Win: Norman Barnes (1-0) Loss: Takeshi Ikeuchi (0-1)
Inning: 1 Boston Norman Barnes pitching. Ned Carnett grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Fuentes strikes out. Quilvio Barton singles to center field. Soichiro Hattori flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Takeshi Ikeuchi pitching. Gino Hill walks. Gino Hill is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Shawn Rensa grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Good flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Al Bockman flies out to the right fielder. Allen Maloney doubles to right field. Rod Lemaster grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Bob Acosta strikes out. Bronson Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Estes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Takeshi Ikeuchi grounds out to the third baseman. Ned Carnett walks. Jimmy Fuentes flies out to the left fielder. Quilvio Barton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Jim Tomasic singles to center field. Jug Peete singles to right field. Jim Tomasic advances to third on the hit. Norman Barnes strikes out. Gino Hill walks. Shawn Rensa singles to right field. Jim Tomasic scores. Jug Peete scores. Gino Hill advances to third on the hit. Mike Good grounds out to the shortstop. Gino Hill scores. Shawn Rensa advances to second on the play. Bob Acosta strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the pitcher. Shinichiro Watanabe hits a home run. Al Bockman strikes out. Allen Maloney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Bronson Thompson walks. Bronson Thompson steals second. Dave Estes walks. Jim Tomasic singles to center field. Bronson Thompson scores. Dave Estes advances to third on the hit. Jug Peete grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Estes scores. Jim Tomasic advances to second on the play. Norman Barnes walks. Passed ball. Jim Tomasic advances to third. Norman Barnes advances to second. Gino Hill singles to center field. Jim Tomasic scores. Norman Barnes scores. Frank Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shawn Rensa doubles to right field. Gino Hill uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Good doubles to center field. Shawn Rensa scores. Bob Acosta grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Good advances to third on the play. Bronson Thompson doubles past the first baseman. Mike Good scores. Dave Estes doubles to left field. Bronson Thompson scores. Jim Tomasic grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Rod Lemaster singles to left field. Frank Taylor lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ned Carnett singles to left field. Jimmy Fuentes singles to center field. Rod Lemaster scores. Ned Carnett is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Quilvio Barton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Jug Peete singles to center field. Norman Barnes fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Norman Barnes strikes out. Gino Hill strikes out. Shawn Rensa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the pitcher. Shinichiro Watanabe flies out to the center fielder. Al Bockman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Mike Good grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Acosta strikes out. Bronson Thompson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Allen Maloney pops out to the first baseman. Rod Lemaster grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Dave Estes singles to right field. Jim Tomasic walks. Jug Peete walks. Eddie Jaramillo is pinch hitting for Norman Barnes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Eddie Jaramillo doubles to left field. Dave Estes scores. Jim Tomasic scores. Gino Hill doubles to left field. Jug Peete scores. Eddie Jaramillo scores. Shawn Rensa flies out to the center fielder. Mike Good strikes out. John Lee 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). Bob Acosta hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bronson Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Don Segura pitching. Butch Hoffman is pinch hitting for Ned Carnett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Butch Hoffman singles to center field. Jimmy Fuentes singles to left field. Butch Hoffman aggressively advances to third on the hit. Quilvio Barton strikes out. Soichiro Hattori flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Butch Hoffman scores. Hank Cole comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jimmy Fuentes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Dave Estes pops out to the shortstop. Jim Tomasic strikes out. Jug Peete pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Al Bockman strikes out. Allen Maloney grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Rod Lemaster strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 5 Texas total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Gino Hill (1), Shawn Rensa (1), Mike Good (2), Bronson Thompson (1), Dave Estes (1), Eddie Jaramillo (1). Baserunning: SB - Bronson Thompson (1).CS - Gino Hill (1).
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ernie Henley did not respond to coaching in velocity Dizzy Baxter did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Nicholls improves in speed Charlie Hanning improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Nicholls did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Miles did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Paul Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Gordon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Woodard did not respond to coaching in arm Charlie Gordon improves in RF