Win: Atley Taylor (16-12) Loss: Bobby Phillips (14-8)
Save: Kazuhiro Inagaki (40)
Inning: 1 Texas Atley Taylor pitching. Danny McGraw flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Navarro strikes out. Takeshi Tahara singles to right field. Kikuji Egusa grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Takeshi Tahara is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bobby Phillips pitching. Frank Ford strikes out. Bombo Mertz flies out to the center fielder. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Carlos Varona grounds out to the second baseman. Kazutomo Nagaike pops out to the second baseman. Turner Jackson doubles to center field. Joe Loewer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tanka Jahari strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka singles to right field. Johnny Fluhrer bunts for a base hit. Rod Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Terry Brewington hits a home run. Masaki Yamanaka scores. Rod Smith scores. Atley Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Bobby Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Danny McGraw strikes out. Charlie Navarro walks. Takeshi Tahara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ford walks. Bombo Mertz doubles past the third baseman. Frank Ford uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Tanka Jahari flies out to the left fielder. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Johnny Fluhrer singles to center field. Bombo Mertz is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Kikuji Egusa strikes out. Carlos Varona strikes out. Kazutomo Nagaike doubles to left field. Turner Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rod Smith pops out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington grounds out to the second baseman. Atley Taylor singles to center field. Frank Ford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Joe Loewer strikes out. Bobby Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Danny McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bombo Mertz grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Lundbom hits a home run. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Charlie Navarro walks. Charlie Navarro is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Takeshi Tahara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kikuji Egusa singles to left field. Carlos Varona singles to left field. Kikuji Egusa advances to third on the hit. Kazutomo Nagaike strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Brewington flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Turner Jackson singles to center field. Joe Loewer doubles to left field. Ben Dashiell is pinch hitting for Bobby Phillips. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ben Dashiell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Turner Jackson scores. Joe Loewer advances to third on the play. Danny McGraw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Joe Loewer scores. Charlie Navarro singles to center field. Takeshi Tahara walks. Kikuji Egusa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Guillermo Voigt pitching. Atley Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Frank Ford walks. Frank Ford steals second. Bombo Mertz flies out to the center fielder. Chris Lundbom flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Carlos Varona walks. Kazutomo Nagaike grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Carlos Varona is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Cupid Ross comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Turner Jackson singles to right field. Joe Loewer doubles to right field. Kazutomo Nagaike scores. Turner Jackson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Prentiss is pinch hitting for Guillermo Voigt. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Prentiss flies out to the right fielder. Danny McGraw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rick McHale pitching. Tanka Jahari walks. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Rod Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tanka Jahari is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Kazuhiro Inagaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Navarro flies out to the left fielder. Takeshi Tahara singles past the second baseman. Kikuji Egusa grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Art Williams improves in speed Yoshiaki Hidaka did not respond to coaching in arm Jack Cahill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Yoshiaki Hidaka improves in arm Jeff Thomas improves in contact_vs_righty Dwayne Long did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: 'Rude' Justin Rudi did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Stimac did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Dealy did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Dealy did not respond to coaching in control Bob Closter improves in control Roy Dealy did not respond to coaching in control