Win: Alex Rodriguez (8-4) Loss: Sam Kainer (3-6)
Save: Cotton Corcoran (25)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Sam Kainer pitching. Vismay Ortiz walks. Vismay Ortiz steals second. Bill Rettig flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Vismay Ortiz advances to third on the play. Heinie Mack flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Alex Rodriguez pitching. Freddy Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Gino Lipski strikes out. Tom Adams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Tom Radcliff singles to right field. Tom Radcliff gets picked off first. Happy Felsch grounds out to the second baseman. Al Crump grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Cris Wagner flies out to the left fielder. Harry Savage singles to left field. Wilton Smith singles to center field. Diego Casanova grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Wilton Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Anderson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ron Gleich grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Rodriguez walks. Vismay Ortiz strikes out. Bill Rettig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Sam Kainer walks. Freddy Ortiz strikes out. Gino Lipski pops out to the second baseman. Tom Adams walks. Cris Wagner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz hits a home run. Heinie Mack grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Tom Radcliff reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cris Wagner. Happy Felsch grounds out to the shortstop. Al Crump grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Harry Savage grounds out to the shortstop. Wilton Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Diego Casanova flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ron Gleich flies out to the center fielder. Alex Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Vismay Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Jim Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Kainer strikes out. Freddy Ortiz singles past the third baseman. Freddy Ortiz steals second. Gino Lipski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bill Rettig singles to right field. Bobby Ortiz hits a home run. Bill Rettig scores. Heinie Mack strikes out. Tom Radcliff flies out to the center fielder. Happy Felsch flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Tom Adams singles to left field. Cris Wagner flies out to the right fielder. Harry Savage grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Adams is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harry Savage steals second. Wilton Smith grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Al Crump strikes out. Ron Gleich grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Diego Casanova pops out to the first baseman. Jim Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Sam Kainer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Vismay Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Bill Rettig flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Ortiz singles to center field. Bobby Ortiz steals second. Heinie Mack strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Jose Voss is pinch hitting for Freddy Ortiz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jose Voss strikes out. Ralph Garibaldi is pinch hitting for Gino Lipski. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ralph Garibaldi strikes out. Tom Adams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Tom Radcliff singles to center field. Happy Felsch grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Radcliff advances to second on the play. Al Crump strikes out. Ron Gleich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Cotton Corcoran comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cris Wagner flies out to the left fielder. Harry Savage grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). 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. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5 Texas total runners LOB: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Johnny Freese improves in contact_vs_righty James LaManna did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Rhomberg improves in contact_vs_righty Greg Brown did not respond to coaching in arm
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Ramsey improves in speed Jack Ramsey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charlie Roland did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tony Clark improves in power_vs_righty Steve Mead did not respond to coaching in 2B