Win: Felipe Clemens (1-0) Loss: Harry Plantier (0-1)
Save: Bernie Thomas (26)
Inning: 1 Texas Briggs Stratton pitching. Juan Burke walks. Stocker Beane grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Juan Burke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kirk Randall walks. Larry Churry doubles to right field. Stocker Beane scores. Kirk Randall is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Austin Banners walks. Squibb Tressor reached on a fielding error by Fritz Balboni. Mark Wilson singles past the second baseman. Larry Churry scores. Austin Banners scores. Floyd Miles grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mark Wilson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pedro Reynolds pitching. Fritz Balboni strikes out. Torey Skaugstad singles to center field. ZyZoy Pink singles to left field. Rocko Patterson strikes out. Frankie Henry grounds into a force play to the second baseman. ZyZoy Pink is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Pedro Reynolds grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan Burke lines out to the pitcher. Stocker Beane grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Vance Tarrant grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Coleman strikes out. Duke Espinoza pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Kirk Randall flies out to the center fielder. Larry Churry grounds out to the second baseman. Austin Banners strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Briggs Stratton strikes out. Fritz Balboni hits a home run. Torey Skaugstad singles to left field. ZyZoy Pink strikes out. Rocko Patterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Squibb Tressor walks. Mark Wilson strikes out. Floyd Miles grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Squibb Tressor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pedro Reynolds singles to center field. Floyd Miles is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Frankie Henry grounds out to the second baseman. Vance Tarrant reached on a 2-base throwing error by Juan Burke. Jimmy Coleman flies out to the left fielder. Duke Espinoza doubles to center field. Vance Tarrant scores. Briggs Stratton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Juan Burke singles to right field. Stocker Beane doubles to center field. Juan Burke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kirk Randall flies out to the left fielder. Larry Churry strikes out. Austin Banners flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Fritz Balboni strikes out. Torey Skaugstad strikes out. ZyZoy Pink strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Squibb Tressor pops out to the pitcher. Mark Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Floyd Miles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Rocko Patterson hits a home run. Frankie Henry pops out to the catcher. Vance Tarrant singles to left field. Jimmy Coleman doubles to left field. Vance Tarrant uses his aggressiveness and scores. Duke Espinoza grounds out to the third baseman. Briggs Stratton singles to right field. Jimmy Coleman scores. Fritz Balboni reached on a fielding error by Austin Banners. Torey Skaugstad grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Bill Griggs is pinch hitting for Pedro Reynolds. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Griggs hits a home run. Juan Burke flies out to the center fielder. Stocker Beane walks. Kirk Randall singles to left field. Larry Churry flies out to the center fielder. Austin Banners walks. Felipe Clemens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Squibb Tressor singles to left field. Stocker Beane scores. Kirk Randall scores. Mark Wilson walks. Floyd Miles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Harry Plantier pitching. ZyZoy Pink doubles to center field. Rocko Patterson singles to left field. ZyZoy Pink scores. Frankie Henry singles to left field. Vance Tarrant singles to center field. Rocko Patterson scores. Frank Ferry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Coleman grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Vance Tarrant is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Duke Espinoza flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Frankie Henry scores. Dainier Castro is pinch hitting for Felipe Clemens. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dainier Castro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Takuya Yamazaki pitching. Carl Daniels is pinch hitting for Frank Ferry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Carl Daniels reached on a fielding error by Duke Espinoza. Juan Burke grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Carl Daniels is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Stocker Beane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan Burke advances to second on the play. Kirk Randall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mike Sax pitching. Fritz Balboni grounds out to the pitcher. Torey Skaugstad singles to right field. ZyZoy Pink strikes out. Rocko Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Bernie Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Larry Churry flies out to the center fielder. Austin Banners flies out to the center fielder. Squibb Tressor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Torey Skaugstad. Mark Wilson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 9 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - ZyZoy Pink (29), Jimmy Coleman (17), Duke Espinoza (13).HR - Fritz Balboni (19), Rocko Patterson (20).SF - Duke Espinoza. Fielding: E - Fritz Balboni, Torey Skaugstad, Duke Espinoza.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Scarborough improves in control Junior Riess improves in range Joe Scarborough did not respond to coaching in velocity Gary Porterfield did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Andy Kennedy did not respond to coaching in arm Johnny Downing did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Too few eligible players, Missed Improvement Chance. Ineligible players: Joe Gomez. Art Allen did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Ewing did not respond to coaching in 1B