Win: Bill Johnstone (7-2) Loss: Jeremy Hutchings (12-10)
Save: Connie Gray (2)
Inning: 1 Texas Jeremy Hutchings pitching. Whitey Lansing walks. Rip Merullo strikes out. Frank Bogart singles to center field. Whitey Lansing advances to third on the hit. Danny Alcantara pops out to the catcher. Butch Casey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Johnstone pitching. John Stahl strikes out. Goldie Shelby doubles to center field. Ed Merritt strikes out. Billy Grich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Fred Unglaub singles to right field. Rod Dyer hits a home run. Fred Unglaub scores. Claude Martin flies out to the left fielder. Bill Johnstone singles to right field. Whitey Lansing grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Johnstone is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rip Merullo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dan Gettinger walks. George Barnes strikes out. U.L. Distefano flies out to the right fielder. Denny Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Frank Bogart strikes out. Danny Alcantara singles to left field. Butch Casey strikes out. Fred Unglaub flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jeremy Hutchings walks. John Stahl walks. Goldie Shelby grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Stahl is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Merritt strikes out. Billy Grich pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Rod Dyer flies out to the center fielder. Claude Martin flies out to the left fielder. Bill Johnstone grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dan Gettinger grounds out to the second baseman. George Barnes strikes out. U.L. Distefano lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Whitey Lansing grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rip Merullo strikes out. Frank Bogart grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Denny Brown walks. Jeremy Hutchings lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Denny Brown forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). John Stahl strikes out. Goldie Shelby grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeremy Hutchings is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Danny Alcantara strikes out. Butch Casey triples. Fred Unglaub grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Dyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Merritt strikes out. Billy Grich strikes out. Hal Porter 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. Dan Gettinger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Claude Martin strikes out. Jesus Harris is pinch hitting for Hal Porter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jesus Harris flies out to the right fielder. Whitey Lansing triples. Rip Merullo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Connie Gray pitching. George Barnes flies out to the left fielder. U.L. Distefano strikes out. Denny Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Frank Bogart strikes out. Danny Alcantara hits a home run. Butch Casey singles to center field. Fred Unglaub grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Butch Casey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rod Dyer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Fats Woods enters the game as a defensive replacement for Danny Alcantara at LF. Slick Johnson is pinch hitting for Jeremy Hutchings. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Slick Johnson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! John Stahl grounds out to the pitcher. Goldie Shelby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Gates Hamlin pitching. Claude Martin singles to center field. Connie Gray pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Whitey Lansing pops out to the catcher. Rip Merullo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Billy Grich singles to right field. Billy Grich steals second. Dan Gettinger reached on a fielding error by Butch Casey. George Barnes pops out to the second baseman. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Texas total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tony Fisher did not respond to coaching in control Tony Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Erik Goeddel did not respond to coaching in velocity Erik Goeddel did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Thomasson did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brett Tyack did not respond to coaching in velocity Haden Rivera did not respond to coaching in velocity Norm Jeanes did not respond to coaching in control Ross Atkinson did not respond to coaching in control Joe Kranepool did not respond to coaching in 2B