Win: Frank Williams (3-1) Loss: Curt Miller (0-1)
Save: Hack Roberts (8)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Kevin Donahue pitching. Rollie Colbrunn flies out to the center fielder. U.L. Clark strikes out. Les Ayala singles to left field. Phil Buschhorn walks. Bob Susce strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Texas Frank Williams pitching. Randy Lopez strikes out. Bob Smalley grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Kravitz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Willie McClure grounds out to the third baseman. Howard Gardella walks. Ed Ohman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Howard Gardella advances to second on the play. Frank Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Frank Blankenship reached on a 2-base fielding error by Willie McClure. Leon Luque grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Blankenship advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the corners in. Guillermo Mitchell doubles to left field. Frank Blankenship scores. Frank Yerkes flies out to the center fielder. Tim Beck strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rollie Colbrunn walks. U.L. Clark grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Les Ayala doubles to left field. Phil Buschhorn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Kevin Donahue grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Lopez singles to right 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. Vern Kravitz singles to right field. Frank Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Susce grounds out to the shortstop. Willie McClure strikes out. Howard Gardella hits a home run. Ed Ohman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Leon Luque flies out to the left fielder. Guillermo Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Yerkes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rollie Colbrunn singles to right field. Curt Miller 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. U.L. Clark grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Tim Beck flies out to the center fielder. Curt Miller pops out to the first baseman. Randy Lopez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Les Ayala flies out to the center fielder. Phil Buschhorn grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Susce singles to center field. Willie McClure flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Bob Smalley flies out to the left fielder. Vern Kravitz grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Howard Gardella singles to right field. Roy Maxie is pinch hitting for Ed Ohman. Roy Maxie strikes out. Joe Duran is pinch hitting for Frank Williams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Duran walks. Rollie Colbrunn strikes out. U.L. Clark singles to center field. Howard Gardella scores. Joe Duran advances to third on the hit. Les Ayala grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Barry Taylor pitching. Leon Luque walks. Guillermo Mitchell strikes out. Frank Yerkes grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Leon Luque is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tim Beck flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Phil Buschhorn flies out to the left fielder. Bob Susce grounds out to the shortstop. Willie McClure hits a home run. Jake Mueller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Howard Gardella singles to right field. Roy Maxie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Leroy Dumovich is pinch hitting for Jake Mueller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Leroy Dumovich grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Lopez hits a home run. Bob Smalley grounds out to the shortstop. Vern Kravitz lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jim Heise pitching. Tony Tirado is pinch hitting for Barry Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Tony Tirado flies out to the center fielder. Rollie Colbrunn doubles to center field. U.L. Clark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rollie Colbrunn advances to third on the play. Les Ayala pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Hack Roberts pitching. Frank Blankenship singles to center field. Leon Luque singles to right field. Rudy Heist is pinch hitting for Guillermo Mitchell. Rudy Heist grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Blankenship advances to third on the play. Leon Luque advances to second on the play. Frank Yerkes strikes out. Tim Beck flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Texas total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Joe Hudson improves in power_vs_lefty Sam Marquis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hyon Yi improves in range Pat Andrews did not respond to coaching in velocity Hyon Yi did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tim Bailey did not respond to coaching in velocity Ralph Brown improves in power_vs_righty Dickie Sager did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rob Marshall improves in power_vs_righty