Win: Tom Shellenback (4-9) Loss: Atley Taylor (10-11)
Inning: 1 Boston Atley Taylor pitching. Bill Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Powell strikes out. Bill Wooten strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tom Shellenback pitching. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Tanka Jahari grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Rolla King strikes out. Bruce Harper singles to left field. Chris Wells singles to right field. Bruce Harper advances to third on the hit. Ed Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Harper scores. Chris Wells advances to second on the play. Andy Hunter walks. Tom Shellenback singles to center field. Chris Wells scores. Andy Hunter advances to third on the hit. Bill Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Nigel Joseph lines out to the shortstop. Keita Arakane grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Powell grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Wooten flies out to the right fielder. Rolla King flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Chris Lundbom grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington flies out to the left fielder. Atley Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Bruce Harper strikes out. Chris Wells walks. Chris Wells is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ed Walsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Rod Smith flies out to the center fielder. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Andy Hunter doubles to left field. Tom Shellenback fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Shellenback singles to right field. Andy Hunter scores. Bill Ortiz grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Fred Powell walks. Bill Wooten strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Keita Arakane flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Rolla King doubles to center field. Bruce Harper strikes out. Chris Wells walks. Ed Walsh grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chris Lundbom grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington singles to left field. Atley Taylor lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Andy Hunter walks. Tom Shellenback lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Ortiz singles to right field. Andy Hunter scores. Fritz Shinnick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Powell triples. Bill Ortiz scores. Bill Wooten singles to left field. Fred Powell scores. Rolla King flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Harper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tanka Jahari hits a home run. Johnny Fluhrer doubles to right field. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Fluhrer advances to third on the play. Keita Arakane singles to center field. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Chris Lundbom walks. Terry Brewington pops out to the second baseman. Bombo Mertz is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Kazuhiro Inagaki pitching. Chris Wells flies out to the center fielder. Ed Walsh flies out to the right fielder. Andy Hunter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tanka Jahari is hit by a pitch. Tanka Jahari steals second. Red Burris 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 2nd. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Terry Carreon is pinch hitting for Red Burris. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Terry Carreon singles to center field. Bill Ortiz singles to right field. Fred Powell grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Carreon advances to third on the play. Bill Ortiz advances to second on the play. Bill Wooten flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Terry Carreon scores. Jeff Nilsson is pinch hitting for Rolla King. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jeff Nilsson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Leon Edens pitching. Nigel Joseph pops out to the first baseman. Keita Arakane strikes out. Chris Lundbom reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Ortiz. Terry Brewington flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Rolla King (12), Andy Hunter (3).3B - Fred Powell (8).SF - Bill Wooten.GIDP - Bill Ortiz, Ed Walsh. Baserunning: CS - Chris Wells (2). Fielding: E - Bill Ortiz.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Wayland Anderson did not respond to coaching in endurance Mark Richardson did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Underwood improves in speed Harvey Spikes did not respond to coaching in speed Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Charley Creel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jeff Schick improves in contact_vs_lefty Ryan Maxwell did not respond to coaching in control Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ricky Pierce did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Balas did not respond to coaching in endurance Clise Baldschun did not respond to coaching in control