Win: Nook Laloosh (1-1) Loss: Mike Yeager (0-1)
Save: Johnny Brenz0 (2)
Inning: 1 Texas Mike Yeager pitching. Tiger Mizeu grounds out to the second baseman. Zeb Brody grounds out to the second baseman. Pop Eusebio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Nook Laloosh pitching. Pat Coble singles to right field. Grover Carney strikes out. Pat Coble steals second. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah flies out to the center fielder. Claude West grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Rocky Heat hits an infield single to the third baseman. Jake Bradford strikes out. Rocky Heat steals second. Mickey Maas flies out to the center fielder. Slater Blue strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jeff Gonzalez pops out to the first baseman. Danny Tipple grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Lockwood flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Bob Cianfrocco singles to right field. Nook Laloosh lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Tiger Mizeu grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Bob Cianfrocco advances to third on the play. Zeb Brody strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay King Seitzer strikes out. Mike Yeager grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Coble grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Pop Eusebio grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rocky Heat strikes out. Jake Bradford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Grover Carney doubles to center field. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah singles to right field. Grover Carney scores. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah steals second. Claude West reached on a fielding error by Nook Laloosh. Jeff Gonzalez strikes out. Danny Tipple singles to left field. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah scores. Claude West advances to third on the hit. Charlie Lockwood singles to left field. Claude West scores. King Seitzer walks. Mike Yeager grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Mickey Maas singles to left field. Slater Blue pops out to the first baseman. Bob Cianfrocco flies out to the left fielder. Nook Laloosh strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pat Coble grounds out to the shortstop. Grover Carney grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah singles to right field. Claude West grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Whitey Conovar enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pat Coble at 3B. Del Walsh enters the game as a defensive replacement for Grover Carney at SS. Tommy Balls Eunick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jeff Gonzalez at CF. Jim Rock Robinson enters the game as a defensive replacement for King Seitzer at C. Tiger Mizeu grounds out to the second baseman. Zeb Brody pops out to the second baseman. Pop Eusebio grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Tipple strikes out. Charlie Lockwood flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Rocky Heat singles to center field. Jake Bradford singles to center field. Mickey Maas hits a home run. Rocky Heat scores. Jake Bradford scores. Slater Blue flies out to the left fielder. Bob Cianfrocco hits a home run. Ricky Arby Blazier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nook Laloosh strikes out. Tiger Mizeu singles to left field. Zeb Brody triples. Tiger Mizeu scores. Kevin Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pop Eusebio grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jim Rock Robinson grounds out to the third baseman. Hot Heinie Haid is pinch hitting for Kevin Masterson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Hot Heinie Haid singles to right field. Whitey Conovar doubles to right field. Hot Heinie Haid uses his aggressiveness and scores. Humbo Bragg 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. Del Walsh reached on a fielding error by Bob Cianfrocco. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Len Hale pitching. Rocky Heat singles to center field. Jake Bradford strikes out. Mickey Maas walks. Slater Blue walks. Jack Lovelace comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Cianfrocco grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Claude West flies out to the right fielder. Tommy Balls Eunick walks. Danny Tipple flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Lockwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Pete Nichols is pinch hitting for Humbo Bragg. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pete Nichols strikes out. Tiger Mizeu hits a home run. Jeff Harry Harrison comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Zeb Brody grounds out to the shortstop. Pop Eusebio pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Johnny Brenz0 pitching. Jim Rock Robinson singles to center field. Jeff Harry Harrison lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Whitey Conovar flies out to the center fielder. Del Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Jack Lovelace is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Norm Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Henry Blades did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve McDaniel improves in arm Yosuke Kakuzen did not respond to coaching in velocity Flip Wilder did not respond to coaching in SS
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Lang improves in range Haddie Davison did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Ley improves in arm Bart 'Glove' Distefano did not respond to coaching in range Fred Ley did not respond to coaching in 3B