes out. Mike Foley singles to center field. Matt Caskin singles to center field. Mike Foley advances to third on the hit. Bobby Hrbek grounds out to the pitcher. Matt Caskin advances to second on the play. Reggie Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Andy Coleman grounds out to the second baseman. John Gilkey flies out to the right fielder. Ricky Leip grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto Yukiyasu Sasaki singles to left field. Brooks Phillips fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Brooks Phillips strikes out. Yukiyasu Sasaki is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Willie Holt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Dane Iorg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mickey Neher is pinch hitting for Bert Mullin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mickey Neher grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Pignatano grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Toronto total runners LOB: 11 Texas total runners LOB: 4
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Baker did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Batsch did not respond to coaching in control Rudy Huckleberry did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Kazanski improves in range John Bonner did not respond to coaching in C
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Julio Reynolds did not respond to coaching in control Pete Salve improves in arm Dave Skrmetta improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Burke did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Skrmetta did not respond to coaching in 3B