Win: Buster Brown (8-1) Loss: Jeremy Hutchings (0-1)
Inning: 1 Texas Jeremy Hutchings pitching. Butch Casey strikes out. Frank Bogart grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Dyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Greg Richardson pitching. John Stahl strikes out. Ed Merritt lines out to the shortstop. Goldie Shelby singles past the first baseman. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Billy Grich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Danny Alcantara strikes out. Rip Merullo strikes out. Dutch Thomasson hits a home run. Moxie Allen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mateo Perez pops out to the catcher. Slick Johnson walks. Denny Brown strikes out. Slick Johnson steals second. U.L. Distefano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Claude Martin triples. Greg Richardson flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Claude Martin scores. Butch Casey singles past the second baseman. Frank Bogart strikes out. Rod Dyer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jeremy Hutchings flies out to the right fielder. John Stahl flies out to the center fielder. Ed Merritt walks. Goldie Shelby walks. Billy Grich singles to left field. Ed Merritt scores. Goldie Shelby advances to third on the hit. Buster Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mateo Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Danny Alcantara doubles to center field. Rip Merullo singles to center field. Danny Alcantara scores. Dutch Thomasson flies out to the center fielder. Moxie Allen singles to center field. Rip Merullo advances to third on the hit. Passed ball. Rip Merullo scores. Moxie Allen advances to second. Claude Martin flies out to the left fielder. 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 singles to left field. Moxie Allen scores. Butch Casey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pete Garibaldi pitching. Slick Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Denny Brown strikes out. U.L. Distefano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Sherry Nagle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Bogart strikes out. Rod Dyer grounds out to the pitcher. Danny Alcantara singles to right field. Rip Merullo hits a home run. Danny Alcantara scores. Joel Hogan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dutch Thomasson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Yoshiyuki Higuchi is pinch hitting for Joel Hogan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Yoshiyuki Higuchi grounds out to the shortstop. John Stahl hits a home run. Ed Merritt strikes out. Goldie Shelby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Norm Jeanes pitching. Moxie Allen doubles to center field. Claude Martin singles to left field. Moxie Allen scores. Peter Pena is pinch hitting for Pete Garibaldi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Peter Pena walks. Butch Casey flies out to the left fielder. Frank Bogart grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Peter Pena is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rod Dyer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Keiichi Aiko pitching. Billy Grich pops out to the catcher. Mateo Perez strikes out. Slick Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Bill Laxton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the pitcher. Rip Merullo walks. Dutch Thomasson flies out to the left fielder. Moxie Allen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Denny Brown doubles to left field. U.L. Distefano flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Lee Straker is pinch hitting for Bill Laxton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Lee Straker strikes out. John Stahl reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rod Dyer. Denny Brown scores. Ed Merritt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Gates Hamlin pitching. Claude Martin walks. Matt Kirkpatrick is pinch hitting for Keiichi Aiko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Matt Kirkpatrick doubles to right field. Butch Casey reached on a fielding error by Mateo Perez. Claude Martin scores. Butch Casey steals second. Frank Bogart grounds out to the pitcher. Rod Dyer singles to center field. Matt Kirkpatrick scores. Butch Casey scores. Danny Alcantara grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Johnstone pitching. Goldie Shelby grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Grich lines out to the shortstop. Mateo Perez singles to right field. Mateo Perez steals second. Slick Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Rip Merullo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dutch Thomasson grounds out to the shortstop. Moxie Allen triples. Claude Martin walks. Mike Carpenter is pinch hitting for Bill Johnstone. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mike Carpenter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chick Rusch pitching. Denny Brown strikes out. U.L. Distefano walks. Jake Spognardi is pinch hitting for Gates Hamlin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. U.L. Distefano is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jake Spognardi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Danny Alcantara (5), Moxie Allen (4), Matt Kirkpatrick (3).3B - Moxie Allen (1), Claude Martin (2).HR - Rip Merullo (8), Dutch Thomasson (6).SF - Greg Richardson.GIDP - Danny Alcantara. Baserunning: SB - Butch Casey (6). Fielding: E - Rod Dyer.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tony Fisher did not respond to coaching in control Mike Afenir improves in speed Hugh Hecker improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Moriarty did not respond to coaching in speed Hugh Hecker did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Claude Taylor improves in contact_vs_lefty Troy Thornton did not respond to coaching in control Bert Riley improves in range Al Anderson did not respond to coaching in endurance