Win: Zack Tallion (9-14) Loss: Lonnie Henry (10-10)
Inning: 1 Boston Lonnie Henry pitching. Steve McGrew singles to right field. Sandy Crabb grounds out to the catcher. Steve McGrew advances to second on the play. Russ Torborg walks. Henry Gotay singles to center field. Steve McGrew scores. Russ Torborg advances to third on the hit. Dick McCarty strikes out. Harry Allanson walks. Virgil Partenheimer walks. Russ Torborg scores. Steve Noren grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Kansas City Zack Tallion pitching. Tzu-Wei Lin flies out to the right fielder. Bill Long strikes out. Jerry Blanton lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Zack Tallion grounds out to the shortstop. Steve McGrew strikes out. Sandy Crabb grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tom Cooper flies out to the right fielder. Sal Samuels flies out to the right fielder. Dean Murphy walks. Dean Murphy steals second. Randy Maddux flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Russ Torborg strikes out. Henry Gotay singles to right field. Dick McCarty flies out to the right fielder. Harry Allanson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lon Clarke flies out to the center fielder. Lonnie Henry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tzu-Wei Lin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Virgil Partenheimer singles to right field. Steve Noren walks. Zack Tallion lays down a bunt to the third baseman. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Steve McGrew grounds out to the shortstop. Virgil Partenheimer scores. Steve Noren advances to third on the play. Sandy Crabb strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Long flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Blanton strikes out. Tom Cooper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Russ Torborg walks. Henry Gotay singles to center field. Russ Torborg advances to third on the hit. Dick McCarty strikes out. Harry Allanson triples. Russ Torborg scores. Henry Gotay scores. Robert Butler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Virgil Partenheimer walks. Steve Noren singles to center field. Harry Allanson scores. Virgil Partenheimer advances to third on the hit. Zack Tallion singles to center field. Virgil Partenheimer scores. Steve Noren advances to third on the hit. Steve McGrew triples. Steve Noren scores. Zack Tallion scores. Sandy Crabb walks. Russ Torborg singles to right field. Steve McGrew scores. Sandy Crabb advances to third on the hit. Henry Gotay grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Sal Samuels grounds out to the shortstop. Dean Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Randy Maddux strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Dick McCarty grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Harry Allanson strikes out. Virgil Partenheimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Lon Clarke strikes out. Robert Butler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tzu-Wei Lin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Steve Noren pops out to the first baseman. Zack Tallion grounds out to the third baseman. Steve McGrew grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Long flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Blanton pops out to the shortstop. Tom Cooper grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Sandy Crabb pops out to the first baseman. Russ Torborg singles to center field. Henry Gotay strikes out. Dick McCarty flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Sal Samuels pops out to the shortstop. Dean Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Maddux flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Harry Allanson strikes out. Virgil Partenheimer hits a home run. Adam Jordan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Steve Noren strikes out. Zack Tallion flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Al Kennedy is pinch hitting for Lon Clarke. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Kennedy lines out to the second baseman. Zeke Myers is pinch hitting for Adam Jordan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Zeke Myers grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Bocek is pinch hitting for Tzu-Wei Lin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tim Bocek strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 1
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity Wes Heitmann improves in speed Art Gibson did not respond to coaching in control Paul Becker improves in range Pat Bailey did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vic Bremer improves in contact_vs_righty Buddy Leibrandt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Roger Flavin did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Radke improves in contact_vs_lefty