Win: Merito Graham (2-2) Loss: Phil Monahan (15-6)
Save: Kevin Donahue (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Merito Graham pitching. Rollie Colbrunn strikes out. U.L. Clark walks. Roy Maxie flies out to the right fielder. Howard Gardella flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Phil Monahan pitching. Doug Schultz pops out to the third baseman. Ken Griffith singles to right field. Steve Gonzalez walks. Vern Kravitz grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Steve Gonzalez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Blankenship singles to left field. Ken Griffith scores. Vern Kravitz advances to third on the hit. Jack Haas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Larry Zuber strikes out. Les Ayala walks. Ed Ohman grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Les Ayala advances to second on the play. Willie McClure flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Randy Lopez reached on a fielding error by Larry Zuber. Bob Smalley grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Lopez advances to second on the play. Merito Graham singles past the shortstop. Randy Lopez scores. Doug Schultz bunts for a base hit. Ken Griffith grounds out to the shortstop. Merito Graham advances to third on the play. Doug Schultz advances to second on the play. Steve Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Phil Monahan strikes out. Rollie Colbrunn strikes out. U.L. Clark doubles to center field. Roy Maxie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Vern Kravitz strikes out. Frank Blankenship grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Haas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Howard Gardella grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Zuber singles to right field. Les Ayala flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Ed Ohman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Randy Lopez singles to center field. Bob Smalley grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Randy Lopez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Merito Graham lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Doug Schultz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Willie McClure grounds out to the pitcher. Phil Monahan grounds out to the third baseman. Rollie Colbrunn walks. U.L. Clark singles to center field. Rollie Colbrunn is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Ken Griffith strikes out. Steve Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Vern Kravitz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Larry Zuber. Frank Blankenship singles to left field. Vern Kravitz scores. Passed ball. Frank Blankenship advances to second. Jack Haas singles to right field. Frank Blankenship scores. Randy Lopez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jack Haas is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Roy Maxie flies out to the center fielder. Howard Gardella flies out to the left fielder. Dave Virdon 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. Larry Zuber strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Bob Smalley walks. Chris Kiely is pinch hitting for Dave Virdon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Chris Kiely singles to center field. Doug Schultz grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chris Kiely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ken Griffith walks. Manny Guerrero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Gonzalez grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Bob Smalley is out at home. Vern Kravitz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Curt Miller pitching. Les Ayala strikes out. Ed Ohman grounds out to the third baseman. Willie McClure walks. Joe Duran is pinch hitting for Manny Guerrero. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Joe Duran singles to left field. Willie McClure advances to third on the hit. Rollie Colbrunn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Frank Williams pitching. Frank Blankenship singles to left field. Jack Haas strikes out. Randy Lopez singles to left field. Frank Blankenship advances to third on the hit. Bob Smalley singles to right field. Frank Blankenship scores. Randy Lopez advances to third on the hit. Leon Luque is pinch hitting for Curt Miller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Leon Luque pops out to the third baseman. Doug Schultz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jake Mueller pitching. U.L. Clark walks. Tony Tirado is pinch hitting for Roy Maxie. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Tirado triples. U.L. Clark scores. Howard Gardella doubles to center field. Tony Tirado scores. Kevin Donahue comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Zuber grounds out to the shortstop. Les Ayala grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Keliher is pinch hitting for Ed Ohman. Dale Keliher walks. Willie McClure grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Bob Susce enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dale Keliher at RF. Ken Griffith walks. Hack Roberts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Gonzalez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Vern Kravitz lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Lawrick is pinch hitting for Hack Roberts. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Lawrick grounds out to the shortstop. Rollie Colbrunn strikes out. U.L. Clark flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9 Texas total runners left on base: 11
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Barry Taylor improves in velocity Jim McKelvey did not respond to coaching in velocity Barry Taylor did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Latimer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hyon Yi did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mickey Throneberry improves in arm Howard Davidson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mickey Throneberry did not respond to coaching in arm Amos Veil did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty