Win: Rusty Ward (4-5) Loss: Chris Williams (2-7)
Save: Osdanis Gavilan (16)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rusty Ward pitching. Ron Schauer strikes out. Jimmy Sheridan pops out to the third baseman. Kurt Grover singles to left field. Bill Juul singles to center field. Kurt Grover advances to third on the hit. Kurt Grover gets picked off third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Chris Williams pitching. Doug Stoll hits a home run. Ernie Nolan strikes out. Juan Curd flies out to the center fielder. Bud Christopher singles past the shortstop. Stan Spinnett grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bud Christopher is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Emmett Bair flies out to the center fielder. Harvey Boggs strikes out. Bill Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Russ Lyons is hit by a pitch. Dave Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Mark Boyle walks. Rusty Ward lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Doug Stoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Milner flies out to the center fielder. Chris Williams reached on a 2-base fielding error by Russ Lyons. Ron Schauer flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Ernie Nolan hits a home run. Juan Curd flies out to the center fielder. Bud Christopher singles to left field. Bud Christopher steals second. Stan Spinnett strikes out. Russ Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kurt Grover grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Juul strikes out. Emmett Bair pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Dave Gonzalez grounds out to the pitcher. Mark Boyle strikes out. Rusty Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Harvey Boggs singles to center field. Bill Flood flies out to the center fielder. George Milner strikes out. Chris Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Doug Stoll singles to center field. Ernie Nolan hits an infield single to the second baseman. Juan Curd grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Doug Stoll advances to third on the play. Bud Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ron Schauer singles to center field. Ron Schauer is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jimmy Sheridan singles to center field. Kurt Grover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Sheridan advances to second on the play. Bill Juul grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Stan Spinnett strikes out. Russ Lyons pops out to the third baseman. Dave Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Emmett Bair strikes out. Harvey Boggs grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Mark Boyle grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty Ward flies out to the right fielder. Doug Stoll pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jack Dedrick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Russ Lyons at CF. George Milner strikes out. Chris Williams grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ron Schauer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Ernie Nolan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Juan Curd strikes out. Bud Christopher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jimmy Sheridan doubles to center field. Kurt Grover grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Sheridan advances to third on the play. Osdanis Gavilan 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. Bill Juul grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Sheridan scores. Emmett Bair singles to center field. Harvey Boggs grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Emmett Bair is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Boston total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Richie Cox did not respond to coaching in speed Larry Houser improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Sheely improves in control Phil Thorpe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Phil Thorpe did not respond to coaching in range D.J. Ponder improves in arm
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Willis Curd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ravelo Stephenson improves in contact_vs_lefty Yeniet Perez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Keck improves in range Jeff Kirk improves in speed Dan Winters did not respond to coaching in velocity