Win: Bill Cieslak (2-0) Loss: Jeff Valentine (5-2)
Save: Ed Lara (10)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tadashi Shinoda pitching. Yonel Hurtado grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Tartabull doubles to center field. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Gene Stanton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Alonzo Valentine pitching. Jose Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Kurt Eversgerd grounds out to the second baseman. Dixie Conwell doubles to right field. Bill Danforth grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ike Aase grounds out to the second baseman. Don Piazza flies out to the left fielder. Bob Tartabull flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Desi Deviney grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Alyea flies out to the left fielder. Fred Seibold walks. John Barger singles to left field. Fred Seibold advances to third on the hit. Tadashi Shinoda flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Stan Lytle walks. Alonzo Valentine lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yonel Hurtado grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Tartabull flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Jose Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Kurt Eversgerd grounds out to the third baseman. Dixie Conwell walks. Bill Danforth walks. Desi Deviney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Lefty Lindaman grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Stanton flies out to the right fielder. Ike Aase singles to center field. Don Piazza grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Jose Alyea grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Seibold grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Barger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bob Tartabull strikes out. Stan Lytle flies out to the left fielder. Alonzo Valentine strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Tadashi Shinoda grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Kurt Eversgerd hits a home run. Dixie Conwell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Yonel Hurtado flies out to the center fielder. Reggie Tartabull strikes out. Lefty Lindaman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Bill Danforth walks. Desi Deviney walks. Jose Alyea flies out to the left fielder. Fred Seibold strikes out. John Barger walks. Tadashi Shinoda grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gene Stanton grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Aase grounds out to the second baseman. Don Piazza flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Jose Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Kurt Eversgerd flies out to the left fielder. Dixie Conwell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Greg Hermann comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Dave Bennett is pinch hitting for Bob Tartabull. Dave Bennett singles in front of the center fielder. Stan Lytle grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Yariel Duvergel is pinch hitting for Alonzo Valentine. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Yariel Duvergel hits an infield single to the shortstop. Yonel Hurtado flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Bill Cieslak pitching. Bill Danforth strikes out. Desi Deviney strikes out. Jose Alyea pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bobby Rodriguez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kurt Eversgerd at CF. Earl Rosario enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Danforth at 1B. Jeff Valentine comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Reggie Tartabull hits a home run. Lefty Lindaman singles to center field. Gene Stanton strikes out. Ike Aase singles to center field. Lefty Lindaman advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Carl Wynn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clem Thornton is pinch hitting for Don Piazza. Clem Thornton walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Dave Bennett flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Lefty Lindaman scores. Stan Lytle pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Ed Lara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fred Seibold flies out to the left fielder. John Barger flies out to the right fielder. Jack Allen is pinch hitting for Carl Wynn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Boston total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Art Feliz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bryan Beane did not respond to coaching in control Art Feliz improves in contact_vs_righty Duff High did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Lovelace did not respond to coaching in 1B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Alex Rodriguez improves in range Lee Lees did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Rogers improves in contact_vs_lefty Ron Meulens did not respond to coaching in control Alex Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in RF