Win: Dick Aven (8-3) Loss: Charlie Staehle (4-10)
Save: Vance Cooper (9)
Inning: 1 Seattle Dick Aven pitching. Sam Blanks flies out to the right fielder. Bill Kucek singles to center field. Wilton Hearron flies out to the center fielder. Bill Kucek is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Charlie Staehle pitching. Amos Moriarity strikes out. Joe Stanceu flies out to the left fielder. Shannon Koufax flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Seattle Will Kaiserling grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy Rossy walks. Rudy Rossy is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Taylor singles to center field. Charlie Lenhardt reached on a fielding error by Shannon Koufax. Alvaro Hiller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas George Keegan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Barry Pruitt strikes out. George McGah singles to right field. Danny Sima singles to center field. Freddy Queen pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Seattle Charlie Staehle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sam Blanks strikes out. Bill Kucek strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Dick Aven strikes out. Amos Moriarity grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Stanceu lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Seattle Wilton Hearron strikes out. Will Kaiserling pops out to the third baseman. Rudy Rossy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Shannon Koufax grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Keegan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Barry Pruitt hits a home run. George McGah strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Bill Taylor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Stanceu. Charlie Lenhardt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Taylor advances to third on the play. Alvaro Hiller singles to center field. Bill Taylor scores. Charlie Staehle fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Charlie Staehle flies out to the right fielder. Sam Blanks singles to right field. Bill Kucek strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Danny Sima pops out to the shortstop. Freddy Queen walks. Dick Aven lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Amos Moriarity singles to left field. Freddy Queen scores. Joe Stanceu singles past the second baseman. Shannon Koufax grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Stanceu is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Seattle Wilton Hearron walks. Will Kaiserling flies out to the left fielder. Rudy Rossy singles to right field. Bill Taylor lines out to the first baseman. Charlie Lenhardt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas George Keegan grounds out to the third baseman. Barry Pruitt grounds out to the shortstop. George McGah singles to center field. Danny Sima flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Seattle Len Ferris is pinch hitting for Alvaro Hiller. Len Ferris singles to center field. John Spehr is pinch hitting for Charlie Staehle. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. John Spehr flies out to the center fielder. Sam Blanks grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Len Ferris is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Kucek grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Jim Salas pitching. Joe Munson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Len Ferris at C. Freddy Queen singles to right field. Hal Offerman is pinch hitting for Dick Aven. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Hal Offerman grounds out to the pitcher. Freddy Queen advances to second on the play. Amos Moriarity pops out to the third baseman. Joe Stanceu strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Seattle Vance Cooper pitching. Wes Kraus enters the game as a defensive replacement for Freddy Queen at CF. Wilton Hearron strikes out. Will Kaiserling strikes out. Rudy Rossy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Shannon Koufax doubles to right field. George Keegan grounds out to the shortstop. Barry Pruitt strikes out. George McGah strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Seattle Bill Taylor flies out to the left fielder. T.B. Benoit is pinch hitting for Charlie Lenhardt. T.B. Benoit flies out to the left fielder. Joe Munson walks. Danny Moates is pinch hitting for Jim Salas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Danny Moates strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Seattle total runners left on base: 8 Texas total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Alvaro Hiller is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Byers improves in contact_vs_lefty Neal Allen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Thoenen did not respond to coaching in control Ron Medwick improves in arm Kenny Wayne did not respond to coaching in SS
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jimmy Bashore did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Donnelly did not respond to coaching in endurance Hal Hernandez did not respond to coaching in control Jimmy Bashore did not respond to coaching in velocity