Inning: 1 Kansas City Brock Willis pitching. Hiromi Nagai hits a home run. Chris Lundbom doubles to right field. Rod Smith strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Wehmeier strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Tom Garvin pitching. Rolla King walks. Jim Newnam grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rolla King is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jimy Morton pops out to the second baseman. Sean Kimmick grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dee Grace grounds out to the shortstop. Keita Arakane triples. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Tom Garvin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Bill Wooten flies out to the left fielder. Dave Gillespie strikes out. Fred Powell singles to left field. Wade Manning strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Hiromi Nagai grounds out to the catcher. Chris Lundbom flies out to the center fielder. Rod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Brock Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Rolla King flies out to the left fielder. Jim Newnam flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Gene Wehmeier singles to right field. Gene Wehmeier steals second. Dee Grace strikes out. Keita Arakane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Jimy Morton flies out to the right fielder. Sean Kimmick grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Wooten strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bombo Mertz grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Garvin pops out to the shortstop. Hiromi Nagai grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Dave Gillespie singles past the shortstop. Fred Powell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Gillespie advances to second on the play. Dave Gillespie steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Wade Manning pops out to the third baseman. Brock Willis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chris Lundbom singles to right field. Rod Smith singles to left field. Johnny Fluhrer pops out to the shortstop. Gene Wehmeier singles to center field. Chris Lundbom scores. Rod Smith advances to third on the hit. Gene Wehmeier is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dee Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Rolla King grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Newnam grounds out to the shortstop. Jimy Morton singles to right field. Jimy Morton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Keita Arakane doubles to right field. Bombo Mertz flies out to the left fielder. Tom Garvin grounds out to the second baseman. Keita Arakane advances to third on the play. Hiromi Nagai singles to center field. Keita Arakane scores. Chris Lundbom singles past the shortstop. Hiromi Nagai advances to third on the hit. Rod Smith doubles to center field. Hiromi Nagai scores. Chris Lundbom uses his aggressiveness and scores. Red Espy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Sean Kimmick grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Wooten grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Gillespie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gene Wehmeier pops out to the third baseman. Dee Grace flies out to the center fielder. Keita Arakane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Fred Powell flies out to the right fielder. Wade Manning strikes out. Bill Ortiz is pinch hitting for Red Espy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Ortiz walks. Chris Wells is pinch hitting for Rolla King. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chris Wells grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Ortiz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Hill pitching. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Tom Garvin grounds out to the pitcher. Hiromi Nagai flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Hob Almon is pinch hitting for Jim Newnam. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hob Almon grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jimy Morton grounds out to the pitcher. Sean Kimmick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Boston total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Steinbrenner did not respond to coaching in control John Wilson improves in velocity Clise Baldschun did not respond to coaching in velocity Brook Veres did not respond to coaching in control Ray Silva did not respond to coaching in endurance Frank Steinbrenner did not respond to coaching in control Cesar Brumley did not respond to coaching in SS
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charley Creel improves in power_vs_lefty Danny Schriver improves in contact_vs_lefty Andy Hunter improves in arm Bruce Harper did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tommy Smith improves in power_vs_lefty Jeff Nilsson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty