Win: John Heitmann (10-15) Loss: Julio Cox (18-11)
Inning: 1 Boston Julio Cox pitching. Ed Pelty singles to left field. Rawly Wilson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Pelty is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rawly Wilson steals second. Don Healy flies out to the center fielder. Bob Baumgartner singles to right field. Rawly Wilson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City John Heitmann pitching. Dana Hamelin strikes out. Doc Robinson strikes out. John Mortensen singles to left field. Hal Dunlap grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Mortensen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Pete Sorrell strikes out. George Zupcic grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Guillermo Santiago singles to right field. Chris LeMaster grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Guillermo Santiago is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Paul Brown flies out to the right fielder. James Bowman singles to right field. Steve Cecena singles to center field. James Bowman advances to third on the hit. Bob Southworth flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, James Bowman scores. Julio Cox flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston John Heitmann flies out to the center fielder. Ed Pelty walks. Rawly Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Don Healy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dana Hamelin singles to left field. Dana Hamelin steals second. Doc Robinson singles to center field. Dana Hamelin is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. John Mortensen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Doc Robinson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Mortensen steals second. Hal Dunlap singles to left field. John Mortensen scores. Hal Dunlap steals second. Paul Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Bob Baumgartner strikes out. Pete Sorrell strikes out. George Zupcic singles to right field. Guillermo Santiago walks. Chris LeMaster flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City James Bowman grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Cecena grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Southworth flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston John Heitmann singles to center field. Ed Pelty grounds into a force play to the first baseman. John Heitmann is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rawly Wilson singles to center field. Don Healy singles to left field. Ed Pelty scores. Rawly Wilson advances to third on the hit. Don Healy steals second. Bob Baumgartner pops out to the pitcher. Pete Sorrell reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dana Hamelin. Rawly Wilson scores. Don Healy scores. George Zupcic singles to right field. Guillermo Santiago doubles to left field. Pete Sorrell scores. George Zupcic uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chris LeMaster flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Julio Cox strikes out. Dana Hamelin strikes out. Doc Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston John Heitmann flies out to the center fielder. Ed Pelty singles to left field. Ed Pelty is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rawly Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Mortensen strikes out. Hal Dunlap flies out to the center fielder. Paul Brown singles to center field. James Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Don Healy strikes out. Bob Baumgartner singles to right field. Bob Baumgartner is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pete Sorrell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jeff Meier is pinch hitting for Steve Cecena. Jeff Meier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Southworth singles to left field. Bob Southworth is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Julio Cox flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Walt Solters enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jeff Meier at SS. George Zupcic walks. Guillermo Santiago walks. Chris LeMaster walks. John Heitmann strikes out. George Curley 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 1st. Ed Pelty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Zupcic scores. Guillermo Santiago advances to third on the play. Chris LeMaster advances to second on the play. Rawly Wilson singles to left field. Guillermo Santiago scores. Chris LeMaster scores. Rawly Wilson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dana Hamelin singles to right field. Doc Robinson walks. John Mortensen singles to right field. Dana Hamelin scores. Doc Robinson is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Hal Dunlap doubles to center field. John Mortensen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Toichiro Tani comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Brown grounds out to the third baseman. James Bowman singles to left field. Hal Dunlap scores. James Bowman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Don Healy strikes out. Bob Baumgartner strikes out. Pete Sorrell is hit by a pitch. Pete Sorrell steals second. George Zupcic doubles to left field. Pete Sorrell scores. Seiichiro Matsuzaka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Guillermo Santiago grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Walt Solters grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Southworth flies out to the center fielder. Keith Oana is pinch hitting for Seiichiro Matsuzaka. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Keith Oana flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - George Zupcic (30), Guillermo Santiago (21).HBP - Pete Sorrell (2). Baserunning: SB - Rawly Wilson (44), Don Healy (34), Pete Sorrell (26).CS - Ed Pelty (24), Rawly Wilson (24), Bob Baumgartner (9).
Batting:2B - Hal Dunlap (12).SF - Bob Southworth. Baserunning: SB - Dana Hamelin (42), John Mortensen (14), Hal Dunlap (18).CS - James Bowman (6), Bob Southworth (4). Fielding: E - Dana Hamelin.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Schoolboy Lucas improves in range Ed Dodd did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Gene Davis did not respond to coaching in arm Dave Spencer improves in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Lamabe did not respond to coaching in velocity Jumbo Chapman improves in range Nomar Chiti did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty