Inning: 1 Texas Alberto Pena pitching. Walter Downing grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Scott singles to center field. Terry Ball grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Billy McGraw pitching. Tom Wood pops out to the catcher. Skel Forsch grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Hadley walks. Marvin Files lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Chuck Ardoin hits an infield single to the shortstop. Chuck Ardoin steals second. Ace Darien walks. Alvin Breazeale pops out to the second baseman. Jake Lonnett walks. Steve Cissell grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Ardoin scores. Ace Darien advances to third on the play. Jake Lonnett advances to second on the play. Billy McGraw reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chad Martinez. Ace Darien scores. Jake Lonnett scores. Walter Downing strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jeff Schall flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Gregg Roseman strikes out. Chad Martinez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Tony Scott grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Ball grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chuck Ardoin walks. Ace Darien doubles past the center fielder. Chuck Ardoin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Alvin Breazeale grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Wes Gonzales singles to right field. Alberto Pena lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Wes Gonzales forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Tom Wood singles to center field. Skel Forsch flies out to the right fielder. Jack Hadley grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Wood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Jake Lonnett strikes out. Steve Cissell walks. Billy McGraw 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 grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Marvin Files strikes out. Jeff Schall singles to right field. Gregg Roseman grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Tony Scott singles to right field. Terry Ball flies out to the center fielder. Tony Scott steals second. Chuck Ardoin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ace Darien singles to right field. Tony Scott scores. Alvin Breazeale flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Chad Martinez hits a home run. Wes Gonzales grounds out to the second baseman. Alberto Pena flies out to the center fielder. Tom Wood pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Jake Lonnett flies out to the right fielder. Steve Cissell strikes out. Billy McGraw singles to right field. Walter Downing singles to right field. Billy McGraw advances to third on the hit. Tony Scott singles to left field. Billy McGraw scores. Walter Downing advances to third on the hit. Terry Ball strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Skel Forsch pops out to the third baseman. Jack Hadley strikes out. Marvin Files strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Ellis Citarella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ace Darien strikes out. Alvin Breazeale grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jeff Schall strikes out. Orlando Lombardozzi is pinch hitting for Gregg Roseman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Orlando Lombardozzi lines out to the shortstop. Chad Martinez flies out to the right fielder. 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 singles to center field. Steve Cissell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Billy McGraw grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Wes Gonzales grounds out to the shortstop. Ellis Citarella singles to center field. Tom Wood grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Walter Downing grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Scott flies out to the center fielder. Terry Ball singles to center field. Chuck Ardoin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Skel Forsch grounds out to the catcher. Jack Hadley flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Davis is pinch hitting for Marvin Files. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Orlando Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 3
Game Notes Billy McGraw is injured and is expected to be out 44 days. Ellis Citarella is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terrence Minor did not respond to coaching in control Eric Herrnstein improves in arm Graeme Wills did not respond to coaching in control Greg Pollux did not respond to coaching in control Terrence Minor did not respond to coaching in control Frank Nieves improves in speed John Appier improves in RF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al McCreery improves in speed Gene Fultz improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Gagne did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Mejia did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joel Briley did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Storie improves in speed Marv Almanza did not respond to coaching in CF