Win: Nolen King (12-7) Loss: Bill Witherbee (17-8)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Witherbee pitching. Mike Piniella strikes out. Billy Smith singles to center field. Pancho Woodruff grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Nolen King pitching. Stan Scheid pops out to the second baseman. Julio Dorelle strikes out. Dave Andrews flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mike Tejada walks. Bill Johnson walks. King Kelly grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mike Tejada advances to third on the play. Eric Zerbe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Milt Smithton lines out to the second baseman. Nelson Aparicio flies out to the right fielder. Seth Pepper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Kyle Christopher singles to right field. Nolen King fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Nolen King singles to left field. Mike Piniella grounds out to the second baseman. Kyle Christopher advances to third on the play. Nolen King advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Billy Smith doubles to center field. Kyle Christopher scores. Nolen King scores. Pancho Woodruff doubles to center field. Billy Smith scores. Mike Tejada pops out to the second baseman. Bill Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Bill Burton singles to left field. Bill Burton steals second. Ross Barnes grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Witherbee doubles to right field. Bill Burton scores. Stan Scheid flies out to the center fielder. Julio Dorelle walks. Dave Andrews grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Julio Dorelle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City King Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Zerbe strikes out. Kyle Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Milt Smithton flies out to the left fielder. Nelson Aparicio singles to center field. Seth Pepper grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nolen King singles to center field. Mike Piniella walks. Billy Smith walks. Pancho Woodruff grounds into a fielders choice to the catcher. Nolen King is out at home. Mike Tejada singles to left field. Mike Piniella scores. Billy Smith scores. Pancho Woodruff advances to third on the hit. Bill Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pancho Woodruff scores. Mike Tejada advances to second on the play. King Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Bill Burton singles to center field. Ross Barnes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Burton advances to second on the play. Bill Witherbee grounds out to the third baseman. Stan Scheid grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Eric Zerbe grounds out to the third baseman. Kyle Christopher grounds out to the third baseman. Nolen King strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Julio Dorelle strikes out. Dave Andrews flies out to the center fielder. Milt Smithton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike Piniella pops out to the shortstop. Billy Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Pancho Woodruff reached on a 2-base throwing error by Milt Smithton. Mike Tejada pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Nelson Aparicio pops out to the first baseman. Seth Pepper flies out to the center fielder. Bill Burton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Buzz Moran is pinch hitting for King Kelly. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Buzz Moran walks. Eric Zerbe singles to center field. Buzz Moran advances to third on the hit. Billy Sularz is pinch hitting for Kyle Christopher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Billy Sularz grounds out to the third baseman. Buzz Moran scores. Eric Zerbe advances to second on the play. Nolen King flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Ross Barnes strikes out. Bill Witherbee flies out to the center fielder. George Mordecai is pinch hitting for Stan Scheid. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Mordecai grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Paul Harris is pinch hitting for Mike Piniella. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Paul Harris walks. Billy Smith hits a home run. Paul Harris scores. Jeff Niekro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Pancho Woodruff singles to center field. Mike Tejada singles to left field. Pancho Woodruff is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Bill Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Buzz Moran strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Hank Eversgard is pinch hitting for Julio Dorelle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hank Eversgard walks. Dave Andrews grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hank Eversgard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yoshio Shiraki is pinch hitting for Milt Smithton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Andrews is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Yoshio Shiraki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Texas total runners LOB: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pat Kennedy did not respond to coaching in speed Medric Tate improves in speed Jim Lemaster did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fred Lary did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Darrell Wilhelm did not respond to coaching in velocity David Ahearne improves in speed David Ahearne improves in arm David Ahearne improves in contact_vs_lefty Conrad Martinez did not respond to coaching in LF