Win: Wedo Walsh (3-8) Loss: Tom Seaver (6-8)
Save: Chris Lee (25)
Inning: 1 Texas Tom Seaver pitching. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Carpenter strikes out. Yoshinori Inoue pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Wedo Walsh pitching. Willie Harris strikes out. Arin Solstice grounds out to the shortstop. Anderson Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Vince Barnes singles to left field. Ken McCardell hits a home run. Vince Barnes scores. Eli Gettman strikes out. Harry Baez lines out to the second baseman. Buddy Holcombe walks. Wedo Walsh reached on a 2-base throwing error by Anderson Hernandez. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Corey Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Nick Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Josh Willingham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Carl Carpenter flies out to the center fielder. Yoshinori Inoue flies out to the center fielder. Vince Barnes singles to left field. Ken McCardell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bob Bailor singles to right field. Josh Bard lines out to the shortstop. Tom Seaver fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Seaver lines out to the third baseman. Willie Harris flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Eli Gettman grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Baez strikes out. Buddy Holcombe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Arin Solstice flies out to the right fielder. Anderson Hernandez strikes out. Corey Patterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Wedo Walsh grounds out to the third baseman. Masayuki Moriyama flies out to the left fielder. Carl Carpenter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nick Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Josh Willingham doubles to center field. Bob Bailor walks. Josh Bard strikes out. Tom Seaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Yoshinori Inoue hits a home run. Vince Barnes flies out to the center fielder. Ken McCardell strikes out. Eli Gettman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Willie Harris singles to right field. Arin Solstice strikes out. Anderson Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Corey Patterson walks. Nick Johnson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Corey Patterson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Harry Baez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Anderson Hernandez. John Lannan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Buddy Holcombe strikes out. Wedo Walsh grounds out to the shortstop. Masayuki Moriyama singles to center field. Harry Baez scores. Masayuki Moriyama steals second. Carl Carpenter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Josh Willingham grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Bailor strikes out. Jamie Burke is pinch hitting for Josh Bard. Jamie Burke hits a home run. Ryan Zimmerman is pinch hitting for John Lannan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ryan Zimmerman singles to left field. Ryan Zimmerman steals second. Tadashi Moriyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Willie Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Mike MacDougal pitching. Bud Henrich enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jamie Burke at C. Yoshinori Inoue strikes out. Vince Barnes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken McCardell walks. Eli Gettman walks. Craig Stammen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Baez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frank Witt enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harry Baez at 1B. Arin Solstice flies out to the center fielder. Anderson Hernandez strikes out. Corey Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Buddy Holcombe strikes out. Cliff Welteroth is pinch hitting for Tadashi Moriyama. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cliff Welteroth flies out to the center fielder. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chris Lee pitching. Nick Johnson strikes out. Josh Willingham flies out to the right fielder. Bob Bailor grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Tadashi Moriyama is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Blyzka improves in arm Bernardo Nelson did not respond to coaching in range Hiroyuki Sato did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Taylor improves in range 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 arm George Brown improves in velocity Nyjer Morgan did not respond to coaching in speed Wil Nieves did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty