Win: John Foster (1-0) Loss: Bobby Phillips (0-2)
Save: Chikao Nogusa (6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bobby Phillips pitching. Scott Croucher pops out to the second baseman. Marcos Trujillo walks. Ron Nielsen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas John Foster pitching. Duke Silva grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Thomas flies out to the right fielder. John Clarke singles to center field. Tim Davis flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Lefty Sand walks. Jeff Schick grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Nigel Joseph flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Charlie Garcia hits a home run. Shuzo Sasaki walks. Burleigh Miller strikes out. Yoshiaki Hidaka walks. Bobby Phillips lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Duke Silva strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe Hughes singles to right field. Pat Pashnick strikes out. John Foster lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Scott Croucher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Jeff Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Clarke grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Davis pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Marcos Trujillo doubles to right field. Ron Nielsen singles to right field. Marcos Trujillo scores. Lefty Sand strikes out. Ron Nielsen is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jeff Schick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Charlie Garcia singles to left field. Shuzo Sasaki strikes out. Burleigh Miller singles to center field. Charlie Garcia advances to third on the hit. Yoshiaki Hidaka walks. Bobby Phillips grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nigel Joseph strikes out. Joe Hughes grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pat Pashnick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Duke Silva hits a home run. Jeff Thomas flies out to the center fielder. John Clarke strikes out. Tim Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Foster strikes out. Scott Croucher grounds out to the third baseman. Marcos Trujillo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Shuzo Sasaki strikes out. Burleigh Miller reached on a fielding error by Pat Pashnick. Yoshiaki Hidaka flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ron Nielsen pops out to the shortstop. Lefty Sand grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Schick lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Bobby Phillips pops out to the first baseman. Duke Silva singles to right field. Jeff Thomas singles to left field. Duke Silva advances to third on the hit. John Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Duke Silva scores. Jeff Thomas advances to second on the play. Tim Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Nigel Joseph singles to left field. Joe Hughes walks. Pat Pashnick singles to left field. Nigel Joseph scores. Walt Donnels is pinch hitting for John Foster. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Walt Donnels strikes out. Scott Croucher strikes out. Marcos Trujillo hits a home run. Joe Hughes scores. Pat Pashnick scores. Ron Nielsen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Yukinobu Aoyama pitching. Charlie Garcia pops out to the shortstop. Shuzo Sasaki strikes out. Burleigh Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jeff Pladson 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. Lefty Sand strikes out. Jeff Schick grounds out to the second baseman. Nigel Joseph flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Chikao Nogusa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Yoshiaki Hidaka flies out to the right fielder. Danny Kroh is pinch hitting for Jeff Pladson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Danny Kroh singles to right field. Duke Silva hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jeff Thomas flies out to the left fielder. John Clarke pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Marcos Trujillo (2).HR - Marcos Trujillo (1).GIDP - Ron Nielsen, Jeff Schick. Baserunning: CS - Ron Nielsen (1). Fielding: E - Pat Pashnick.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gene Graham did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rafael Jones improves in control Tiny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Matos did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ferrell DeArmond did not respond to coaching in velocity Russ Kern did not respond to coaching in velocity
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ted Simpson did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Tamargo did not respond to coaching in control Alex Trucks did not respond to coaching in speed Mark Koupal improves in power_vs_righty Alex Trucks improves in power_vs_righty Pat Franklin improves in power_vs_lefty