Win: Cotton Corcoran (1-0) Loss: Newt Howard (0-2)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Eddie Wheat pitching. Vismay Ortiz doubles to right field. Bill Rettig pops out to the second baseman. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Vismay Ortiz advances to third on the play. Kojiro Muto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Dave Morey pitching. Wilton Smith strikes out. Gino Lipski singles to right field. Tom Adams flies out to the center fielder. Gino Lipski is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rusty McNertney grounds out to the shortstop. Al Crump flies out to the center fielder. Happy Felsch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Cris Wagner walks. Abe Daal grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Diego Casanova singles to left field. Ralph Garibaldi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ron Gleich grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Morey singles to left field. Vismay Ortiz hits a home run. Dave Morey scores. Bill Rettig singles to right field. Bobby Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Bill Rettig steals second. Ralph Garibaldi throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Kojiro Muto is hit by a pitch. Rusty McNertney strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Jim Anderson strikes out. Eddie Wheat pops out to the catcher. Wilton Smith singles to center field. Gino Lipski reached on a fielding error by Vismay Ortiz. Tom Adams singles to right field. Cris Wagner singles to left field. Wilton Smith scores. Gino Lipski scores. Abe Daal strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Al Crump strikes out. Happy Felsch singles to left field. Ron Gleich walks. Dave Morey lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Happy Felsch is thrown out at third. Ron Gleich advances to second on the play. Ron Gleich advances to second on the play. Vismay Ortiz grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Diego Casanova singles to right field. Ralph Garibaldi strikes out. Jim Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Diego Casanova advances to second on the play. Eddie Wheat pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Rettig strikes out. Bobby Ortiz singles to right field. Kojiro Muto walks. Rusty McNertney grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Ortiz advances to third on the play. Kojiro Muto advances to second on the play. Al Crump hits a home run. Bobby Ortiz scores. Kojiro Muto scores. Happy Felsch grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Wilton Smith lines out to the shortstop. Gino Lipski singles to left field. Tom Adams grounds out to the second baseman. Gino Lipski advances to second on the play. Cris Wagner singles to center field. Gino Lipski scores. Abe Daal grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Vern Bell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Gleich singles to right field. Ron Gleich steals second. Dave Morey lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Vismay Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Rettig grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Diego Casanova flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Garibaldi flies out to the center fielder. Jim Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz doubles to center field. Kojiro Muto grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Ortiz advances to third on the play. Rusty McNertney strikes out. Al Crump strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Dick Merloni is pinch hitting for Vern Bell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Merloni singles to center field. Uke Espino is pinch hitting for Wilton Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Uke Espino flies out to the right fielder. Gino Lipski pops out to the shortstop. Tom Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Monte Oldham pitching. Happy Felsch grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Gleich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Morey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Cris Wagner doubles past the third baseman. Buddy Garrett 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. Abe Daal flies out to the right fielder. Diego Casanova singles to center field. Cris Wagner scores. Ralph Garibaldi pops out to the third baseman. Jim Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Vismay Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Bill Rettig flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Cotton Corcoran comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jose Voss is pinch hitting for Monte Oldham. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jose Voss singles to center field. Uke Espino flies out to the center fielder. Gino Lipski singles to right field. Jose Voss advances to third on the hit. Tom Adams grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Voss scores. Gino Lipski advances to second on the play. Cris Wagner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Newt Howard pitching. Kojiro Muto hits a home run. Pete Myers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rusty McNertney pops out to the third baseman. Al Crump walks. Happy Felsch walks. Ron Gleich grounds out to the shortstop. Al Crump advances to third on the play. Happy Felsch advances to second on the play. Cotton Corcoran grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Texas Abe Daal singles to center field. Abe Daal is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Diego Casanova doubles to center field. Ralph Garibaldi grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Jim Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9 Texas total runners LOB: 9
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pete Kingery improves in control Sam Hopper improves in speed Pete Kingery improves in control Tink Castillo did not respond to coaching in arm
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George McNamara improves in range George McNamara improves in contact_vs_lefty Billy Griffin did not respond to coaching in control Billy Griffin did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Mead did not respond to coaching in 2B