Win: Clise Cobb (5-3) Loss: Al Leiper (10-11)
Save: Max Tucker (2)
Inning: 1 Texas Al Leiper pitching. Shunichi Iishii strikes out. Johnny Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Akimasa Ogi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jon Kruk pitching. Toshio Nishikawa flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Driscol hits a home run. Tony Peguero grounds out to the second baseman. Nate Meyers singles to left field. Herbie Howard grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Nate Meyers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Eddie Tidrow flies out to the center fielder. Brandon Roy singles to center field. Charlie Smith pops out to the third baseman. Gren Hansell lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Veras reached on a fielding error by Akimasa Ogi. Ace McKechnie flies out to the center fielder. Ernie McCracken grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Jake McClanahan singles to right field. Jon Kruk lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shunichi Iishii triples. Jake McClanahan scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Johnny Davis singles to right field. Shunichi Iishii scores. Johnny Davis steals second. Akimasa Ogi strikes out. Eddie Tidrow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Al Leiper strikes out. Toshio Nishikawa grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Driscol singles to left field. Tony Peguero grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Brandon Roy pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gren Hansell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Nate Meyers flies out to the center fielder. Herbie Howard walks. Ed Veras doubles to right field. Herbie Howard is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ace McKechnie walks. Ernie McCracken walks. Al Leiper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Texas Jake McClanahan grounds out to the pitcher. Allan Coveleski is pinch hitting for Jon Kruk. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Allan Coveleski flies out to the center fielder. Shunichi Iishii flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Clise Cobb pitching. Toshio Nishikawa grounds out to the pitcher. Lefty Driscol doubles to left field. Tony Peguero grounds out to the pitcher. Nate Meyers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Johnny Davis flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Akimasa Ogi singles to left field. Eddie Tidrow walks. Brandon Roy strikes out. Charlie Smith singles to center field. Akimasa Ogi scores. Eddie Tidrow advances to third on the hit. Gren Hansell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Herbie Howard grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Veras grounds out to the shortstop. Ace McKechnie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Jake McClanahan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Derrick Trillo is pinch hitting for Clise Cobb. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Derrick Trillo strikes out. Shunichi Iishii grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Shoji Furukawa pitching. Ernie McCracken walks. Ray Brooks is pinch hitting for Al Leiper. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ray Brooks grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Toshio Nishikawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Dennis Grabowski pitching. Johnny Davis strikes out. Akimasa Ogi walks. Eddie Tidrow grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Akimasa Ogi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Brandon Roy singles to right field. Eddie Tidrow advances to third on the hit. Charlie Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Lefty Driscol singles to center field. Tony Peguero grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Lefty Driscol advances to second on the play. Nate Meyers walks. Herbie Howard walks. Ed Veras grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Driscol scores. Nate Meyers advances to third on the play. Herbie Howard advances to second on the play. Rich Christian comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ace McKechnie strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Gren Hansell strikes out. Jake McClanahan grounds out to the catcher. Rich Christian lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ernie McCracken grounds out to the pitcher. Al McQuaig is pinch hitting for Dennis Grabowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al McQuaig flies out to the center fielder. Toshio Nishikawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Leo Budnick did not respond to coaching in control George York improves in arm Earl Blocker did not respond to coaching in speed Bert Townsend improves in arm
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Deacon Brady improves in range Andujar Jefferson improves in velocity Andujar Jefferson did not respond to coaching in control Rube Mathews improves in contact_vs_righty