Win: Tadashi Moriyama (5-3) Loss: Ron Villone (1-1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Lew Alvarez pitching. Ryan Zimmerman triples. Arin Solstice grounds out to the shortstop. Ryan Zimmerman scores. Anderson Hernandez walks. Corey Patterson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Ross Detwiler pitching. Cliff Welteroth flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Knight grounds out to the third baseman. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Josh Willingham flies out to the left fielder. Pedro Mendoza walks. Bob Bailor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pedro Mendoza is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Bailor is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Ken McCardell grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Squires strikes out. Sal Hicks grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Josh Bard grounds out to the second baseman. Ross Detwiler grounds out to the pitcher. Ryan Zimmerman triples. Arin Solstice grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Darryl Gonzalez walks. Frank Kirk flies out to the center fielder. Darryl Gonzalez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Lew Alvarez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Anderson Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Corey Patterson grounds out to the third baseman. Josh Willingham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Cliff Welteroth flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Knight pops out to the second baseman. Masayuki Moriyama flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Pedro Mendoza strikes out. Bob Bailor grounds out to the third baseman. Josh Bard singles to right field. Ross Detwiler singles to center field. Ryan Zimmerman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Ken McCardell hits a home run. Lou Squires singles to right field. Sal Hicks flies out to the center fielder. Darryl Gonzalez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Arin Solstice grounds out to the third baseman. Anderson Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Corey Patterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Frank Kirk grounds out to the second baseman. Lew Alvarez grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Welteroth grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Josh Willingham singles to center field. Jamie Burke is pinch hitting for Pedro Mendoza. Jamie Burke strikes out. Josh Willingham steals second. Bob Bailor grounds out to the shortstop. Nick Johnson is pinch hitting for Josh Bard. Nick Johnson walks. Ross Detwiler grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Nick Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Cristian Guzman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jamie Burke at LF. Bud Henrich enters the game as a defensive replacement for Nick Johnson at C. Charlie Knight strikes out. Masayuki Moriyama strikes out. Ken McCardell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ryan Zimmerman strikes out. Arin Solstice grounds out to the third baseman. Anderson Hernandez singles to left field. Anderson Hernandez 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. Corey Patterson singles to center field. Anderson Hernandez scores. Josh Willingham grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Lou Squires grounds out to the third baseman. Sal Hicks grounds out to the third baseman. Darryl Gonzalez walks. Frank Kirk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Cristian Guzman grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Bailor flies out to the right fielder. Bud Henrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Ron Villone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Yoshinori Inoue is pinch hitting for Tadashi Moriyama. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yoshinori Inoue singles to left field. Ikuro Nakayama is pinch running for Yoshinori Inoue on 1st base. Cliff Welteroth flies out to the left fielder. Ikuro Nakayama steals second. Charlie Knight doubles to right field. Ikuro Nakayama scores. Mike MacDougal comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masayuki Moriyama walks. Ken McCardell singles to left field. Charlie Knight scores. Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Texas total runners left on base: 1
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Carlos Pape improves in range Nyjer Morgan improves in contact_vs_lefty Carlos Pape improves in contact_vs_righty Carl Moeller improves in range
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Art Hershiser improves in power_vs_lefty Hiroyuki Sato did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rod Whitaker improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Taylor improves in range Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF