Win: Andy Niekro (5-3) Loss: Al Susce (7-3)
Save: Alex Dessa (5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Al Susce pitching. Leroy Anchor flies out to the right fielder. Topper Carney grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bart Mouton singles to center field. Jim Henriksen singles to left field. Bart Mouton advances to third on the hit. Jim Decker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Baltimore Andy Niekro pitching. Fred Wright doubles to left field. Biff Gaudet strikes out. Garvin Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Daijiro Brando pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Vic Weaver hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bruce Davis singles to left field. Vic Weaver advances to third on the hit. Buddy Jones singles to right field. Vic Weaver scores. Andy Niekro lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Leroy Anchor flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bruce Davis is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Toshiyuki Matsuda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Schillings grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Fleming singles to left field. Sammy Berardino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Topper Carney strikes out. Bart Mouton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Henriksen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Al Susce strikes out. Fred Wright strikes out. Biff Gaudet singles to left field. Garvin Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Decker pops out to the third baseman. Vic Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Davis walks. Buddy Jones grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bruce Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Daijiro Brando flies out to the left fielder. Toshiyuki Matsuda flies out to the center fielder. Tom Schillings grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Andy Niekro strikes out. Leroy Anchor grounds out to the third baseman. Topper Carney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Chris Fleming strikes out. Sammy Berardino strikes out. Al Susce strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bart Mouton singles to center field. Jim Henriksen walks. Jim Decker doubles to center field. Bart Mouton scores. Jim Henriksen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sheldon Nied comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vic Weaver grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Davis singles to left field. Jim Decker scores. Buddy Jones flies out to the right fielder. Andy Niekro grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bruce Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Fred Wright grounds out to the third baseman. Biff Gaudet singles to center field. Garvin Cox grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Leroy Anchor strikes out. Topper Carney flies out to the right fielder. Bart Mouton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Daijiro Brando flies out to the right fielder. Toshiyuki Matsuda singles to left field. Tom Schillings walks. Herb Gonzalez 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. Toots Sepkowski is pinch hitting for Chris Fleming. Toots Sepkowski strikes out. Sammy Berardino grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Schillings is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Henriksen grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Decker singles to center field. Vic Weaver doubles to left field. Jim Decker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bruce Davis strikes out. Buddy Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Sheldon Nied grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Wright hits a home run. Biff Gaudet grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Garvin Cox singles to center field. Garvin Cox steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Daijiro Brando lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Gene Hotaling is pinch hitting for Herb Gonzalez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Gene Hotaling grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Leroy Anchor grounds out to the second baseman. Topper Carney pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Bill Schmees pitching. Toshiyuki Matsuda singles to left field. Tom Schillings singles past the third baseman. Toots Sepkowski walks. Alex Dessa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sam Orme is pinch hitting for Sammy Berardino. Sam Orme walks. Toshiyuki Matsuda scores. Lute Jeffries is pinch hitting for Sheldon Nied. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lute Jeffries flies out to the right fielder. Fred Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Schillings scores. Toots Sepkowski advances to third on the play. Sam Orme advances to second on the play. Biff Gaudet grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Baltimore total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paul Burkett did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Faedo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rudy Walsh improves in range Eddie Lamline improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Kane improves in power_vs_lefty Al Cipriani did not respond to coaching in control
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Works did not respond to coaching in control Ted Crane did not respond to coaching in control Aaron Ferris did not respond to coaching in endurance Ted Crane did not respond to coaching in velocity Aaron Ferris did not respond to coaching in control Ski Brown did not respond to coaching in endurance Jason Knoblauch did not respond to coaching in 2B