Win: John Smith (5-3) Loss: Cliff Fuentes (2-17)
Save: Mike Gardner (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tommy McCormack pitching. Nobuyuki Miwa flies out to the left fielder. Jay Brewster strikes out. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Cliff Fuentes pitching. Jim Wood flies out to the center fielder. John Brown flies out to the center fielder. Paul Shoemaker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Juan Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Reid Nicholson singles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck strikes out. Otie Shepherd grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Reid Nicholson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Chick Krueger strikes out. Daryl DeMontreville grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Castillo walks. Skip Crowell walks. Fred Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Orval Martin singles to right field. Cliff Fuentes lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Nobuyuki Miwa strikes out. Jay Brewster pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Tommy McCormack singles to right field. Jim Wood grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. John Brown hits a home run. Paul Shoemaker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Varney Crutcher pops out to the catcher. Juan Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Reid Nicholson triples. Ross Rohr-Beck flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Chick Krueger flies out to the left fielder. Daryl DeMontreville walks. Jeff Castillo grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Daryl DeMontreville is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Skip Crowell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Otie Shepherd flies out to the center fielder. Orval Martin grounds out to the third baseman. Cliff Fuentes reached on a 2-base fielding error by Paul Shoemaker. John Smith 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. Nobuyuki Miwa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Fred Moore walks. John Smith lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Wood singles in front of the left fielder. Fred Moore scores. John Brown singles to right field. Paul Shoemaker grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Wood advances to third on the play. John Brown advances to second on the play. Chick Krueger doubles to center field. Jim Wood scores. John Brown scores. Jack Barton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Daryl DeMontreville singles to center field. Chick Krueger scores. Jeff Castillo pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jay Brewster singles to center field. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Juan Schmidt grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jay Brewster is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Reid Nicholson doubles to center field. Juan Schmidt uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wally Donnelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to center field. Reid Nicholson scores. Otie Shepherd grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ross Rohr-Beck is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Skip Crowell grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Fred Moore pops out to the second baseman. Wally Donnelly grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Orval Martin grounds out to the third baseman. Irv Barthelson is pinch hitting for Jack Barton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Irv Barthelson flies out to the center fielder. Nobuyuki Miwa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Ron Mails pitching. Jim Wood grounds out to the second baseman. John Brown strikes out. Paul Shoemaker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jay Brewster doubles to center field. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Juan Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Reid Nicholson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Chick Krueger grounds out to the second baseman. Daryl DeMontreville flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Castillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck singles to left field. Otie Shepherd grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Orval Martin singles to center field. Mike Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Minnie Patton is pinch hitting for Ron Mails. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Minnie Patton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harl Mercedes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Gregory did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jake Hunter did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Servais improves in arm Luis Reyes did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Foxen did not respond to coaching in control
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jose Birdsall improves in speed Ben Tebeau did not respond to coaching in speed Bruce Hancock did not respond to coaching in control Joe Campisi improves in speed Bruce Hancock did not respond to coaching in control George Silvestri improves in arm