Inning: 1 Boston Greg Jones pitching. Rico Rice hits a home run. Fred Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Sid Naehring singles to left field. Manny Ramirez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Sid Naehring is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chip Conigliaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Zeus Shilling pitching. Frankie Clarke strikes out. Gene Christopher doubles to right field. Matt Lopez strikes out. Frank Mullen singles to right field. Howie Cihocki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Danny Doerr hits a home run. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the center fielder. Fred Lynn singles to left field. Zeus Shilling lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rico Rice grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Russ Pujols grounds out to the third baseman. Nick Bowen flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Shuba flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Williams singles to right field. Sid Naehring walks. Manny Ramirez singles to right field. Fred Williams scores. Sid Naehring advances to third on the hit. Chip Conigliaro grounds out to the third baseman. Sid Naehring scores. Manny Ramirez advances to second on the play. Danny Doerr flies out to the right fielder. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Greg Jones strikes out. Frankie Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Christopher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Fred Lynn singles to right field. Zeus Shilling lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rico Rice doubles to center field. Fred Lynn scores. Fred Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Sid Naehring singles to right field. Rico Rice uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Manny Ramirez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Matt Lopez singles to left field. Matt Lopez steals second. Frank Mullen pops out to the third baseman. Howie Cihocki bunts for a base hit. Russ Pujols singles to center field. Matt Lopez scores. Howie Cihocki advances to third on the hit. Nick Bowen walks. Jeff Shuba singles to right field. Howie Cihocki scores. Russ Pujols scores. Bill Lee lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frankie Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Chip Conigliaro singles to center field. Danny Doerr grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chip Conigliaro is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the right fielder. Fred Lynn singles to left field. Danny Doerr advances to third on the hit. Ernie Small comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Zeus Shilling strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Gene Christopher grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Lopez pops out to the third baseman. Frank Mullen singles to center field. Howie Cihocki pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Rico Rice singles to left field. Fred Williams walks. Sid Naehring reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jeff Shuba. Rico Rice scores. Manny Ramirez strikes out. Chip Conigliaro hits a home run. Fred Williams scores. Sid Naehring scores. Royle Alperman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Doerr strikes out. Mitchell Fisk pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Russ Pujols grounds out to the third baseman. Nick Bowen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Shuba strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Fred Lynn singles to center field. Zeus Shilling lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rico Rice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Lynn advances to third on the play. Fred Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ramon Kipp is pinch hitting for Royle Alperman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ramon Kipp flies out to the left fielder. Frankie Clarke walks. Gene Christopher pops out to the shortstop. Matt Lopez reached on a fielding error by Mitchell Fisk. Frank Mullen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Jack Mason pitching. Sid Naehring strikes out. Dewey Evans is pinch hitting for Manny Ramirez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dewey Evans grounds out to the shortstop. Chip Conigliaro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Howie Cihocki singles to left field. Howie Cihocki steals second. Russ Pujols strikes out. Nick Bowen grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Shuba flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Danny Doerr singles to left field. Mitchell Fisk walks. Fred Lynn singles to center field. Danny Doerr scores. Mitchell Fisk advances to third on the hit. Zeus Shilling grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Lynn advances to second on the play. Rico Rice flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mitchell Fisk scores. Fred Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ron Markle is pinch hitting for Jack Mason. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ron Markle singles to right field. Frankie Clarke singles to center field. Ron Markle advances to third on the hit. Gene Christopher reached on a 2-base throwing error by Danny Doerr. Ron Markle scores. Matt Lopez strikes out. Frank Mullen grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frankie Clarke scores. Gene Christopher advances to third on the play. Howie Cihocki hits a home run. Gene Christopher scores. Russ Pujols singles to center field. Nick Bowen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Frank Mullen is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hub Hawes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Desi Sprague improves in power_vs_righty Chet Jaeger did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Steve Kahdot improves in power_vs_righty Gene Needham improves in contact_vs_righty William Bishop did not respond to coaching in velocity Brad Schroeder did not respond to coaching in 3B