Win: Jitsuo Watanabe (1-0) Loss: Larry Corhan (0-4)
Save: Jim Barry (1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Larry Corhan pitching. Grant Pendleton flies out to the center fielder. Cleo Humphries doubles to left field. Harry Dowd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cleo Humphries advances to third on the play. Marshall Gilmer singles to center field. Cleo Humphries scores. Taylor Calhoun hits a home run. Marshall Gilmer scores. Eddie Rondeau comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Felix Klinger reached on a fielding error by Casey Doty. Felix Klinger is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Jitsuo Watanabe pitching. Casey Doty flies out to the left fielder. Joe Altrock singles to right field. Bob Brusstar grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Lewis Upsher reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Altrock. Jefferson Berkeley doubles to right field. Lewis Upsher scores. Jitsuo Watanabe lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Jefferson Berkeley is thrown out at third. Grant Pendleton pops out to the second baseman. Cleo Humphries strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Mark Murray singles to right field. Howard Jackson strikes out. Charlie Grace walks. Steve Harder strikes out. Denny Giel bunts for a base hit. Eddie Rondeau strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd singles to left field. Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Taylor Calhoun flies out to the left fielder. Felix Klinger pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Casey Doty flies out to the center fielder. Joe Altrock flies out to the left fielder. Bob Brusstar pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Lewis Upsher singles to center field. Jefferson Berkeley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lewis Upsher advances to second on the play. Jitsuo Watanabe triples. Lewis Upsher scores. Grant Pendleton strikes out. Cleo Humphries pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Mark Murray flies out to the left fielder. Howard Jackson strikes out. Charlie Grace flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd grounds out to the second baseman. Marshall Gilmer hits a home run. Taylor Calhoun singles to center field. Felix Klinger walks. Lewis Upsher strikes out. Jefferson Berkeley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Steve Harder pops out to the first baseman. Denny Giel flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Rondeau strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jitsuo Watanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Grant Pendleton strikes out. Cleo Humphries strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Casey Doty singles past the shortstop. Joe Altrock flies out to the center fielder. Bob Brusstar singles to right field. Mark Murray grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Freddy Curd is pinch hitting for Harry Dowd. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Freddy Curd singles to right field. Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Taylor Calhoun grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Freddy Curd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Felix Klinger hits a home run. Taylor Calhoun scores. Lewis Upsher walks. Jefferson Berkeley walks. Kei Tsukiyama is pinch hitting for Jitsuo Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kei Tsukiyama walks. Grant Pendleton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Texas Jim Barry pitching. Howard Jackson singles to left field. Charlie Grace singles to right field. Jack Carmichael is pinch hitting for Steve Harder. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jack Carmichael walks. Denny Giel pops out to the second baseman. Eddie Rondeau strikes out. Casey Doty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Cleo Humphries grounds out to the second baseman. Freddy Curd strikes out. Marshall Gilmer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Joe Altrock strikes out. Bob Brusstar singles to right field. Mark Murray flies out to the center fielder. Howard Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Taylor Calhoun strikes out. Felix Klinger flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Lewis Upsher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Charlie Grace singles to left field. Jack Carmichael flies out to the center fielder. Denny Giel flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Cox is pinch hitting for Eddie Rondeau. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Cox singles to center field. Casey Doty strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Texas total runners LOB: 10
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Tom Hunter did not respond to coaching in control Joe Judy did not respond to coaching in range Tim Bowerman improves in contact_vs_righty Boots Jones improves in velocity Hank Puleo did not respond to coaching in RF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Ross Durham did not respond to coaching in control Ed Thornton improves in arm Marty Ogrodowski did not respond to coaching in velocity Damaso East improves in contact_vs_righty