Win: Bill Billy (5-8) Loss: Seitaro Matsunaga (4-8)
Inning: 1 Boston Bill Billy pitching. Kevin Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Win Kuiper grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Chalmers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Seitaro Matsunaga pitching. Ken Schriver grounds out to the shortstop. Garland Girardi doubles to center field. Bill Flood walks. Mike Robles singles to right field. Emmett Bair grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Juan Curd hits a home run. Stan Spinnett strikes out. Rudy Hofmann strikes out. Everett Smith walks. Bud Christopher walks. Seitaro Matsunaga strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Kurt Grover pops out to the third baseman. Jimmy Sheridan doubles to right field. Nixey Weir grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Billy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Kevin Williams flies out to the right fielder. Win Kuiper strikes out. Frank Chalmers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ken Schriver singles to left field. Ken Schriver is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Garland Girardi hits a home run. Bill Flood singles to right field. Mike Robles flies out to the center fielder. Bill Flood steals second. Frank Chalmers throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Emmett Bair singles to right field. Bill Flood scores. Emmett Bair is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Juan Curd strikes out. Stan Spinnett flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Rudy Hofmann reached on a fielding error by Nixey Weir. Everett Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kurt Grover flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jimmy Sheridan triples. Nixey Weir flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jimmy Sheridan scores. Bill Billy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Bud Christopher singles past the second baseman. Seitaro Matsunaga lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kevin Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud Christopher advances to third on the play. Win Kuiper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ken Schriver hits a home run. Garland Girardi singles to right field. Garland Girardi steals second. Bill Flood grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Robles flies out to the right fielder. Emmett Bair strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Frank Chalmers grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Curd grounds out to the shortstop. Stan Spinnett lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kurt Grover strikes out. Jimmy Sheridan singles to center field. Hank Runnels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Sheridan steals second. Nixey Weir flies out to the right fielder. Bill Billy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Rudy Hofmann grounds out to the second baseman. Everett Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Christopher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Schriver singles to right field. Garland Girardi walks. Bill Flood walks. Mike Robles walks. Ken Schriver scores. Emmett Bair grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Garland Girardi scores. Bill Flood advances to third on the play. Ed Ostend comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kurt Grover singles to center field. Bill Flood scores. Kurt Grover is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Trever Ordonez is pinch hitting for Ed Ostend. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Trever Ordonez flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Williams flies out to the left fielder. Win Kuiper singles to right field. Mark Boyle is pinch hitting for Frank Chalmers. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Win Kuiper steals second. Mark Boyle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Martinez pitching. Jimmy Sheridan singles to right field. Nixey Weir singles to center field. Bill Billy lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ken Schriver reached on a 2-base throwing error by Win Kuiper. Jimmy Sheridan scores. Nixey Weir scores. Garland Girardi strikes out. Bill Flood singles to left field. Ken Schriver scores. Ravelo Bailey is pinch hitting for Mike Robles. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ravelo Bailey grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Flood is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Juan Curd reached on a fielding error by Bill Flood. Stan Spinnett grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Rudy Hofmann grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Russ Lyons did not respond to coaching in range Bill Pujols improves in contact_vs_righty Sig Clarkson did not respond to coaching in control Ted King did not respond to coaching in speed Russ Lyons improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Pujols improves in power_vs_lefty Russ Lyons did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dann Butcher did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Gardenhire did not respond to coaching in speed Johnny Gardenhire did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Oad Heitmuller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jason Gibson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Sheely improves in velocity