Win: Bob Nokes (3-7) Loss: Rube Brown (9-5)
Save: Osdanis Gavilan (15)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Nokes pitching. Ron Schauer strikes out. Jim Thomas singles to right field. Kurt Grover grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Rube Brown pitching. Doug Stoll flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Nolan grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Chalmers pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Juul pops out to the catcher. Emmett Bair hits a home run. Al Watkins strikes out. Bill Flood grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Juan Curd flies out to the left fielder. Bud Christopher singles to left field. Bud Christopher steals second. Bill Pujols flies out to the center fielder. Stan Spinnett singles to center field. Bud Christopher scores. Russ Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Milner flies out to the right fielder. Rube Brown singles to center field. Ron Schauer strikes out. Jim Thomas grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rube Brown is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Bob Nokes grounds out to the pitcher. Doug Stoll flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Nolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kurt Grover walks. Bill Juul strikes out. Emmett Bair flies out to the center fielder. Al Watkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Frank Chalmers grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Curd hits a home run. Bud Christopher walks. Bud Christopher steals second. Bill Pujols grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud Christopher advances to third on the play. Stan Spinnett lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bill Flood strikes out. George Milner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rube Brown singles to right field. Ron Schauer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Russ Lyons strikes out. Bob Nokes grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Stoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Kurt Grover flies out to the right fielder. Bill Juul hits a home run. Emmett Bair grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Ernie Nolan grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Chalmers grounds out to the pitcher. Juan Curd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al Watkins flies out to the center fielder. Bill Flood grounds out to the second baseman. George Milner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Bud Christopher singles to right field. Bill Pujols flies out to the left fielder. Stan Spinnett singles to left field. Bud Christopher advances to third on the hit. Russ Lyons hits a home run. Bud Christopher scores. Stan Spinnett scores. Bob Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Bob Nokes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dave Gonzalez strikes out. Doug Stoll flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Billy Bradshaw pitching. Jack Dedrick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Russ Lyons at CF. Jim Colangelo is pinch hitting for Bob Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Colangelo strikes out. Ron Schauer singles to right field. Jim Thomas hits an infield single to the second baseman. Kurt Grover singles to right field. Bill Juul flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ron Schauer scores. Emmett Bair strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Monte Cross pitching. Ernie Nolan flies out to the center fielder. Frank Chalmers flies out to the left fielder. Juan Curd hits a home run. Bud Christopher grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Osdanis Gavilan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Al Watkins singles past the shortstop. Bill Flood strikes out. George Milner flies out to the center fielder. Keiji Takagi is pinch hitting for Monte Cross. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Keiji Takagi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Boston total runners left on base: 2
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rene Carey improves in power_vs_righty Steve Bourgeois did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Wheezer Schmitz did not respond to coaching in control Phil Thorpe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Sheely did not respond to coaching in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sig Clarkson did not respond to coaching in velocity Willis Curd did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Kirk improves in contact_vs_lefty Jack Robinson did not respond to coaching in range Gene Cuccurullo did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Kirk improves in range