Win: Al Chagnon (9-8) Loss: Woody Madlock (12-5)
Save: Billy Harper (16)
Inning: 1 Texas Woody Madlock pitching. Johnny Pignatano strikes out. Shigeji Mori flies out to the center fielder. Colby Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Al Chagnon pitching. Victorino Vizquel flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Miksis flies out to the right fielder. Val Henry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Rick Malis grounds out to the pitcher. Bud Glenn strikes out. Andy Coleman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chuck Luque strikes out. Von Massey strikes out. Buck Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas John Gilkey grounds out to the shortstop. Ricky Leip singles to center field. Al Chagnon lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Pignatano grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dick Woods doubles to left field. Tyler Simmons pops out to the second baseman. Woody Madlock lines out to the shortstop. Victorino Vizquel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Shigeji Mori grounds out to the shortstop. Colby Odom singles to right field. Rick Malis singles to center field. Colby Odom advances to third on the hit. Bud Glenn walks. Andy Coleman strikes out. John Gilkey doubles to center field. Colby Odom scores. Rick Malis scores. Ricky Leip strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kevin Miksis singles to left field. Val Henry triples. Kevin Miksis scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Chuck Luque strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Von Massey strikes out. Buck Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Al Chagnon singles to center field. Johnny Pignatano doubles to right field. Shigeji Mori singles to center field. Al Chagnon scores. Johnny Pignatano scores. Ross Killebrew comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Colby Odom singles to right field. Shigeji Mori advances to third on the hit. Colby Odom steals second. Rick Malis grounds out to the second baseman. Shigeji Mori scores. Colby Odom advances to third on the play. Bud Glenn strikes out. Andy Coleman walks. John Gilkey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dick Woods strikes out. Tyler Simmons doubles to right field. Ross Killebrew strikes out. Victorino Vizquel pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Ricky Leip walks. Al Chagnon fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Al Chagnon strikes out. Johnny Pignatano walks. Shigeji Mori pops out to the second baseman. Colby Odom flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kevin Miksis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Val Henry pops out to the third baseman. Chuck Luque strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Rick Malis doubles to left field. Bud Glenn strikes out. Andy Coleman pops out to the catcher. John Gilkey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Von Massey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Weaver hits a home run. Dick Woods strikes out. Tyler Simmons walks. Domingo El Duque is pinch hitting for Ross Killebrew. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Domingo El Duque bunts for a base hit. Wally Lund 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. Webster Brink is pinch hitting for Victorino Vizquel. Webster Brink walks. Kevin Miksis singles to left field. Tyler Simmons scores. Val Henry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Texas Kevin Knowles pitching. Tom Poepping enters the game as a defensive replacement for Webster Brink at SS. Ricky Leip grounds out to the shortstop. Archie Fletcher is pinch hitting for Wally Lund. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Archie Fletcher grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Pignatano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bert Mullin pitching. Chuck Luque grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Von Massey flies out to the left fielder. Buck Weaver flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Shigeji Mori hits a home run. Colby Odom strikes out. Rick Malis flies out to the left fielder. Bud Glenn pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Billy Harper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dick Woods hits a home run. Tyler Simmons singles to center field. Jason Bell is pinch hitting for Kevin Knowles. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jason Bell flies out to the left fielder. Tom Poepping grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tyler Simmons is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kevin Miksis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Garland Fregosi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Wilhelm improves in power_vs_righty Rocky Cole improves in range Walter Weinert improves in contact_vs_lefty Dave Skrmetta did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Halsey improves in arm Danny Johnson did not respond to coaching in endurance Talmadge Marshall improves in speed Dutch Larkin did not respond to coaching in control Newt Diaz improves in CF