Win: "Cricket" Ledbetter (12-6) Loss: Steve Collins (4-22)
Inning: 1 Texas Steve Collins pitching. Walter Downing reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gregg Roseman. Tony Scott flies out to the right fielder. Terry Ball flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Ardoin triples. Walter Downing scores. Ace Darien doubles to center field. Chuck Ardoin scores. Alvin Breazeale strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Cricket Ledbetter pitching. Tom Wood flies out to the center fielder. Gregg Roseman doubles to center field. Skel Forsch grounds out to the third baseman. Waite Hendrickson singles to center field. Gregg Roseman is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Jake Lonnett singles to left field. Steve Cissell strikes out. Cricket Ledbetter lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walter Downing pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Tyson Lancellotti flies out to the center fielder. Ray Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Marvin Files singles to right field. Orlando Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Tony Scott walks. Tony Scott is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Terry Ball flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Ardoin hits a home run. Ace Darien flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Steve Collins pops out to the first baseman. Tom Wood grounds out to the third baseman. Gregg Roseman singles to right field. Skel Forsch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Alvin Breazeale grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Lonnett grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Cissell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Waite Hendrickson walks. Waite Hendrickson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tyson Lancellotti grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Cricket Ledbetter flies out to the left fielder. Walter Downing flies out to the center fielder. Tony Scott hits a home run. Terry Ball strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Marvin Files lines out to the shortstop. Orlando Davis grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Collins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Chuck Ardoin grounds out to the second baseman. Ace Darien grounds out to the shortstop. Alvin Breazeale walks. Jake Lonnett reached on a fielding error by Gregg Roseman. Steve Cissell singles to right field. Alvin Breazeale scores. Cricket Ledbetter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tom Wood grounds out to the shortstop. Gregg Roseman grounds out to the third baseman. Skel Forsch lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Walter Downing walks. Tony Scott grounds out to the pitcher. Walter Downing advances to second on the play. Edd Sargent 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. Terry Ball strikes out. Chuck Ardoin singles to center field. Walter Downing scores. Ace Darien singles to left field. Chuck Ardoin advances to third on the hit. Alvin Breazeale flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jack Hadley is pinch hitting for Waite Hendrickson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jack Hadley pops out to the shortstop. Tyson Lancellotti strikes out. Ray Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Bob Baker is pinch hitting for Jake Lonnett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Baker grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Cissell grounds out to the second baseman. Cricket Ledbetter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Marvin Files grounds out to the pitcher. Orlando Davis flies out to the right fielder. Edd Sargent grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Walter Downing singles to center field. Tony Scott pops out to the third baseman. Terry Ball strikes out. Chuck Ardoin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Chad Martinez is pinch hitting for Tom Wood. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chad Martinez doubles to center field. Orlando Lombardozzi is pinch hitting for Gregg Roseman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Orlando Lombardozzi hits a home run. Chad Martinez scores. Skel Forsch flies out to the center fielder. Jack Hadley singles to right field. Al Batiste 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 1st. Jack Hadley steals second. Tyson Lancellotti strikes out. Ray Freeman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Graeme Wills did not respond to coaching in control Cory Coffin did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Nieves improves in contact_vs_lefty Frank Nieves improves in contact_vs_righty Greg Pollux did not respond to coaching in velocity Stuffy Nordhagen did not respond to coaching in control Donnie Jelic improves in LF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joel Briley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Derrek Leard improves in arm Ben Hobson improves in power_vs_lefty Joel Briley improves in range Bill Mejia improves in range Wilbur Raczka did not respond to coaching in control Marv Almanza did not respond to coaching in CF