Win: Jumbo Eaton (8-7) Loss: Andy Niekro (2-6)
Save: Tom Adams (39)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jumbo Eaton pitching. Jose Serrano singles to center field. Jose Serrano is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Decker strikes out. Jethro Bodine flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Mike Sorrells pitching. Joe Shores walks. Ed Rudi doubles to center field. Joe Shores uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Giggie strikes out. Steve Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Rudi advances to third on the play. Danny Cochran strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Vic Weaver grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Bottarini pops out to the second baseman. Dave Mauch hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rollie Arnsberg doubles to center field. Topper Carney walks. Mike Sorrells grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Boston Corey Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Patrick grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hi Mitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jose Serrano pops out to the shortstop. Jim Decker bunts for a base hit. Jethro Bodine flies out to the left fielder. Vic Weaver grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Jumbo Eaton grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Shores singles to right field. Ed Rudi singles to right field. Joe Shores advances to third on the hit. Bill Giggie singles to center field. Joe Shores scores. Steve Walker flies out to the left fielder. Danny Cochran singles to right field. Ed Rudi scores. Corey Miller singles to center field. Bill Giggie scores. Andy Niekro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Patrick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Bottarini singles to center field. Dave Mauch hits a home run. Joe Bottarini scores. Rollie Arnsberg grounds out to the third baseman. Topper Carney reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jumbo Eaton. Andy Niekro singles to right field. Topper Carney scores. Jose Serrano singles to right field. Andy Niekro advances to third on the hit. Jim Decker strikes out. Jethro Bodine singles to left field. Andy Niekro scores. Vic Weaver flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Hi Mitchell singles to left field. Jumbo Eaton fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jumbo Eaton singles to left field. Joe Shores flies out to the right fielder. Ed Rudi singles to left field. Hi Mitchell scores. Jumbo Eaton advances to third on the hit. Barracuda Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Giggie lines out to the second baseman. Steve Walker pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Bottarini grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Mauch flies out to the center fielder. Rollie Arnsberg walks. Topper Carney walks. Barracuda Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Danny Cochran strikes out. Corey Miller singles to right field. Alex Patrick strikes out. Hi Mitchell singles to center field. Corey Miller advances to third on the hit. Jumbo Eaton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jose Serrano flies out to the right fielder. Jim Decker flies out to the left fielder. Jethro Bodine strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Joe Shores hits a home run. Ed Rudi strikes out. Bill Giggie grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Walker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Vic Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Joe Bottarini strikes out. Dave Mauch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Danny Cochran strikes out. Corey Miller flies out to the left fielder. Alex Patrick walks. Hi Mitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rollie Arnsberg is hit by a pitch. Topper Carney walks. Bruce Karpel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Davidson is pinch hitting for Barracuda Jones. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Davidson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rollie Arnsberg advances to third on the play. Jose Serrano singles to left field. Rollie Arnsberg scores. Jim Decker walks. Jethro Bodine flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Al Cipriani pitching. Ben Cohen is pinch hitting for Bruce Karpel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ben Cohen flies out to the right fielder. Joe Shores hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ed Rudi pops out to the first baseman. Bill Giggie pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Adams pitching. Vic Weaver singles to center field. Joe Bottarini grounds out to the pitcher. Vic Weaver advances to second on the play. Dave Mauch singles to center field. The defense is playing the corners in. Rollie Arnsberg walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Topper Carney strikes out. Ed Dean is pinch hitting for Al Cipriani. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Dean grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Vic Weaver is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners left on base: 13 Boston total runners left on base: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tarrik Quinn improves in arm John Langford did not respond to coaching in control Jim Kane did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tarrik Quinn improves in power_vs_righty Don Faedo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Kane improves in contact_vs_lefty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ray Young did not respond to coaching in control Eduardo Chappelle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bernardo Cooke improves in control Ray Young did not respond to coaching in control Bernardo Cooke improves in velocity Eduardo Chappelle did not respond to coaching in range Jaime Miller improves in LF