Win: Bill Chesnes (9-7) Loss: Robert Ritchie (6-5)
Inning: 1 Texas Tommy Ford pitching. Fred Hastings singles past the third baseman. Geoff Donovan walks. Ramon James pops out to the first baseman. Mike Henley walks. Lonnie Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Hastings scores. Geoff Donovan advances to third on the play. Mike Henley advances to second on the play. Harvey Jones singles past the second baseman. Geoff Donovan scores. Mike Henley scores. John Anderson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Harvey Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Buttercup Rodriguez pitching. Mike Marshall grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Kubinski strikes out. Joe Eaddy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Jimmy Watson grounds out to the pitcher. Buttercup Rodriguez singles to right field. Fred Hastings strikes out. Geoff Donovan pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Danny Rush hits a home run. Walker Jones flies out to the center fielder. Bud Dente walks. Art Sularz walks. Zeke Zinn flies out to the right fielder. Tommy Ford strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Ramon James singles to left field. Mike Henley flies out to the center fielder. Lonnie Nichols grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Marshall singles to center field. Rick Kubinski flies out to the center fielder. Joe Eaddy flies out to the right fielder. Danny Rush strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Harvey Jones strikes out. John Anderson strikes out. Jimmy Watson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Walker Jones reached on a fielding error by Fred Hastings. Bud Dente grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Art Sularz singles to center field. Zeke Zinn singles to center field. Art Sularz advances to third on the hit. Tommy Ford grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Buttercup Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Fred Hastings pops out to the shortstop. Geoff Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Marshall singles to center field. Rick Kubinski grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Eaddy singles to left field. Joe Eaddy steals second. Danny Rush grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Ramon James singles to right field. Mike Henley grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ramon James is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lonnie Nichols grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Walker Jones singles to center field. Bud Dente flies out to the center fielder. Art Sularz flies out to the right fielder. Zeke Zinn hits a home run. Walker Jones scores. Bill Chesnes 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. Claude Fisher is pinch hitting for Tommy Ford. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Claude Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Robert Ritchie pitching. Mike Gibson is pinch hitting for Harvey Jones. Mike Gibson bunts for a base hit. Stan Baker is pinch hitting for John Anderson. Stan Baker strikes out. Jimmy Watson singles to right field. Mike Gibson advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Jim Usher is pinch hitting for Bill Chesnes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jim Usher triples. Mike Gibson scores. Jimmy Watson scores. Emil Woodruff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Hastings reached on a fielding error by Zeke Zinn. Jim Usher scores. Geoff Donovan bunts for a base hit. Ramon James lines out to the shortstop. Mike Henley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dick Clement pitching. Mike Marshall flies out to the right fielder. Rick Kubinski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Eaddy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Lonnie Nichols singles past the shortstop. Mike Gibson singles to center field. Lonnie Nichols advances to third on the hit. Stan Baker grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Gibson advances to second on the play. Jimmy Watson singles to right field. Lonnie Nichols scores. Ron Fultz is pinch hitting for Dick Clement. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ron Fultz grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Al Cardenas pitching. Danny Rush lines out to the second baseman. Walker Jones strikes out. Bud Dente strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Fred Hastings strikes out. Geoff Donovan grounds out to the shortstop. Ramon James grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Art Sularz walks. Art Sularz steals second. Zeke Zinn grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jesse Newman is pinch hitting for Emil Woodruff. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jesse Newman grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Marshall walks. Rick Kubinski walks. Joe Eaddy grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Art Sularz is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Texas total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Gene Sewell did not respond to coaching in range Dwight Hansen did not respond to coaching in control Vicente Blair did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Sheets did not respond to coaching in velocity Deacon Bailey improves in control Floyd Pawelek did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hal Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Fred Williams did not respond to coaching in control Hal Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Floyd Pawelek did not respond to coaching in range
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jack Hulse improves in power_vs_righty Tom Williams improves in arm Red Paredes improves in speed David Miranda improves in power_vs_lefty Chris Engle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pete Stafford did not respond to coaching in velocity Claude Cavarretta did not respond to coaching in arm Harry Dear did not respond to coaching in control John Whitehill improves in arm Pat Barbeau improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Stevens did not respond to coaching in 2B