Win: Bill Harmon (7-2) Loss: Al Cardenas (5-6)
Save: Jeff Billings (13)
Inning: 1 Texas Ken Berry pitching. Fred Hastings grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Hobbs singles to right field. Pete Hobbs is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Geoff Donovan bunts for a base hit. Ramon James pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Luther Stokes pitching. Mike Marshall singles to left field. Mike Marshall is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Claude Fisher singles to center field. Walker Jones flies out to the left fielder. Danny Rush pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Mike Henley walks. Paul Leslie pops out to the shortstop. Lonnie Nichols hits a home run. Mike Henley scores. Harvey Jones walks. Luther Stokes lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Hastings singles to center field. Harvey Jones scores. Pete Hobbs grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fred Hastings is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Art Sularz strikes out. Jesse Newman strikes out. Joe Eaddy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Geoff Donovan flies out to the left fielder. Ramon James flies out to the left fielder. Mike Henley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City John Oquist grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Berry grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Marshall walks. Mike Marshall steals second. Claude Fisher singles to left field. Mike Marshall is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Paul Leslie bunts for a base hit. Lonnie Nichols grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paul Leslie is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lonnie Nichols is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Harvey Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Walker Jones grounds out to the catcher. Danny Rush grounds out to the shortstop. Art Sularz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Luther Stokes grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Hastings flies out to the center fielder. Pete Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jesse Newman grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Eaddy singles to center field. John Oquist walks. Ken Berry lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Marshall singles to center field. Joe Eaddy scores. John Oquist scores. Mike Marshall steals second. Claude Fisher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Geoff Donovan flies out to the right fielder. Ramon James walks. Mike Henley doubles past the third baseman. Paul Leslie strikes out. Lonnie Nichols singles to center field. Ramon James scores. Mike Henley scores. Bill Harmon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harvey Jones singles to right field. Lonnie Nichols advances to third on the hit. Luther Stokes singles to left field. Lonnie Nichols scores. Fred Hastings pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Walker Jones doubles to center field. Danny Rush walks. Art Sularz grounds out to the third baseman. Walker Jones advances to third on the play. Danny Rush advances to second on the play. Jesse Newman singles past the second baseman. Walker Jones scores. Danny Rush scores. Joe Eaddy strikes out. John Oquist walks. Al Cardenas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Otto Oldham is pinch hitting for Bill Harmon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Otto Oldham doubles to right field. Jesse Newman scores. Mike Marshall singles to left field. John Oquist scores. Otto Oldham scores. Claude Fisher hits a home run. Mike Marshall scores. Walker Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Emil Woodruff pitching. Pete Hobbs walks. Geoff Donovan singles to center field. Pete Hobbs advances to third on the hit. Ramon James singles past the first baseman. Pete Hobbs scores. Mike Henley grounds out to the pitcher. Geoff Donovan advances to third on the play. Ramon James advances to second on the play. Paul Leslie flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Geoff Donovan scores. Jeff Billings comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lonnie Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Danny Rush strikes out. Art Sularz flies out to the right fielder. Jesse Newman walks. Joe Eaddy grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jesse Newman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Mike Gibson is pinch hitting for Harvey Jones. Mike Gibson grounds out to the pitcher. John Anderson is pinch hitting for Al Cardenas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. John Anderson pops out to the first baseman. Fred Hastings strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Harry Bennett pitching. John Oquist flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Billings pops out to the second baseman. Mike Marshall singles to center field. Mike Marshall is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Pete Hobbs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Geoff Donovan singles past the third baseman. Ramon James grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Cam Tomlin improves in contact_vs_righty Randy Molina did not respond to coaching in velocity Clyde Doherty did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ed Powell improves in arm Ed Powell improves in arm Clyde Doherty did not respond to coaching in range Floyd Pawelek did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fred Gil improves in contact_vs_righty Deacon Bailey did not respond to coaching in control Homer Mancuso improves in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Pat Barbeau improves in power_vs_lefty Chris Engle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty David Miranda improves in contact_vs_righty Gary Matchick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Whitehill improves in power_vs_lefty Bobby Crews improves in contact_vs_lefty Pete Stafford did not respond to coaching in control Ed Stevens did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Andy Clark improves in speed John Whitehill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pat Strahler did not respond to coaching in LF