Win: Arnold Pike (8-12) Loss: Jeff Astroth (8-14)
Save: Billy Bradshaw (7)
Inning: 1 Boston Jeff Astroth pitching. Dave Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Win Kuiper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud Christopher walks. Frank Chalmers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Arnold Pike pitching. Jim Colangelo singles to right field. Jim Colangelo steals second. Bill Flood strikes out. Harvey Boggs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jim Colangelo advances to third on the play. Keiji Takagi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Juan Curd singles past the shortstop. Stan Spinnett singles to left field. Juan Curd advances to third on the hit. Kevin Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Curd scores. Stan Spinnett advances to second on the play. Tetsuya Suginaga flies out to the right fielder. Arnold Pike grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Juul walks. Jimmy Sheridan flies out to the right fielder. Billy Blackburn strikes out. Kurt Grover strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Dave Gonzalez lines out to the second baseman. Win Kuiper grounds out to the second baseman. Bud Christopher singles to center field. Frank Chalmers walks. Juan Curd strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jeff Astroth pops out to the second baseman. Jim Colangelo strikes out. Bill Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Stan Spinnett flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Williams strikes out. Tetsuya Suginaga walks. Arnold Pike strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Harvey Boggs grounds out to the third baseman. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Bill Juul singles to right field. Jimmy Sheridan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tetsuya Suginaga. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Dave Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Win Kuiper is hit by a pitch. Bud Christopher grounds out to the second baseman. Win Kuiper advances to second on the play. Frank Chalmers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Kurt Grover flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Astroth pops out to the second baseman. Jim Colangelo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Juan Curd strikes out. Stan Spinnett singles to center field. Kevin Williams pops out to the second baseman. Tetsuya Suginaga pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Flood lines out to the second baseman. Harvey Boggs flies out to the right fielder. Keiji Takagi walks. Bill Juul walks. Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Randy Robinson is pinch hitting for Arnold Pike. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Randy Robinson strikes out. Dave Gonzalez pops out to the first baseman. Win Kuiper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Todd Lint pitching. Billy Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Kurt Grover walks. Garland Girardi is pinch hitting for Jeff Astroth. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Garland Girardi strikes out. Jim Colangelo singles to right field. Bill Flood flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Dann Butcher pitching. Bud Christopher doubles to left field. Frank Chalmers flies out to the center fielder. Juan Curd grounds out to the pitcher. Stan Spinnett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jack Dedrick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Stan Spinnett at CF. Hunter Slade enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tetsuya Suginaga at SS. Harvey Boggs flies out to the center fielder. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Bill Juul strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Kevin Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Hunter Slade doubles to center field. Mark Boyle is pinch hitting for Todd Lint. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark Boyle walks. Dave Gonzalez strikes out. Win Kuiper reached on a fielding error by Keiji Takagi. Bud Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Kansas City Billy Bradshaw pitching. Jimmy Sheridan flies out to the right fielder. Billy Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Kurt Grover singles to right field. Ken Schriver is pinch hitting for Dann Butcher. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kurt Grover is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 11 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Win Kirkpatrick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jeff Kirk improves in arm Ernie Nolan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sid Gosger did not respond to coaching in velocity Win Kirkpatrick improves in range Rusty Ward did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: George Milner improves in speed Jeff Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Thorpe did not respond to coaching in speed Howie Martinez improves in control Larry Houser improves in arm John Pittaro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty