Win: Bill Moore (3-1) Loss: Frank Steinbrenner (1-2)
Save: Wally Altamirano (6)
Inning: 1 Boston Frank Steinbrenner pitching. Doug Otis walks. Fred Powell grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Doug Otis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dave Gillespie grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Moore pitching. Calvin Craig grounds out to the second baseman. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the third baseman. Nigel Joseph lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Charley Creel strikes out. Tommy Smith singles to right field. Andy Hunter flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Smith steals second. Bill Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Keita Arakane strikes out. Frank Ford strikes out. Gordie Bowman walks. Gordie Bowman steals second. Jeff Schick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Rolla King strikes out. Bill Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Otis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ricky Pierce strikes out. Frank Steinbrenner flies out to the right fielder. Calvin Craig pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Fred Powell strikes out. Dave Gillespie reached on a 2-base throwing error by Calvin Craig. Charley Creel flies out to the left fielder. Tommy Smith walks. Andy Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the third baseman. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the shortstop. Keita Arakane reached on a fielding error by Charley Creel. Keita Arakane is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Bill Ortiz strikes out. Rolla King walks. Bill Moore lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Rolla King forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Doug Otis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Gordie Bowman flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jeff Schick singles to left field. Ricky Pierce singles to right field. Frank Steinbrenner doubles to center field. Jeff Schick scores. Ricky Pierce scores. Calvin Craig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Fred Powell singles to center field. Dave Gillespie singles to center field. Charley Creel grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Powell advances to third on the play. Dave Gillespie advances to second on the play. Tommy Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Powell scores. Dave Gillespie advances to third on the play. Andy Hunter singles to left field. Dave Gillespie scores. Bill Ortiz singles to center field. Andy Hunter advances to third on the hit. Rolla King singles to left field. Andy Hunter scores. Bill Ortiz advances to third on the hit. Bill Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka singles to center field. Nigel Joseph singles to right field. Keita Arakane walks. Frank Ford strikes out. Gordie Bowman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Doug Otis flies out to the right fielder. Fred Powell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Gillespie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jeff Schick strikes out. Ricky Pierce grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Lundbom is pinch hitting for Frank Steinbrenner. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Chris Lundbom pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Clise Baldschun pitching. Charley Creel grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Andy Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Calvin Craig strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Nigel Joseph flies out to the center fielder. Keita Arakane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Bill Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Rolla King lines out to the shortstop. Chris Wells is pinch hitting for Bill Moore. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Chris Wells grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Wally Altamirano pitching. Frank Ford walks. Gordie Bowman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Frank Ford is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jeff Schick strikes out. Ricky Pierce flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mark Hunter did not respond to coaching in control Lefty Brusstar improves in velocity Bill Besse did not respond to coaching in velocity Lefty Brusstar did not respond to coaching in endurance Lefty Brusstar did not respond to coaching in control Bill Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Adkins did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Leslie did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Lucas did not respond to coaching in velocity Rusty Hemingway improves in power_vs_righty Yukinobu Aoyama improves in velocity John Adkins did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty