Win: Frank Williams (7-2) Loss: Merito Graham (0-3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Merito Graham pitching. Ed Ohman flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Rollie Colbrunn flies out to the right fielder. Larry Zuber flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Frank Williams pitching. Rudy Heist walks. Ralph Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Amos Veil flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Willie McClure hits a home run. U.L. Clark flies out to the right fielder. Phil Buschhorn flies out to the left fielder. Hyon Yi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Leroy Dumovich strikes out. Clem Strahler strikes out. Phil Cressend grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Howard Gardella flies out to the right fielder. Frank Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Ohman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Frank Blankenship walks. Rob Marshall pops out to the second baseman. Merito Graham lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rudy Heist pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rollie Colbrunn grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Zuber strikes out. Willie McClure is hit by a pitch. Willie McClure steals second. U.L. Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Ralph Brown flies out to the center fielder. Amos Veil grounds out to the third baseman. Leroy Dumovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Phil Buschhorn grounds out to the second baseman. Hyon Yi singles to center field. Howard Gardella strikes out. Frank Williams grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hyon Yi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Clem Strahler doubles to left field. Phil Cressend grounds out to the third baseman. Passed ball. Clem Strahler advances to third. The defense is playing the corners in. Frank Blankenship grounds out to the third baseman. Rob Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Scott Hernandez 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. Ed Ohman grounds out to the third baseman. Rollie Colbrunn singles to center field. Larry Zuber walks. Willie McClure triples. Rollie Colbrunn scores. Larry Zuber scores. Jake Mueller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. U.L. Clark hits a home run. Willie McClure scores. Phil Buschhorn walks. Hyon Yi walks. Howard Gardella strikes out. Frank Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Jake Mueller walks. Rudy Heist singles to right field. Ralph Brown strikes out. Amos Veil singles to center field. Leroy Dumovich flies out to the left fielder. Clem Strahler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bob Posada is pinch hitting for Ed Ohman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Posada singles to right field. Rollie Colbrunn strikes out. Larry Zuber flies out to the right fielder. Bob Posada steals second. Willie McClure singles to center field. U.L. Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Phil Cressend strikes out. Frank Blankenship strikes out. Rob Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Phil Buschhorn walks. Hyon Yi walks. Howard Gardella grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Phil Buschhorn advances to third on the play. Roy Maxie is pinch hitting for Frank Williams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Roy Maxie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Bill Coles pitching. Jake Mueller strikes out. Rudy Heist strikes out. Ralph Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bob Posada grounds out to the second baseman. Rollie Colbrunn flies out to the right fielder. Larry Zuber singles to right field. Willie McClure hits a home run. Larry Zuber scores. U.L. Clark pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Ruben Massey is pinch hitting for Amos Veil. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ruben Massey strikes out. Leroy Dumovich walks. Clem Strahler strikes out. Phil Cressend lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Texas total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Don Blott improves in contact_vs_righty Jeff Roznovsky improves in range Al Bundy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jeff Roznovsky improves in contact_vs_righty Al Bundy did not respond to coaching in C
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Danny Walker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Don Gullickson improves in power_vs_lefty Willie Benton improves in power_vs_righty Fred Wilson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty