Win: Al Ford (4-1) Loss: Andy Loftus (1-4)
Save: Steve Strittmatter (11)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Al Ford pitching. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee walks. Bobby Rooney flies out to the right fielder. Ed Johnson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Randy McElwee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Toronto Andy Loftus pitching. Dave Bivin strikes out. Rupe Ostrowski walks. Rob Thompson doubles to right field. Rupe Ostrowski uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kerwin Kline flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Hannahs walks. Frank Schmidt walks. Edwards Plummer grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Rob Thompson is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alan Durbin flies out to the left fielder. Teruo Takeuchi grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Brantley singles to right field. Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Chico Gehring grounds out to the third baseman. Al Ford singles to center field. Dave Bivin walks. Rupe Ostrowski strikes out. Rob Thompson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Andy Loftus flies out to the right fielder. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the pitcher. Randy McElwee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Kerwin Kline flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Hannahs walks. Frank Schmidt singles to left field. Edwards Plummer flies out to the right fielder. Chico Gehring flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bobby Rooney walks. Bobby Rooney steals second. Ed Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Alan Durbin strikes out. Teruo Takeuchi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto Al Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Bivin grounds out to the third baseman. Rupe Ostrowski grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bob Brantley strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker walks. Andy Loftus lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Rob Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Kerwin Kline singles to right field. Kerwin Kline steals second. Charlie Hannahs hits a home run. Kerwin Kline scores. Fred Scalzi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Schmidt grounds out to the third baseman. Edwards Plummer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Randy McElwee singles to right field. Randy McElwee steals second. Bobby Rooney strikes out. Ed Johnson walks. Alan Durbin walks. Teruo Takeuchi strikes out. Bob Brantley singles to center field. Randy McElwee scores. Ed Johnson scores. Alan Durbin advances to third on the hit. Clete Schoonmaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Toronto Chico Gehring walks. Chico Gehring steals second. Clete Schoonmaker throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Al Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Chico Gehring scores. Harry Romero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Bivin flies out to the right fielder. Rupe Ostrowski flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Stan Tobin is pinch hitting for Harry Romero. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Stan Tobin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tsutomu Kadota walks. Randy McElwee grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Ron Mails pitching. Rob Thompson grounds out to the pitcher. Kerwin Kline grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Charlie Hannahs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bobby Rooney grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Johnson strikes out. Alan Durbin singles to left field. John Kleinhans 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 1st. Teruo Takeuchi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Toronto Frank Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Edwards Plummer flies out to the right fielder. Tim Kline is pinch hitting for Chico Gehring. Tim Kline grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Matt Cihocki enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tim Kline at C. Steve Strittmatter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Brantley strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker pops out to the second baseman. Ron Mails singles to left field. Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Toronto total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Buddy Ruiz did not respond to coaching in velocity Keefe Kreutzer improves in power_vs_lefty Lefty Morley improves in power_vs_righty Steve Foxen did not respond to coaching in velocity Jay Brewster did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Steve Jacome did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Williams did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ed Abbott did not respond to coaching in velocity Lee Varney did not respond to coaching in range Maury Stull improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Williams did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty