Win: John Heredia (13-16) Loss: Lenny Rivera (5-7)
Save: Luis Whisenant (22)
Inning: 1 Texas Lenny Rivera pitching. Rob Young flies out to the left fielder. Hilly Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Craig George walks. Bill Hicks grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Craig George is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City John Heredia pitching. Tony Greene grounds out to the second baseman. Clyde Jones flies out to the right fielder. Anders Lloyd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Greg Cottrell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Kiko Burnitz singles to left field. Mickey Allietta grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Gallagher grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rich Vargas is hit by a pitch. Rich Vargas steals second. George Maddux flies out to the center fielder. Orestes Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Jerry Otis flies out to the right fielder. John Heredia strikes out. Rob Young flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Castino strikes out. Lenny Rivera flies out to the right fielder. Tony Greene walks. Clyde Jones singles to center field. Tony Greene advances to third on the hit. Anders Lloyd strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Hilly Johnson singles to right field. Craig George grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hilly Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Hicks strikes out. Greg Cottrell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Gallagher grounds out to the shortstop. Rich Vargas doubles to center field. George Maddux strikes out. Orestes Harris walks. Mike Castino flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Kiko Burnitz singles to center field. Mickey Allietta singles to left field. Kiko Burnitz advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Jerry Otis singles to left field. Kiko Burnitz scores. John Heredia lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rob Young flies out to the center fielder. Hilly Johnson hits a home run. Mickey Allietta scores. Jerry Otis scores. Craig George strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jose Moran is pinch hitting for Lenny Rivera. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jose Moran flies out to the left fielder. Tony Greene walks. Clyde Jones flies out to the center fielder. Tony Greene steals second. Anders Lloyd pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Jermaine Brubaker pitching. Bill Hicks grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Cottrell grounds out to the shortstop. Kiko Burnitz walks. Mickey Allietta flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Gallagher flies out to the center fielder. Rich Vargas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Maddux grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Jerry Otis singles to center field. Ed Fuller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Heredia fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Heredia strikes out. Rob Young flies out to the left fielder. Hilly Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Orestes Harris flies out to the left fielder. Mike Castino flies out to the right fielder. Ed Fuller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Craig George reached on a fielding error by George Maddux. Bill Hicks strikes out. Greg Cottrell pops out to the second baseman. Kiko Burnitz singles past the third baseman. Mickey Allietta walks. Joe Carter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Otis grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Craig George is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tony Greene grounds out to the shortstop. Clyde Jones pops out to the second baseman. Anders Lloyd walks. Bill Gallagher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas John Heredia strikes out. Rob Young pops out to the shortstop. Hilly Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rich Vargas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Maddux singles to center field. Orestes Harris strikes out. Mike Castino walks. Luis Whisenant 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. Julio Cuyler is pinch hitting for Joe Carter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Julio Cuyler lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pat Bolger did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Caton improves in power_vs_righty Hal Baker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Anderson did not respond to coaching in speed Hal Baker improves in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Johnson improves in speed Gary Palmer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jerry Hacker improves in power_vs_righty Bert Crawford improves in range Walter Castilla did not respond to coaching in 2B