Inning: 1 Texas Jeremy Hutchings pitching. Butch Casey walks. Whitey Lansing lines out to the first baseman. Rod Dyer flies out to the right fielder. Danny Alcantara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Greg Richardson pitching. Joe Kranepool lines out to the second baseman. Ed Merritt hits a home run. Yoshiyuki Higuchi flies out to the right fielder. Dan Gettinger pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Rip Merullo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dutch Thomasson flies out to the right fielder. Moxie Allen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mateo Perez grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Grich strikes out. Slick Johnson doubles past the left fielder. U.L. Distefano pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Claude Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Richardson pops out to the first baseman. Butch Casey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jeremy Hutchings flies out to the center fielder. Joe Kranepool walks. Ed Merritt doubles to center field. Joe Kranepool uses his aggressiveness and scores. Buster Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshiyuki Higuchi flies out to the left fielder. Dan Gettinger singles to center field. Ed Merritt scores. Mateo Perez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Whitey Lansing walks. Rod Dyer grounds out to the shortstop. Whitey Lansing advances to second on the play. Danny Alcantara flies out to the right fielder. Rip Merullo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Billy Grich grounds out to the third baseman. Slick Johnson singles past the third baseman. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the third baseman. Slick Johnson advances to second on the play. Jeremy Hutchings grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Dutch Thomasson pops out to the catcher. Moxie Allen flies out to the left fielder. Claude Martin lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Kranepool doubles to center field. Ed Merritt flies out to the left fielder. Yoshiyuki Higuchi hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dan Gettinger grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas 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 center field. Butch Casey flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Lansing reached on a 2-base fielding error by Slick Johnson. Rod Dyer strikes out. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Johnstone pitching. Mateo Perez pops out to the third baseman. Billy Grich singles past the first baseman. Slick Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Billy Grich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Rip Merullo triples. Dutch Thomasson grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Merullo scores. Moxie Allen strikes out. Claude Martin reached on a fielding error by Yoshiyuki Higuchi. Frank Bogart is pinch hitting for Bill Johnstone. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Frank Bogart doubles to right field. Butch Casey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Keiichi Aiko pitching. U.L. Distefano flies out to the right fielder. Denny Brown is pinch hitting for Jeremy Hutchings. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Denny Brown pops out to the second baseman. Joe Kranepool strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Gates Hamlin pitching. Whitey Lansing singles to right field. Rod Dyer strikes out. Danny Alcantara hits an infield single to the third baseman. Rip Merullo singles to center field. Whitey Lansing scores. Dutch Thomasson lines out to the second baseman. Moxie Allen singles to right field. Danny Alcantara scores. Rip Merullo advances to third on the hit. Norm Jeanes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Claude Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Merritt grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Yoshiyuki Higuchi grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Gettinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Peter Pena is pinch hitting for Keiichi Aiko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Peter Pena singles to left field. Butch Casey lines out to the third baseman. Whitey Lansing grounds out to the shortstop. Peter Pena advances to second on the play. Rod Dyer singles to right field. Peter Pena scores. Al Leonard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Alcantara reached on a fielding error by Mateo Perez. Rip Merullo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chick Rusch pitching. Joe Eaton enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dutch Thomasson at CF. Mateo Perez strikes out. Billy Grich hits a home run. Slick Johnson flies out to the left fielder. U.L. Distefano singles to right field. Lee Straker is pinch hitting for Al Leonard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. U.L. Distefano steals second. Lee Straker singles to right field. U.L. Distefano scores. Texas total runners left on base: 10 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Joe Kranepool (17), Ed Merritt (12), Slick Johnson (5).HR - Ed Merritt (10), Billy Grich (19).GIDP - Dan Gettinger. Baserunning: SB - U.L. Distefano (6).CS - Billy Grich (4). Fielding: E - Yoshiyuki Higuchi, Mateo Perez, Slick Johnson.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Weekly improves in arm Mike Afenir improves in arm Jack K Terry improves in power_vs_righty Jack K Terry did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jack K Terry did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Adam Diering improves in contact_vs_lefty Adam Diering did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Figueroa did not respond to coaching in control Heinie Ardell did not respond to coaching in control