Inning: 1 Texas Alex Rodriguez pitching. Freddy Ortiz walks. Gino Lipski strikes out. Abe Daal grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Freddy Ortiz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cris Wagner walks. Jose Voss strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dana Kerr pitching. Vismay Ortiz triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Rettig singles to center field. Vismay Ortiz scores. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Rettig advances to second on the play. Don Mohler strikes out. Kojiro Muto hits a home run. Bill Rettig scores. Heinie Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas David Ahearne flies out to the left fielder. Ralph Garibaldi strikes out. Jim Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ben Gonzalez strikes out. Rusty McNertney grounds out to the pitcher. Alex Rodriguez singles to left field. Vismay Ortiz walks. Bill Rettig hits a home run. Alex Rodriguez scores. Vismay Ortiz scores. Bobby Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Dana Kerr grounds out to the pitcher. Freddy Ortiz strikes out. Gino Lipski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Don Mohler singles to center field. Don Mohler steals second. Kojiro Muto grounds out to the second baseman. Don Mohler advances to third on the play. Heinie Mack grounds out to the second baseman. Don Mohler scores. Ben Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Abe Daal singles past the shortstop. Cris Wagner grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Abe Daal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Voss grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rusty McNertney flies out to the left fielder. Alex Rodriguez strikes out. Vismay Ortiz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas David Ahearne is hit by a pitch. David Ahearne is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ralph Garibaldi walks. Jim Anderson grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Garibaldi advances to second on the play. Dana Kerr strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Rettig grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Ortiz lines out to the second baseman. Don Mohler hits a home run. Kojiro Muto grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Freddy Ortiz walks. Gino Lipski pops out to the third baseman. Abe Daal flies out to the right fielder. Cris Wagner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Freddy Ortiz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cris Wagner. Ben Gonzalez singles to center field. Heinie Mack scores. Rusty McNertney strikes out. Alex Rodriguez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Alex Rodriguez reached on a fielding error by Jose Voss. Vismay Ortiz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Jose Voss strikes out. David Ahearne strikes out. Ralph Garibaldi flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Rettig singles in front of the left fielder. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Bill Rettig steals second. Don Mohler singles to center field. Bill Rettig scores. Kojiro Muto singles to right field. Don Mohler advances to third on the hit. Kojiro Muto steals second. Heinie Mack flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Don Mohler scores. Newt Howard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Pitcher has given up 10 or more earned runs). Ben Gonzalez hits a home run. Kojiro Muto scores. Rusty McNertney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Jim Anderson strikes out. Dick Merloni is pinch hitting for Newt Howard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Merloni flies out to the left fielder. Freddy Ortiz singles to right field. Tony Clark is pinch hitting for Gino Lipski. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Clark flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mike Neun pitching. Alex Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Vismay Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Rettig pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Abe Daal flies out to the center fielder. Cris Wagner flies out to the right fielder. Jose Voss strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 1
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Steve Kowitz improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Kowitz did not respond to coaching in speed Billy Griffin improves in control Amby Clark did not respond to coaching in control A.J. Stewart improves in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dave Bell improves in contact_vs_righty Hank Frankhouse improves in contact_vs_righty Walt Barragan improves in contact_vs_lefty Tink Castillo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty