Win: Seneca Spinks (3-0) Loss: Todd Moore (2-2)
Save: Bill Morejon (17)
Inning: 1 Texas Roger Gonzales pitching. Darryl Gonzalez strikes out. Masayuki Moriyama walks. Harry Baez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Todd Moore pitching. Fred Sullivan strikes out. Steve Pickering flies out to the right fielder. Wes Preston doubles to center field. Randy Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe singles to right field. Frank Kirk grounds out to the third baseman. Ryutaro Tanabe advances to second on the play. Ken McCardell strikes out. Cliff Welteroth grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Scott Rader grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dom Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Backman doubles to left field. Ron Perkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Sal Hicks singles to center field. Todd Moore lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Sal Hicks forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Darryl Gonzalez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Roger Gonzales strikes out. Fred Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Pickering singles to left field. Wes Preston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Masayuki Moriyama singles to left field. Masayuki Moriyama steals second. Harry Baez grounds out to the pitcher. Ryutaro Tanabe strikes out. Frank Kirk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Randy Adams grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Rader singles to center field. Dom Brown pops out to the first baseman. Ron Backman singles to center field. Ron Perkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Ken McCardell grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Welteroth grounds out to the second baseman. Sal Hicks grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Roger Gonzales pops out to the first baseman. Fred Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Steve Pickering strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Todd Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the second baseman. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Wes Preston strikes out. Randy Adams strikes out. Scott Rader grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Harry Baez grounds out to the pitcher. Ryutaro Tanabe walks. Frank Kirk grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Dom Brown strikes out. Ron Backman flies out to the center fielder. Ron Perkins grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ken McCardell walks. Cliff Welteroth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken McCardell advances to second on the play. Seneca Spinks 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. Sal Hicks walks. Todd Moore lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Sal Hicks advances to second on the play. Sal Hicks advances to second on the play. Darryl Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Todd Moore is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Al Locke is pinch hitting for Seneca Spinks. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Locke singles to right field. Al Locke steals second. Frank Kirk throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Randy Naylor 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. Fred Sullivan singles to center field. Al Locke scores. Steve Pickering grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Fred Sullivan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Wes Preston strikes out. Randy Adams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Bill Morejon pitching. Carl Tyree enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Sullivan at SS. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Baez singles to left field. Ryutaro Tanabe singles to right field. Frank Kirk strikes out. Ken McCardell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Texas total runners left on base: 6 New York total runners left on base: 6
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Taylor improves in power_vs_righty Bernardo Nelson improves in arm Hiroyuki Sato did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Art Hershiser improves in speed Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Knowlson improves in velocity Johnny Sullivan improves in speed Bill Knowlson improves in control Jet Turner did not respond to coaching in arm Johnny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in 3B