Win: Stubby Aurilia (12-3) Loss: Buster Brown (12-2)
Save: Al Leonard (20)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Buster Brown pitching. John Stahl triples. Dan Gettinger pops out to the first baseman. Slick Johnson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rip Merullo. John Stahl scores. Goldie Shelby singles to left field. Slick Johnson scores. Denny Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Goldie Shelby advances to second on the play. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Billy Grich hits an infield single to the shortstop. Goldie Shelby scores. Mateo Perez singles to right field. Billy Grich advances to third on the hit. Mateo Perez steals second. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Texas Stubby Aurilia pitching. Whitey Lansing singles to right field. Butch Casey hits a home run. Whitey Lansing scores. Rip Merullo pops out to the catcher. Frank Bogart lines out to the shortstop. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Stubby Aurilia grounds out to the shortstop. John Stahl grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Gettinger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Fred Unglaub grounds out to the pitcher. Peter Pena flies out to the right fielder. Claude Martin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Slick Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Goldie Shelby strikes out. Denny Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Buster Brown flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Lansing walks. Butch Casey strikes out. Whitey Lansing is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Billy Grich grounds out to the third baseman. Mateo Perez flies out to the center fielder. U.L. Distefano pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Rip Merullo flies out to the center fielder. Frank Bogart lines out to the first baseman. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Stubby Aurilia grounds out to the catcher. John Stahl flies out to the right fielder. Dan Gettinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Fred Unglaub grounds out to the shortstop. Peter Pena doubles past the right fielder. Claude Martin walks. Buster Brown fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Buster Brown singles to left field. Whitey Lansing flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Peter Pena scores. Butch Casey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Slick Johnson doubles to right field. Goldie Shelby walks. Denny Brown flies out to the right fielder. Billy Grich singles to left field. Slick Johnson scores. Goldie Shelby advances to third on the hit. Mateo Perez walks. U.L. Distefano singles to right field. Goldie Shelby scores. Billy Grich scores. Pete Garibaldi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Stubby Aurilia fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Stubby Aurilia flies out to the center fielder. John Stahl strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Rip Merullo flies out to the center fielder. Frank Bogart strikes out. Danny Alcantara flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dan Gettinger flies out to the center fielder. Slick Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Goldie Shelby walks. Denny Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Fred Unglaub singles to center field. Peter Pena grounds out to the catcher. Fred Unglaub advances to second on the play. Claude Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Unglaub advances to third on the play. Jesus Harris is pinch hitting for Pete Garibaldi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jesus Harris doubles to center field. Fred Unglaub scores. Bill Laxton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Whitey Lansing singles to center field. Jesus Harris scores. Butch Casey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Johnstone pitching. Billy Grich hits a home run. Otto Finley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mateo Perez flies out to the right fielder. U.L. Distefano flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! George Barnes is pinch hitting for Bill Laxton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. George Barnes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Joel Hogan pitching. Rip Merullo grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Bogart grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Alcantara doubles to center field. Fred Unglaub strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Stahl singles to right field. Dan Gettinger singles to right field. Slick Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. John Stahl advances to third on the play. Dan Gettinger advances to second on the play. Goldie Shelby strikes out. Denny Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Al Leonard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Peter Pena strikes out. Claude Martin grounds out to the pitcher. Matt Kirkpatrick is pinch hitting for Otto Finley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Matt Kirkpatrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Texas total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rick Ellis did not respond to coaching in velocity Troy Thornton did not respond to coaching in endurance Troy Thornton improves in control Bill Parrish improves in arm
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Bando did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Sorrento did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sam Capel improves in contact_vs_lefty Art Berry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dutch Thomasson did not respond to coaching in SS