Win: Bret Byrd (1-0) Loss: Cal White (0-1)
Save: Elmer Gunning (1)
Inning: 1 Boston Bret Byrd pitching. Chief Petersen walks. Stan Spinnett pops out to the second baseman. Everett Smith flies out to the left fielder. Chief Petersen steals second. Juan Curd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Cal White pitching. Emmett Bair singles to center field. Emmett Bair is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Flood grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Sheridan hits a home run. Keiji Takagi singles to center field. Keiji Takagi steals second. Mike Robles doubles to left field. Keiji Takagi scores. Jim Colangelo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Art Sentell flies out to the right fielder. Tom Holtzman grounds out to the shortstop. Tarrik Odom grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ron Schauer pops out to the shortstop. Garland Girardi singles past the shortstop. Bret Byrd pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Emmett Bair grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Garland Girardi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Mark Boyle singles to right field. Cal White lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chief Petersen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Boyle advances to third on the play. Stan Spinnett pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Flood singles to right field. Jimmy Sheridan pops out to the first baseman. Bill Flood steals second. Keiji Takagi doubles to left field. Bill Flood scores. Mike Robles pops out to the shortstop. Jim Colangelo singles to left field. Keiji Takagi scores. Ron Schauer singles to center field. Garland Girardi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Everett Smith singles to left field. Juan Curd grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Art Sentell singles to center field. Art Sentell steals second. Tom Holtzman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bret Byrd grounds out to the third baseman. Emmett Bair grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Tarrik Odom flies out to the left fielder. Mark Boyle doubles to right field. Cal White grounds out to the third baseman. Chief Petersen walks. Stan Spinnett pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the second baseman. Keiji Takagi hits an infield single to the first baseman. Mike Robles singles to center field. Keiji Takagi advances to third on the hit. Mike Robles is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Colangelo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Everett Smith singles to left field. Juan Curd singles to center field. Everett Smith advances to third on the hit. Passed ball. Everett Smith scores. Juan Curd advances to second. Art Sentell grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Holtzman pops out to the first baseman. Tarrik Odom grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ron Schauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Garland Girardi flies out to the left fielder. Bret Byrd lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Mark Boyle doubles to center field. Cal White lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Mark Boyle is thrown out at third. Chief Petersen pops out to the second baseman. Cal White steals second. Stan Spinnett singles to right field. Everett Smith doubles past the first baseman. Cal White scores. Stan Spinnett uses his aggressiveness and scores. Juan Curd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Emmett Bair grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Flood grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Sheridan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Art Sentell singles to center field. Tom Holtzman pops out to the shortstop. Tarrik Odom strikes out. Mark Boyle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Art Sentell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rick Black comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Mike Robles grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Colangelo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Elmer Gunning comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Sammy Seelbach is pinch hitting for Rick Black. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Sammy Seelbach grounds out to the second baseman. Chief Petersen singles to center field. Stan Spinnett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chief Petersen advances to second on the play. Everett Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Pujols improves in contact_vs_lefty Jack Dedrick did not respond to coaching in range Trever Ordonez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Doug Stoll improves in range Jack Robinson improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Nokes did not respond to coaching in velocity Doug Stoll did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Fred Kelso did not respond to coaching in velocity Kurt Grover improves in arm Bill Juul did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Sheely did not respond to coaching in control Harvey Boggs improves in contact_vs_lefty Juan Martz did not respond to coaching in velocity