Win: Hod Smith (8-11) Loss: Walt Hughes (15-7)
Save: Kirk Taylor (20)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Hod Smith pitching. Leo DeCinces strikes out. Tony Palmer pops out to the shortstop. Don Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Walt Hughes pitching. Fritz Campanella singles to center field. Mike Drissel strikes out. Andres McMillan strikes out. Solly Fischer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mickey Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Crump strikes out. Alejandro Serrano flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Lee Scharein flies out to the left fielder. George Klassen singles to left field. Glenn Elliott strikes out. Herman Wuestling pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Antonio Taylor strikes out. Nick Betts KC grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Hod Smith strikes out. Fritz Campanella pops out to the third baseman. Mike Drissel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Leo DeCinces hits a home run. Tony Palmer strikes out. Don Allen flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Smith walks. Paul Crump doubles to left field. Alejandro Serrano grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Andres McMillan strikes out. Solly Fischer singles to right field. Lee Scharein singles to center field. Solly Fischer advances to third on the hit. George Klassen singles past the first baseman. Solly Fischer scores. Glenn Elliott strikes out. Herman Wuestling singles to center field. Lee Scharein scores. George Klassen advances to third on the hit. Hod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Antonio Taylor strikes out. Nick Betts KC grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Hughes singles to right field. Leo DeCinces singles to left field. Tony Palmer singles to left field. Don Allen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Texas Fritz Campanella flies out to the left fielder. Mike Drissel doubles to left field. Andres McMillan walks. Solly Fischer strikes out. Lee Scharein walks. George Klassen doubles to left field. Mike Drissel scores. Andres McMillan scores. Glenn Elliott grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mickey Smith strikes out. Paul Crump flies out to the right fielder. Alejandro Serrano hits a home run. Ham Fyhrie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Antonio Taylor pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Herman Wuestling singles to right field. Ham Fyhrie lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fritz Campanella strikes out. Mike Drissel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Nick Betts KC walks. Vic Dowell is pinch hitting for Walt Hughes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vic Dowell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Leo DeCinces flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Pat Holt pitching. Andres McMillan singles to right field. Solly Fischer singles to center field. Andres McMillan advances to third on the hit. Lee Scharein strikes out. George Klassen walks. Glenn Elliott singles to center field. Andres McMillan scores. Solly Fischer scores. George Klassen advances to third on the hit. Yukio Kuwata comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Herman Wuestling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Glenn Elliott advances to second on the play. Keisaku Nagamoto is pinch hitting for Ham Fyhrie. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Keisaku Nagamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Russ Coppola pitching. Tony Palmer singles to right field. Don Allen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tony Palmer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mickey Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Fritz Campanella singles to center field. Mike Drissel pops out to the first baseman. Andres McMillan strikes out. Solly Fischer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fritz Campanella is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Paul Crump singles to center field. Alejandro Serrano walks. Kirk Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Antonio Taylor strikes out. Nick Betts KC strikes out. Damon Vitelli is pinch hitting for Yukio Kuwata. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Damon Vitelli flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Texas total runners left on base: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yuichi Wada improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Davenport improves in power_vs_righty Mike Iburg did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Torkelson did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Torkelson did not respond to coaching in CF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jon Barranca did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Linares improves in range Max Pettitte improves in range Roberto Olmo improves in power_vs_righty