Win: Steve Royster (1-0) Loss: Dennis Evans (0-1)
Save: Bruce Hodges (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Steve Royster pitching. Roy Niekro singles to right field. Glenn Watson grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Terry Abadie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Dennis Evans pitching. Grover Andrus singles to left field. Joe Kauffman strikes out. Rich Kirke singles to left field. Grover Andrus advances to third on the hit. Razor Brabender singles to right field. Grover Andrus scores. Rich Kirke advances to third on the hit. Mike Geronimo grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gary Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Brick Houser grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Aiono-Smith walks. Ben Starr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Paul Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Hudgens grounds out to the shortstop. Chico Robertson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jackie Kurosaki strikes out. Dennis Evans strikes out. Roy Niekro singles to center field. Glenn Watson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Steve Royster strikes out. Grover Andrus hits a home run. Joe Kauffman grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Kirke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Terry Abadie grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Gary Johnson strikes out. Brick Houser walks. Matt Aiono-Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto Razor Brabender reached on a 2-base fielding error by Matt Aiono-Smith. Mike Geronimo singles to center field. Razor Brabender is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Paul Thomas walks. Johnny Hudgens strikes out. Chico Robertson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Thomas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ben Starr singles to center field. Jackie Kurosaki strikes out. Dennis Evans lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Roy Niekro grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Steve Royster strikes out. Grover Andrus walks. Joe Kauffman flies out to the left fielder. Rich Kirke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Glenn Watson grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Abadie strikes out. Gary Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Razor Brabender walks. Mike Geronimo strikes out. Paul Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Razor Brabender advances to second on the play. Johnny Hudgens walks. Tige Radbourn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chico Robertson singles to center field. Razor Brabender scores. Johnny Hudgens advances to third on the hit. Steve Royster grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Brick Houser pops out to the second baseman. Matt Aiono-Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Starr grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Grover Andrus singles to center field. Joe Kauffman doubles to left field. Rich Kirke strikes out. Razor Brabender pops out to the shortstop. Mike Geronimo singles to left field. Grover Andrus scores. Joe Kauffman scores. Paul Thomas grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Geronimo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jackie Kurosaki grounds out to the shortstop. Al Wilson is pinch hitting for Tige Radbourn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Al Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Niekro hits a home run. Angelo Driscoll is pinch hitting for Glenn Watson. Angelo Driscoll hits a home run. Terry Abadie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Eddie Jones pitching. Red Buskey enters the game as a defensive replacement for Angelo Driscoll at 2B. Johnny Hudgens walks. Johnny Hudgens is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Chico Robertson strikes out. Matt Kilgus is pinch hitting for Steve Royster. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Matt Kilgus pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bruce Hodges pitching. Dick Daley is pinch hitting for Gary Johnson. Dick Daley singles to left field. Brick Houser flies out to the center fielder. Matt Aiono-Smith pops out to the second baseman. Ben Starr pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Toronto total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Denis Koenig did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Powis did not respond to coaching in control Frank Shaner improves in contact_vs_lefty Bryan Larkin improves in range Red Bannon did not respond to coaching in C
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Louis Bass improves in control Rupert Geraghty did not respond to coaching in velocity John Ripley improves in control Eddie Valdez improves in speed Jim Loan improves in 3B