Inning: 1 Kansas City Cy Trout pitching. Rufe Bowles pops out to the third baseman. Ramon Kipp pops out to the shortstop. Doug Vico grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Les Madison pitching. Fred Lynn walks. Les Thielman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Les Madison. Mitchell Fisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Lynn scores. Les Thielman advances to third on the play. Pat Meyer hits a home run. Les Thielman scores. Desi Sprague grounds out to the shortstop. Donn Duvall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bobby Carter strikes out. Tom Leber walks. Tom Leber steals second. Earl Davanon strikes out. Matt Lopez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Gene Gomez singles to right field. Bob Beasley grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gene Gomez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cy Trout fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cy Trout grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Fred Ballard strikes out. Les Madison reached on a fielding error by Desi Sprague. Rufe Bowles singles past the third baseman. Ramon Kipp flies out to the right fielder. Doug Vico grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rufe Bowles is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Lynn walks. Les Thielman walks. Mitchell Fisk grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Fred Lynn advances to third on the play. Pat Meyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bobby Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Leber flies out to the right fielder. Earl Davanon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Desi Sprague strikes out. Donn Duvall singles past the first baseman. Gene Gomez flies out to the right fielder. Bob Beasley walks. Cy Trout strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Matt Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Fred Ballard singles to left field. Les Madison lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Fred Ballard forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Rufe Bowles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Fred Lynn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Thielman singles to left field. Mitchell Fisk grounds out to the pitcher. Les Thielman advances to second on the play. Pat Meyer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ramon Kipp walks. Doug Vico singles to right field. Ramon Kipp advances to third on the hit. Bobby Carter pops out to the second baseman. Tom Leber singles to center field. Ramon Kipp scores. Earl Davanon strikes out. Matt Lopez walks. Fred Ballard bunts for a base hit. Doug Vico scores. Les Madison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Boston Desi Sprague grounds out to the pitcher. Donn Duvall grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Gomez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rufe Bowles grounds out to the third baseman. Ramon Kipp reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Beasley. Doug Vico strikes out. Bobby Carter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Gary Cappuzzello is pinch hitting for Bob Beasley. Gary Cappuzzello strikes out. Cy Trout strikes out. Fred Lynn hits a home run. Les Thielman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Bierbauer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gary Cappuzzello at 3B. Tom Leber grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Earl Davanon pops out to the shortstop. Matt Lopez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Mitchell Fisk strikes out. Pat Meyer singles to center field. Desi Sprague walks. Fred Simon 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. Donn Duvall walks. Gene Gomez lines out to the first baseman. Bob Bierbauer singles past the third baseman. Pat Meyer scores. Desi Sprague scores. Donn Duvall advances to third on the hit. Cy Trout singles to center field. Donn Duvall scores. Fred Lynn grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Cy Trout is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Fred Ballard grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Wilson is pinch hitting for Fred Simon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dick Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Boston total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Donn Duvall is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Steve Odom improves in power_vs_righty Ed Gilles did not respond to coaching in endurance Ed Gilles did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Nen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pug Johnson did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ricky Vaughn improves in power_vs_righty Bob Henninger improves in power_vs_righty Wilton Roberts improves in velocity Jim Arlin did not respond to coaching in velocity Gus Lavelle improves in 3B