Win: Yusmel Ramirez (2-3) Loss: Sam Wilber (4-6)
Save: Elmer Clark (3)
Inning: 1 Texas Lixan Southeran pitching. Lance Bross strikes out. Bill Lafleur grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Stottlemeyer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Richard Wagley pitching. Ichiro Suzuki grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Hosley strikes out. Greg Garrison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Ricky LaFleur flies out to the right fielder. Mikey Jacob doubles to left field. Klaus Hargreaves grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Lowrance strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Wilhelm singles to center field. Al Smith grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Aaron Doyle pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Tony Lewis grounds out to the second baseman. Richard Wagley strikes out. Lance Bross pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Johnny Sullivan doubles to center field. Sam Bielaski singles to right field. Johnny Sullivan is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Lixan Southeran lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ichiro Suzuki triples. Sam Bielaski scores. Tim Hosley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Bill Lafleur strikes out. Bill Stottlemeyer pops out to the first baseman. Ricky LaFleur singles to center field. Mikey Jacob singles to center field. Klaus Hargreaves doubles to left field. Ricky LaFleur scores. Frank Lowrance grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Greg Garrison doubles to left field. Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Garrison advances to third on the play. Al Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Garrison scores. Aaron Doyle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Tony Lewis grounds out to the pitcher. Richard Wagley grounds out to the second baseman. Lance Bross strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Johnny Sullivan flies out to the right fielder. Sam Bielaski singles to left field. Lixan Southeran fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lixan Southeran flies out to the left fielder. Ichiro Suzuki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Bill Lafleur grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Stottlemeyer flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Ricky LaFleur singles to left field. Mikey Jacob strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tim Hosley strikes out. Greg Garrison flies out to the right fielder. Frank Wilhelm singles to right field. Al Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Klaus Hargreaves grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Lowrance reached on a 2-base fielding error by Al Smith. Tony Lewis walks. George Uhlaender is pinch hitting for Richard Wagley. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George Uhlaender hits an infield single to the second baseman. Charlie Samuels 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. Lance Bross flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Lowrance scores. Bill Lafleur grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Sam Wilber pitching. Aaron Doyle singles to center field. Aaron Doyle is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Johnny Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Bielaski singles to right field. Bill Garrison is pinch hitting for Charlie Samuels. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Garrison grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sam Bielaski is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Yusmel Ramirez pitching. Bill Stottlemeyer singles to center field. Ricky LaFleur flies out to the center fielder. Mikey Jacob grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ichiro Suzuki flies out to the left fielder. Tim Hosley grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Garrison hits a home run. Frank Wilhelm flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Elmer Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Klaus Hargreaves strikes out. Frank Lowrance pops out to the first baseman. Tony Lewis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Sixto Heffner improves in velocity Gary Floyd did not respond to coaching in control Guy Hassett did not respond to coaching in speed Eli Hoffman did not respond to coaching in control Nate Piniella did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rusty Stenhouse improves in power_vs_lefty Jerry Tabb improves in range Bob Green improves in velocity Larry Bedford did not respond to coaching in control Bob Taylor did not respond to coaching in 2B