Inning: 1 Kansas City Frankie Montas pitching. Frank Ford triples. Bombo Mertz singles to right field. Frank Ford scores. Bombo Mertz steals second. Chris Lundbom singles to left field. Bombo Mertz scores. Tanka Jahari walks. Masaki Yamanaka grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chris Lundbom advances to third on the play. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Toronto Chris Bowman pitching. Mack Shaw walks. Earl Donovan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mack Shaw is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Angel Stone grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Donovan advances to second on the play. Chris Woodson walks. Junior Reyes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rod Smith strikes out. Terry Brewington pops out to the shortstop. Chris Bowman singles to center field. Frank Ford grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chris Bowman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Ernie Howell walks. Oscar Michaels flies out to the center fielder. Clyde McDavid walks. Frankie Montas lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bombo Mertz singles to center field. Chris Lundbom flies out to the center fielder. Bombo Mertz steals second. Tanka Jahari grounds out to the second baseman. Bombo Mertz advances to third on the play. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Mack Shaw strikes out. Earl Donovan strikes out. Angel Stone reached on a fielding error by Johnny Fluhrer. Chris Woodson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Angel Stone is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rod Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Brewington flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Junior Reyes flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Howell pops out to the third baseman. Oscar Michaels flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chris Bowman grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Ford strikes out. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Clyde McDavid grounds out to the shortstop. Frankie Montas strikes out. Mack Shaw grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chris Lundbom walks. Tanka Jahari singles to right field. Chris Lundbom aggressively advances to third on the hit. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Tanka Jahari steals second. Rod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Toronto Earl Donovan flies out to the center fielder. Angel Stone singles to left field. Chris Woodson pops out to the catcher. Junior Reyes hits a home run. Angel Stone scores. Ernie Howell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Terry Brewington grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Bowman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Oscar Michaels. Kevin Moss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Frank Ford strikes out. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Oscar Michaels grounds out to the third baseman. Clyde McDavid doubles to right field. Ricky Pierce is pinch hitting for Kevin Moss. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ricky Pierce grounds out to the second baseman. Clyde McDavid advances to third on the play. Mack Shaw grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Elbie McCormick pitching. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the shortstop. Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Earl Donovan strikes out. Angel Stone flies out to the right fielder. Chris Woodson reached on a fielding error by Chris Lundbom. Cupid Ross 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. Junior Reyes flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer walks. Rod Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Johnny Fluhrer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Terry Brewington walks. Johnny Cardenas is pinch hitting for Cupid Ross. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnny Cardenas singles to left field. Rod Smith scores. Terry Brewington advances to third on the hit. Frank Ford strikes out. Johnny Cardenas steals second. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Toronto Kazuhiro Inagaki pitching. Ernie Howell grounds out to the catcher. Oscar Michaels walks. Clyde McDavid singles to right field. Oscar Michaels advances to third on the hit. Geraldo Boswell is pinch hitting for Elbie McCormick. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Geraldo Boswell flies out to the center fielder. Mack Shaw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Toronto total runners LOB: 8
Batting:3B - Frank Ford (4).GIDP - Masaki Yamanaka. Baserunning: SB - Bombo Mertz 2 (24), Tanka Jahari (15), Johnny Cardenas (3). Fielding: E - Chris Lundbom, Johnny Fluhrer.
Game Notes Elbie McCormick is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jose Leverette did not respond to coaching in velocity 'Rude' Justin Rudi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ramon Hertz improves in control Nigel Joseph did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Balas did not respond to coaching in velocity
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Emerson McCloskey did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Mills did not respond to coaching in arm Ricardo Hunter did not respond to coaching in control Mickey Ratliff did not respond to coaching in control Ricardo Hunter did not respond to coaching in control Oscar Nunez improves in range Bruce Perez did not respond to coaching in RF