Win: Atley Taylor (8-7) Loss: Hal Redfield (3-13)
Save: Kazuhiro Inagaki (26)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Hal Redfield pitching. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Bombo Mertz singles to right field. Chris Lundbom reached on a 2-base throwing error by Takeshi Tahara. Johnny Fluhrer walks. Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bombo Mertz scores. Rod Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Texas Atley Taylor pitching. Danny McGraw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Navarro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Takeshi Tahara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington hits a home run. Atley Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Ford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Kikuji Egusa strikes out. Carlos Varona strikes out. Kazutomo Nagaike flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bombo Mertz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Lundbom walks. Johnny Fluhrer walks. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Rod Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Turner Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Joe VanRobays strikes out. Hal Redfield grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Brewington flies out to the left fielder. Atley Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Danny McGraw strikes out. Charlie Navarro singles to left field. Takeshi Tahara grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Navarro is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kikuji Egusa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Ford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bombo Mertz singles to center field. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the shortstop. Bombo Mertz advances to second on the play. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Kazutomo Nagaike grounds out to the second baseman. Turner Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tanka Jahari hits a home run. Rod Smith flies out to the right fielder. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Joe VanRobays strikes out. Hal Redfield strikes out. Danny McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Atley Taylor grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Frank Ford strikes out. Bombo Mertz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Charlie Navarro walks. Takeshi Tahara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Navarro advances to second on the play. Kikuji Egusa singles to left field. Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Kazutomo Nagaike triples. Charlie Navarro scores. Kikuji Egusa scores. Turner Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chris Lundbom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Fluhrer walks. Tanka Jahari grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Joe VanRobays strikes out. Ben Dashiell is pinch hitting for Hal Redfield. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ben Dashiell grounds out to the pitcher. Danny McGraw singles to right field. Charlie Navarro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yutaka Minami pitching. Rod Smith singles to center field. Rod Smith is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Masaki Yamanaka pops out to the third baseman. Terry Brewington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Kazuhiro Inagaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Takeshi Tahara walks. Kikuji Egusa grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Carlos Varona grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Texas total runners LOB: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Nigel Joseph did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Closter did not respond to coaching in control Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in range Roy Dealy did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Balas did not respond to coaching in velocity Arnie Magadan did not respond to coaching in control
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dick Lloyd did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Currie did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Pruett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Art Williams did not respond to coaching in range Pete Currie improves in arm Jerry Huston did not respond to coaching in speed