Win: Jose Alcantara (1-0) Loss: Dick Ruiz (0-1)
Save: Gary Grimes (1)
Inning: 1 Texas Barney Waldbauer pitching. Joe Minor walks. Andy Etchebarren singles to right field. Joe Minor advances to third on the hit. Luis House strikes out. Leon Leonard grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Minor scores. Andy Etchebarren advances to second on the play. Charley Wright walks. Earle Wilson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Charley Wright is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Ruiz pitching. Rube Harris flies out to the left fielder. Cap Jennings walks. George Bowers strikes out. Romeo Hobbs reached on a 2-base throwing error by Luis House. Mac Falls hits a home run. Cap Jennings scores. Romeo Hobbs scores. Minnie Stiely walks. Mike Cafego grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Joe Barbee grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Otero strikes out. Dick Ruiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Wes McMahan flies out to the left fielder. Barney Waldbauer grounds out to the pitcher. Rube Harris singles to left field. Cap Jennings flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Joe Minor singles to left field. Andy Etchebarren singles to right field. Luis House strikes out. Leon Leonard triples. Joe Minor scores. Andy Etchebarren scores. Charley Wright grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Leon Leonard scores. Jose Alcantara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Earle Wilson singles to left field. Joe Barbee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Bowers pops out to the second baseman. Romeo Hobbs grounds out to the second baseman. Mac Falls pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ed Otero flies out to the center fielder. Dick Ruiz grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Minor singles to center field. Andy Etchebarren pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Minnie Stiely flies out to the right fielder. Mike Cafego walks. Mike Cafego steals second. Wes McMahan hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jose Alcantara grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Cafego scores. Wes McMahan advances to second on the play. Passed ball. Wes McMahan advances to third. Rube Harris singles to left field. Wes McMahan scores. Cap Jennings grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rube Harris is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Luis House grounds out to the third baseman. Leon Leonard strikes out. Charley Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City George Bowers singles to center field. Romeo Hobbs lines out to the pitcher. Mac Falls singles to center field. Minnie Stiely strikes out. Mike Cafego strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Earle Wilson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Joe Barbee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Otero lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Wes McMahan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Alcantara walks. Rube Harris strikes out. Cap Jennings pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Dick Ruiz flies out to the center fielder. Joe Minor grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Etchebarren flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City George Bowers doubles to right field. Dot Wylie 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 2nd. Romeo Hobbs flies out to the left fielder. Mac Falls flies out to the center fielder. Minnie Stiely strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Randy Reyes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Romeo Hobbs at 1B. Luis House flies out to the left fielder. Leon Leonard lines out to the second baseman. Charley Wright bunts for a base hit. Gary Grimes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Earle Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Cafego reached on a fielding error by Ed Otero. Wes McMahan flies out to the center fielder. Gary Grimes lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rube Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Joe Barbee flies out to the center fielder. Ed Otero grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Eibel is pinch hitting for Dot Wylie. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Pat Eibel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: F Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ron Lawrence did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Raul Brabender improves in range Sam Danning did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Doc Belitz did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brian Carsey improves in power_vs_lefty Brian Carsey did not respond to coaching in arm Bobby Meyers improves in power_vs_righty Bill Baker improves in contact_vs_righty Bobby Meyers did not respond to coaching in 3B