Win: Juan Crosby (3-0) Loss: George Gonzales (3-3)
Save: Al Leonard (9)
Inning: 1 Texas Juan Crosby pitching. Butch Casey pops out to the shortstop. Whitey Lansing flies out to the left fielder. Frank Bogart singles to right field. Danny Alcantara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Yuko K Kinoshita pitching. John Stahl grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Gettinger flies out to the right fielder. Goldie Shelby pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Rip Merullo hits a home run. Dutch Thomasson doubles to left field. Moxie Allen grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Martin strikes out. Yuko K Kinoshita strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Billy Grich lines out to the shortstop. Mateo Perez singles to right field. U.L. Distefano grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mateo Perez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Kranepool strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Butch Casey singles to center field. Whitey Lansing singles to center field. Frank Bogart grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Butch Casey advances to third on the play. Danny Alcantara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Merritt singles to center field. Juan Crosby lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Stahl walks. Dan Gettinger walks. Goldie Shelby singles to center field. Ed Merritt scores. John Stahl is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Dan Gettinger advances to third on the play. Buster Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Billy Grich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Rip Merullo singles to left field. Rip Merullo is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dutch Thomasson walks. Moxie Allen grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dutch Thomasson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Claude Martin grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Moxie Allen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mateo Perez grounds out to the shortstop. U.L. Distefano flies out to the center fielder. Joe Kranepool flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Jesus Harris is pinch hitting for Buster Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jesus Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Butch Casey reached on a fielding error by John Stahl. Whitey Lansing grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Butch Casey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Bogart grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Whitey Lansing is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Keiichi Aiko pitching. Ed Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Juan Crosby strikes out. John Stahl pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Danny Alcantara singles to center field. Rip Merullo strikes out. Danny Alcantara steals second. Dutch Thomasson flies out to the center fielder. Moxie Allen lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dan Gettinger grounds out to the second baseman. Goldie Shelby flies out to the right fielder. Billy Grich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Claude Martin is hit by a pitch. Peter Pena is pinch hitting for Keiichi Aiko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mike Carpenter is pinch running for Claude Martin on 1st base. Mike Carpenter steals second. Peter Pena strikes out. Butch Casey strikes out. Whitey Lansing grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City George Gonzales pitching. Matt Kirkpatrick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Carpenter at C. Mateo Perez hits a home run. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Kranepool doubles to left field. Ed Merritt flies out to the right fielder. Denny Brown is pinch hitting for Juan Crosby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Denny Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Al Leonard pitching. Frank Bogart grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Alcantara flies out to the right fielder. Rip Merullo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City John Stahl grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Gettinger grounds out to the second baseman. Goldie Shelby doubles to right field. Billy Grich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Dutch Thomasson strikes out. Moxie Allen strikes out. Matt Kirkpatrick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Afenir improves in range Mike Afenir did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hugh Hecker improves in contact_vs_righty Gordon Henderson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack K Terry did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kevin Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in control Adam Diering improves in power_vs_righty Deacon Pierce improves in power_vs_righty Haden Rivera did not respond to coaching in velocity