Win: Bill Rader (4-4) Loss: Jordan Zimmermann (3-5)
Save: Chris Lee (15)
Inning: 1 Texas Jordan Zimmermann pitching. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshinori Inoue flies out to the left fielder. Harry Baez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Rader pitching. Willie Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Arin Solstice singles to right field. Anderson Hernandez strikes out. Arin Solstice steals second. Corey Patterson walks. Josh Willingham grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Corey Patterson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe singles to center field. Vince Barnes strikes out. Frank Kirk singles to left field. Ryutaro Tanabe advances to third on the hit. Ken McCardell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ryutaro Tanabe scores. Frank Kirk advances to second on the play. Ikuro Nakayama strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bob Bailor singles to center field. Jamie Burke strikes out. Bob Bailor steals second. Bud Henrich walks. Jordan Zimmermann lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Willie Harris flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Bill Rader strikes out. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshinori Inoue walks. Harry Baez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Arin Solstice singles to left field. Anderson Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Arin Solstice steals second. Corey Patterson grounds out to the third baseman. Josh Willingham lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe walks. Vince Barnes flies out to the center fielder. Ryutaro Tanabe is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Frank Kirk pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Bailor singles to right field. Jamie Burke grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Bailor advances to second on the play. Bud Henrich grounds out to the third baseman. Jordan Zimmermann grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Ken McCardell grounds out to the third baseman. Ikuro Nakayama flies out to the center fielder. Bill Rader pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Willie Harris singles to right field. Arin Solstice grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Willie Harris is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Anderson Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Arin Solstice advances to second on the play. Corey Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Darryl Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Yoshinori Inoue singles to center field. Harry Baez strikes out. Ryutaro Tanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Josh Willingham strikes out. Bob Bailor singles to right field. Jamie Burke flies out to the center fielder. Bud Henrich singles to right field. Bob Bailor advances to third on the hit. Jordan Zimmermann grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Vince Barnes strikes out. Frank Kirk strikes out. Ken McCardell walks. Ikuro Nakayama grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Willie Harris singles past the shortstop. Arin Solstice walks. Anderson Hernandez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Arin Solstice is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Corey Patterson strikes out. Josh Willingham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Bill Rader strikes out. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshinori Inoue grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Bailor strikes out. Jamie Burke strikes out. Bud Henrich reached on a fielding error by Vince Barnes. Ryan Zimmerman is pinch hitting for Jordan Zimmermann. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bud Henrich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas John Lannan pitching. Harry Baez walks. Ryutaro Tanabe strikes out. Vince Barnes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chris Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mark McGwire is pinch hitting for John Lannan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mark McGwire walks. Willie Harris flies out to the right fielder. Arin Solstice flies out to the center fielder. Anderson Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Butch Linde did not respond to coaching in arm Charlie Foster did not respond to coaching in velocity Rod Whitaker improves in power_vs_righty Hiroyuki Sato improves in contact_vs_righty Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Harris improves in range Spud Garcia improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Harris did not respond to coaching in speed Michael Fausett improves in power_vs_righty