Win: Hideshi Kishikawa (5-4) Loss: Clay Demeter (3-4)
Save: Felipe Clemens (6)
Inning: 1 Texas Hideshi Kishikawa pitching. Juan Burke strikes out. Stocker Beane strikes out. Austin Banners walks. Larry Churry triples. Austin Banners scores. Barry Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Clay Demeter pitching. Fritz Balboni pops out to the shortstop. Vance Tarrant flies out to the left fielder. Hyoji Sato singles to left field. Rocko Patterson hits a home run. Hyoji Sato scores. Frankie Henry pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Squibb Tressor strikes out. Jimmy Carlsen strikes out. Floyd Miles singles to right field. Clay Demeter pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dainier Castro singles to right field. Jimmy Coleman strikes out. Duke Espinoza strikes out. Hideshi Kishikawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Juan Burke strikes out. Stocker Beane singles to center field. Austin Banners lines out to the shortstop. Larry Churry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Fritz Balboni singles to left field. Vance Tarrant singles to center field. Fritz Balboni advances to third on the hit. Hyoji Sato walks. Rocko Patterson bunts for a base hit. Fritz Balboni scores. Frankie Henry flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Vance Tarrant scores. Dainier Castro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hyoji Sato advances to third on the play. Rocko Patterson advances to second on the play. Jimmy Coleman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Barry Allen flies out to the left fielder. Squibb Tressor singles to right field. Jimmy Carlsen flies out to the center fielder. Floyd Miles singles to center field. Squibb Tressor advances to third on the hit. Clay Demeter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Duke Espinoza doubles to right field. Hideshi Kishikawa lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fritz Balboni doubles to center field. Duke Espinoza scores. Vance Tarrant doubles to right field. Fritz Balboni scores. John Jackson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hyoji Sato flies out to the right fielder. Rocko Patterson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Juan Burke walks. Juan Burke steals second. Stocker Beane doubles to left field. Juan Burke scores. Austin Banners pops out to the second baseman. Larry Churry singles to left field. Stocker Beane scores. Barry Allen strikes out. Squibb Tressor hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jimmy Carlsen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Frankie Henry flies out to the right fielder. Dainier Castro flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Coleman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Floyd Miles singles to center field. John Jackson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Juan Burke pops out to the first baseman. Stocker Beane pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Duke Espinoza grounds out to the shortstop. Hideshi Kishikawa flies out to the center fielder. Fritz Balboni grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Austin Banners singles to left field. Larry Churry flies out to the left fielder. Barry Allen flies out to the right fielder. Squibb Tressor singles to left field. Austin Banners advances to third on the hit. Bernie Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Griggs is pinch hitting for Jimmy Carlsen. Bill Griggs lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Fred Natal enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Griggs at SS. Vance Tarrant strikes out. Hyoji Sato singles to center field. Rocko Patterson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Horace Fortune enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jimmy Coleman at 1B. Floyd Miles pops out to the first baseman. Kirk Randall is pinch hitting for John Jackson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kirk Randall pops out to the pitcher. Juan Burke lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Roberto Aimes pitching. Frankie Henry strikes out. Dainier Castro pops out to the second baseman. Horace Fortune grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Felipe Clemens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Stocker Beane walks. Austin Banners strikes out. Larry Churry singles to left field. Barry Allen flies out to the left fielder. Squibb Tressor walks. Fred Natal strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Texas total runners left on base: 13 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Harry Plantier did not respond to coaching in control Harry Plantier did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Shelby improves in contact_vs_righty Ron Costello improves in control John Kirrene improves in CF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doc Menosky improves in arm Myrl Mowe improves in power_vs_righty Myrl Mowe improves in arm Eddie Thurman did not respond to coaching in velocity