Win: Atley Taylor (1-1) Loss: Olmedo Edwards (0-1)
Save: Cupid Ross (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Dettore pitching. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Nigel Joseph strikes out. Gordie Bowman walks. Keita Arakane singles to right field. Gordie Bowman advances to third on the hit. Dave Busby lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Atley Taylor pitching. Doug Otis flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Harper strikes out. Fred Powell singles past the second baseman. Fred Powell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jose Reese flies out to the center fielder. Calvin Craig flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Schick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Dave Gillespie singles to center field. Charley Creel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Gillespie advances to second on the play. Tommy Smith strikes out. Andy Hunter grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Atley Taylor strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the pitcher. Nigel Joseph walks. Gordie Bowman walks. Keita Arakane grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Gordie Bowman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Bill Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Dettore singles to left field. Doug Otis pops out to the first baseman. Bruce Harper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dave Busby strikes out. Jose Reese grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Calvin Craig grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Fred Powell pops out to the shortstop. Dave Gillespie doubles past the center fielder. Charley Creel pops out to the shortstop. Tommy Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jeff Schick grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Atley Taylor strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Andy Hunter walks. Bill Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Joe Dettore pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Doug Otis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Nigel Joseph singles to left field. Gordie Bowman strikes out. Keita Arakane flies out to the left fielder. Dave Busby flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Bruce Harper grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Powell strikes out. Dave Gillespie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jose Reese doubles to center field. Calvin Craig strikes out. Jeff Schick singles to right field. Jose Reese uses his aggressiveness and scores. 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. Red Espy 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. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Charley Creel hits a home run. Tommy Smith flies out to the right fielder. Andy Hunter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Ortiz singles to right field. Rolla King is pinch hitting for Red Espy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rolla King grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bill Ortiz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Olmedo Edwards pitching. Nigel Joseph walks. Gordie Bowman walks. Keita Arakane pops out to the first baseman. Dave Busby singles to center field. Nigel Joseph scores. Gordie Bowman advances to third on the hit. Jose Reese strikes out. Dave Busby is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Doug Otis grounds out to the pitcher. Bruce Harper flies out to the left fielder. Fred Powell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jack Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Calvin Craig reached on a 2-base fielding error by Doug Otis. Jeff Schick flies out to the right fielder. Rod Smith is pinch hitting for Atley Taylor. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rod Smith walks. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Cupid Ross pitching. Dave Gillespie strikes out. Charley Creel grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tommy Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Boston total runners LOB: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cecil Neagle improves in speed Bill Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Rusty Hemingway improves in arm Bill Hernandez improves in velocity Paul Garagozzo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rusty Hemingway improves in power_vs_lefty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Besse did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Schriver improves in contact_vs_lefty Lefty Brusstar did not respond to coaching in control Mark Erickson did not respond to coaching in speed Danny Schriver did not respond to coaching in arm