Win: Jack Heine (14-5) Loss: Eddie Wheat (7-12)
Save: Cotton Corcoran (53)
Inning: 1 Texas Jack Heine pitching. Chick Biemiller grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Garibaldi strikes out. Wilton Smith singles to left field. David Ahearne strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Eddie Wheat pitching. Tom Radcliff grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Ortiz hits a home run. Don Mohler grounds out to the pitcher. Kojiro Muto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Dick Merloni walks. Tom Adams strikes out. Jose Voss strikes out. Abe Daal strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack singles to center field. Heinie Mack steals second. Ben Gonzalez pops out to the catcher. Heinie Mack is out trying to steal third. Rusty McNertney walks. Al Crump singles to left field. Rusty McNertney advances to third on the hit. Jack Heine grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Eddie Wheat strikes out. Chick Biemiller grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Garibaldi walks. Wilton Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tom Radcliff flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Don Mohler singles to center field. Kojiro Muto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Mohler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas David Ahearne grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Merloni flies out to the right fielder. Tom Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack walks. Ben Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Rusty McNertney flies out to the center fielder. Al Crump flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Jose Voss grounds out to the shortstop. Abe Daal singles to center field. Eddie Wheat lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chick Biemiller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jack Heine strikes out. Tom Radcliff walks. Bobby Ortiz singles to center field. Don Mohler strikes out. Kojiro Muto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Ralph Garibaldi singles to left field. Wilton Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ralph Garibaldi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. David Ahearne strikes out. Dick Merloni singles to center field. Wilton Smith advances to third on the hit. Tom Adams walks. Jose Voss grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Gonzalez walks. Rusty McNertney strikes out. Al Crump pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Abe Daal singles to center field. Eddie Wheat lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Abe Daal forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Chick Biemiller grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jack Heine grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Radcliff grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ralph Garibaldi walks. Tony Clark is pinch hitting for Wilton Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Clark grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! David Ahearne singles to center field. Jim Anderson is pinch hitting for Dick Merloni. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Anderson walks. Tom Adams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Don Mohler strikes out. Kojiro Muto singles to left field. Kojiro Muto steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Vern Bell 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. Heinie Mack flies out to the left fielder. Ben Gonzalez doubles to left field. Kojiro Muto scores. Rusty McNertney singles to right field. Ben Gonzalez scores. Al Crump 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. Jose Voss flies out to the left fielder. Abe Daal grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Freddy Ortiz is pinch hitting for Vern Bell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Freddy Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 9 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gene Clay did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve LaGrow did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty George McNamara improves in range Leron Luby improves in power_vs_righty A.J. Stewart did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Walt Barragan improves in contact_vs_lefty Pete Kingery did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Freese did not respond to coaching in speed Uel Hiljus did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty