Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Clint Drabek pitching. Bill Draper hits an infield single to the first baseman. Shigeo Ube flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Christopher flies out to the left fielder. Rudy Rondon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Susumu Yokokawa pitching. Alex Stone strikes out. Chico Lahoud singles to center field. Bernie Aguirre walks. Masaaki Yamada singles to center field. The defense is playing the infield in. Ryota Ohno singles to left field. Chico Lahoud scores. Bernie Aguirre scores. Masaaki Yamada advances to third on the hit. Ryota Ohno is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ivy Lamont grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Joe Inks hits a home run. Ralph Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Sarcona walks. Jose Sarcona steals second. Charlie Ostrowski singles to left field. Jose Sarcona scores. Susumu Yokokawa lays a bunt down the first base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Bill Draper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Fred Orsatti grounds out to the shortstop. Al Mullen doubles to center field. Clint Drabek strikes out. Alex Stone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Shigeo Ube grounds out to the pitcher. Rusty Christopher hits a home run. Rudy Rondon walks. Joe Inks walks. Ralph Walsh flies out to the right fielder. Jose Sarcona grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Inks is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Chico Lahoud grounds out to the shortstop. Bernie Aguirre grounds out to the second baseman. Masaaki Yamada grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Charlie Ostrowski grounds out to the shortstop. Susumu Yokokawa grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Draper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ryota Ohno flies out to the center fielder. Ivy Lamont strikes out. Fred Orsatti grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Shigeo Ube singles to center field. Rusty Christopher flies out to the left fielder. Rudy Rondon singles to right field. Joe Inks singles to right field. Ralph Walsh reached on a fielding error by Bernie Aguirre. Shigeo Ube scores. Jose Sarcona walks. Rudy Rondon scores. Charlie Ostrowski grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Inks scores. Ralph Walsh advances to third on the play. Jose Sarcona advances to second on the play. Steve Pineiro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Susumu Yokokawa reached on a fielding error by Fred Orsatti. Ralph Walsh scores. Bill Draper strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Al Mullen singles past the shortstop. Steve Pineiro lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Stone pops out to the third baseman. Chico Lahoud walks. Bernie Aguirre grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Chico Lahoud is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Shigeo Ube flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Christopher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Rondon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Masaaki Yamada grounds out to the pitcher. Ryota Ohno grounds out to the shortstop. Ivy Lamont grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Inks doubles to left field. Bill Rohde is pinch hitting for Ralph Walsh. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Rohde pops out to the second baseman. Jose Sarcona strikes out. Art Mota is pinch hitting for Charlie Ostrowski. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Art Mota walks. Susumu Yokokawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Tomokazu Wakatabe is pinch hitting for Fred Orsatti. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tomokazu Wakatabe grounds out to the third baseman. Al Mullen strikes out. Charlie Brown is pinch hitting for Steve Pineiro. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Charlie Brown singles to center field. Alex Stone grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jim McLain pitching. Bill Draper pops out to the shortstop. Shigeo Ube flies out to the left fielder. Rusty Christopher singles to left field. Kazuya Miwa is pinch hitting for Rudy Rondon. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazuya Miwa doubles to center field. Rusty Christopher is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Ernie Morris is pinch hitting for Chico Lahoud. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ernie Morris strikes out. Bernie Aguirre strikes out. Bob Ramos is pinch hitting for Masaaki Yamada. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Ramos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Joe Inks flies out to the center fielder. Bill Rohde flies out to the left fielder. Jose Sarcona singles to left field. Art Mota grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Yuset Gorguet comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ryota Ohno pops out to the shortstop. Ivy Lamont strikes out. Tomokazu Wakatabe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10 Texas total runners LOB: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Van Gibson improves in arm Chick Balenti improves in velocity Hal Thon did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Keener improves in power_vs_righty Hardy Washburn did not respond to coaching in SS
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: John Seelbach improves in power_vs_righty Joey Lentine did not respond to coaching in control Bob Engle improves in contact_vs_righty Herm Lyons improves in speed