Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Thompson pitching. Claude Franklin lines out to the shortstop. Kal Cox lines out to the third baseman. Ty Skiff singles to center field. Steve Wheat strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Anaheim Joe Kurtz pitching. Allan Cerone strikes out. Matt Clark flies out to the right fielder. Bud Sofield grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jimmy Ogrodowski singles to right field. Greg Meier singles to right field. Jimmy Ogrodowski advances to third on the hit. John Haas singles to center field. Jimmy Ogrodowski scores. Greg Meier steals third. Ivan Martinez strikes out. Joe Kurtz strikes out. Claude Franklin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Anaheim Joe Boak strikes out. Hasim Hasson triples. Tom Strange strikes out. Jarok Gavilan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Kal Cox flies out to the right fielder. Ty Skiff walks. Steve Wheat reached on a fielding error by Joe Boak. Jimmy Ogrodowski singles to center field. Ty Skiff scores. Steve Wheat advances to third on the hit. Greg Meier singles past the shortstop. Steve Wheat scores. Jimmy Ogrodowski advances to third on the hit. John Haas hits a home run. Jimmy Ogrodowski scores. Greg Meier scores. Ivan Martinez strikes out. Joe Kurtz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Anaheim Takashi Yano singles to center field. Dick Thompson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Allan Cerone grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Claude Franklin singles to left field. Kal Cox hits a home run. Claude Franklin scores. Ty Skiff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Wheat pops out to the third baseman. Jimmy Ogrodowski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Anaheim Bud Sofield strikes out. Joe Boak flies out to the center fielder. Hasim Hasson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Greg Meier singles to center field. John Haas hits a home run. Greg Meier scores. Marty Hovlik comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Ivan Martinez strikes out. Joe Kurtz flies out to the center fielder. Claude Franklin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Anaheim Tom Strange walks. Jarok Gavilan singles to left field. Tom Strange advances to third on the hit. Takashi Yano singles to center field. Tom Strange scores. Marty Hovlik lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Allan Cerone singles to center field. Jarok Gavilan scores. Matt Clark hits a home run. Takashi Yano scores. Allan Cerone scores. Bud Sofield singles to center field. Joe Boak strikes out. Hasim Hasson hits an infield single to the first baseman. Tom Strange flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kal Cox flies out to the center fielder. Ty Skiff flies out to the left fielder. Steve Wheat strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Anaheim Jarok Gavilan strikes out. Takashi Yano grounds out to the third baseman. Marty Hovlik flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jimmy Ogrodowski strikes out. Greg Meier pops out to the shortstop. John Haas doubles to center field. Ivan Martinez doubles to left field. John Haas scores. Joe Kurtz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Anaheim Allan Cerone strikes out. Matt Clark singles to right field. Bud Sofield flies out to the right fielder. Joe Boak flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Claude Franklin grounds out to the shortstop. Kal Cox singles to right field. Ty Skiff walks. Ike Woodall is pinch hitting for Steve Wheat. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ike Woodall flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Ogrodowski walks. Greg Meier flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Anaheim Hasim Hasson pops out to the first baseman. Tom Strange walks. Jarok Gavilan reached on a fielding error by Greg Meier. Takashi Yano grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Haas singles to left field. Ivan Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Joe Kurtz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Claude Franklin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Anaheim Mike Jackson is pinch hitting for Marty Hovlik. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Jackson walks. Allan Cerone flies out to the center fielder. Matt Clark grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Jackson advances to second on the play. Bud Sofield grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Anaheim total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Steve Wheat is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Pete Hardgrove did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Herb Erickson improves in power_vs_righty Steve Pfyl did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jason Manion did not respond to coaching in control
Anaheim Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Vina did not respond to coaching in control Richie Swoboda did not respond to coaching in control Loop Happenny did not respond to coaching in control Jim Adams did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Rizzo did not respond to coaching in 3B