Win: Greg Jones (10-9) Loss: Joe Merloni (7-8)
Save: Paul Billingsley (19)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Merloni pitching. Howie Cihocki singles past the first baseman. Gene Christopher singles to right field. Howie Cihocki advances to third on the hit. Wayne Charboneau grounds out to the second baseman. Howie Cihocki scores. Gene Christopher advances to second on the play. Matt Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Christopher advances to third on the play. Russ Pujols pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Anaheim Greg Jones pitching. Rudy Kelley grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Bluege hits a home run. Mike Oravetz flies out to the center fielder. Tim Picciolo doubles past the third baseman. Tony Miller pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Shuba flies out to the right fielder. Livan Higdon pops out to the second baseman. Frankie Clarke singles to center field. Greg Jones grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frankie Clarke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Anaheim Larry Lambert grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hopper grounds out to the third baseman. John Curd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Howie Cihocki singles to center field. Gene Christopher pops out to the second baseman. Wayne Charboneau flies out to the center fielder. Matt Lopez hits a home run. Howie Cihocki scores. Russ Pujols strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Anaheim Joe Merloni doubles past the third baseman. Rudy Kelley strikes out. Tony Bluege grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Oravetz walks. Tim Picciolo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jeff Shuba pops out to the second baseman. Livan Higdon flies out to the center fielder. Frankie Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Anaheim Tony Miller singles to right field. Tony Miller is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Larry Lambert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Hopper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Greg Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Howie Cihocki lines out to the third baseman. Gene Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Anaheim John Curd walks. Joe Merloni fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Joe Merloni singles to right field. Rudy Kelley strikes out. Tony Bluege flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Mike Oravetz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Wayne Charboneau flies out to the right fielder. Matt Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Russ Pujols strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Anaheim Tim Picciolo grounds out to the pitcher. Tony Miller flies out to the center fielder. Larry Lambert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jeff Shuba strikes out. Livan Higdon pops out to the second baseman. Frankie Clarke pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Anaheim Joe Hopper flies out to the right fielder. John Curd flies out to the right fielder. Joe Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Greg Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Howie Cihocki hits a home run. Ken McCormick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Christopher doubles to center field. Wayne Charboneau singles to left field. Gene Christopher scores. Wayne Charboneau steals second. Matt Lopez singles to left field. Wayne Charboneau scores. Mike Widger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Russ Pujols strikes out. Matt Lopez steals second. Jeff Shuba flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Anaheim Rudy Kelley singles to center field. Tony Bluege flies out to the right fielder. Mike Oravetz strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Tim Picciolo singles to right field. Rudy Kelley scores. Tony Miller singles to center field. Tim Picciolo advances to third on the hit. Royle Alperman 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. Larry Lambert hits a home run. Tim Picciolo scores. Tony Miller scores. Joe Hopper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Livan Higdon pops out to the third baseman. Frankie Clarke flies out to the left fielder. Marty Weilman is pinch hitting for Royle Alperman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Marty Weilman singles past the shortstop. Marty Weilman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Anaheim Paul Billingsley pitching. John Curd singles past the first baseman. Trevor Erickson is pinch hitting for Mike Widger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Curd is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Trevor Erickson grounds out to the pitcher. Rudy Kelley singles to right field. Rudy Kelley is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 3 Anaheim total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Tim Picciolo (20), Joe Merloni (1).HR - Tony Bluege (17), Larry Lambert (13). Baserunning: CS - Rudy Kelley (4), Tony Miller (7), John Curd (2).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Donn Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity Tony Mattick did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Brad Schroeder improves in power_vs_righty Tony Mattick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Claude Vahrenhorst did not respond to coaching in 1B
Anaheim Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cole Miner improves in speed Mike McMillan improves in control Don Strincevich did not respond to coaching in control Andy Myette improves in endurance