Win: Chad Phillips (3-0) Loss: Matt Gregory (1-1)
Save: Charlie Kennedy (5)
Inning: 1 Texas Matt Gregory pitching. Fergie Wright singles to left field. Makio Nimura grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Guy Galvez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Seattle Chad Phillips pitching. Dan Burleson doubles to right field. Tom Thurman flies out to the right fielder. Antonio Walsh singles to left field. Dan Burleson scores. Rafael Palagyi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Dan Kelly singles to left field. Derek Kluttz singles to center field. Ed St.Vrain grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Dan Kelly advances to third on the play. Ben Posada singles to center field. Dan Kelly scores. Gary Slater strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Seattle Chet McKinney lines out to the shortstop. Bill Hiller flies out to the left fielder. Mike Greene singles to right field. Bill Shellenback grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Greene is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Chad Phillips strikes out. Fergie Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Makio Nimura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Seattle Matt Gregory grounds out to the pitcher. Dan Burleson grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Thurman hits a home run. Antonio Walsh walks. Rafael Palagyi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Guy Galvez singles to right field. Dan Kelly flies out to the center fielder. Derek Kluttz hits an infield single to the third baseman. Ed St.Vrain grounds out to the shortstop. Guy Galvez advances to third on the play. Derek Kluttz advances to second on the play. Ben Posada grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Seattle Chet McKinney walks. Bill Hiller flies out to the right fielder. Mike Greene grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Gary Slater doubles to left field. Chad Phillips lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the corners in. Fergie Wright pops out to the catcher. Makio Nimura reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dan Burleson. Gary Slater scores. Guy Galvez hits a home run. Makio Nimura scores. Dan Kelly flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Bill Shellenback strikes out. Matt Gregory lines out to the shortstop. Dan Burleson singles to right field. Tom Thurman walks. Antonio Walsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Derek Kluttz pops out to the second baseman. Ed St.Vrain strikes out. Ben Posada flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Rafael Palagyi walks. Chet McKinney flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bill Hiller flies out to the center fielder. Woody Brockett is pinch hitting for Mike Greene. Woody Brockett flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Gary Slater strikes out. Chad Phillips singles to right field. Fergie Wright grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Seattle Bill Shellenback pops out to the second baseman. Mike Ritter is pinch hitting for Matt Gregory. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Ritter strikes out. Dan Burleson walks. Tom Thurman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Eric Byrd pitching. Makio Nimura flies out to the left fielder. Guy Galvez grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Kelly grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Seattle Kazuharu Akutsu comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Antonio Walsh lines out to the second baseman. Rafael Palagyi flies out to the center fielder. Chet McKinney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Derek Kluttz strikes out. Ed St.Vrain flies out to the center fielder. Ben Posada pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Seattle Charlie Kennedy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Hiller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Woody Brockett flies out to the center fielder. Bill Shellenback walks. Howard Gamble is pinch hitting for Eric Byrd. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Howard Gamble strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 3 Seattle total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Derek Kluttz is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rafael Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Ozzie Cooney improves in contact_vs_righty Pat Gumbert did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rafael Fisher did not respond to coaching in control
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tomokazu Kushiro did not respond to coaching in velocity Tike Roselli improves in range Frank Kinkela did not respond to coaching in control Robin Clack did not respond to coaching in control Tike Roselli did not respond to coaching in LF