Win: Gordon Bane (5-4) Loss: Matt Meeker (13-11)
Save: Chuck Wheat (3)
Inning: 1 Chicago Matt Meeker pitching. Tino Black grounds out to the pitcher. Alvin Ritter grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Fred Rhomberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Gordon Bane pitching. Johnny Brant singles to center field. Wagner Hollingsworth walks. Slim Clemons grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Johnny Brant advances to third on the play. Joe Botz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Charlie White flies out to the center fielder. Jitsuo Ohnuki singles to right field. Pat Fear walks. Reggie Sutton grounds out to the second baseman. Jitsuo Ohnuki advances to third on the play. Pat Fear advances to second on the play. Jim Atkinson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Mike Houck strikes out. Guyle Tucker singles to left field. Carl Ortiz pops out to the catcher. Jim Ray pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Gordon Bane singles to left field. Tino Black flies out to the center fielder. Alvin Ritter grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gordon Bane is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Fred Rhomberg singles to left field. Charlie White strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Matt Meeker flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Brant flies out to the right fielder. Wagner Hollingsworth pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Jitsuo Ohnuki doubles to left field. Pat Fear walks. Reggie Sutton hits a home run. Jitsuo Ohnuki scores. Pat Fear scores. Jim Atkinson grounds out to the pitcher. Gordon Bane flies out to the left fielder. Tino Black grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Slim Clemons grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Botz hits a home run. Mike Houck grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Guyle Tucker walks. Carl Ortiz lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Alvin Ritter singles to left field. Fred Rhomberg flies out to the right fielder. Charlie White strikes out. Jitsuo Ohnuki walks. Pat Fear grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Alvin Ritter is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Jim Ray grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Meeker is hit by a pitch. Johnny Brant flies out to the center fielder. Wagner Hollingsworth grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Matt Meeker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Reggie Sutton pops out to the shortstop. Jim Atkinson singles to right field. Jim Atkinson steals second. Gordon Bane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Atkinson advances to third on the play. Tino Black strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Slim Clemons walks. Joe Botz pops out to the third baseman. Mike Houck walks. Guyle Tucker strikes out. Carl Ortiz walks. Jim Ray lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Chicago Alvin Ritter flies out to the left fielder. Fred Rhomberg pops out to the first baseman. Charlie White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Ducky Abbaticchio is pinch hitting for Matt Meeker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ducky Abbaticchio grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Brant strikes out. Wagner Hollingsworth singles to left field. Slim Clemons flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago William Gomez pitching. Jitsuo Ohnuki grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Fear strikes out. Reggie Sutton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Joe Botz flies out to the center fielder. Mike Houck flies out to the center fielder. Guyle Tucker walks. Carl Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Jim Atkinson strikes out. Dirk Campbell is pinch hitting for Gordon Bane. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dirk Campbell grounds out to the pitcher. Tino Black strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Chuck Wheat pitching. Jim Ray flies out to the center fielder. Luis Bettencourt is pinch hitting for William Gomez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Luis Bettencourt singles to right field. Passed ball. Luis Bettencourt advances to second. Johnny Brant singles to right field. Johnny Brant steals second. Wagner Hollingsworth grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Bettencourt scores. Johnny Brant advances to third on the play. Slim Clemons grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 7 Texas total runners LOB: 10
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Donn Rivera did not respond to coaching in control Nick Duser improves in power_vs_righty Tim Bagby improves in arm Freddie Schuster improves in control
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Wera improves in control Ray McGuire did not respond to coaching in control Ray Hunter did not respond to coaching in control Cory Groth did not respond to coaching in range Wes Kirsch did not respond to coaching in SS