Win: Bob Easterly (3-6) Loss: John Smith (7-5)
Save: Bucky Benzinger (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Cooper Povey pitching. Jerry Tolan flies out to the left fielder. Kiki Norman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Shuba walks. Jack Sundra grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Shuba is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Elmer Trlicek pitching. Hi Mitchell walks. Paul Jones triples. Hi Mitchell scores. Bill Giggie doubles to center field. Paul Jones scores. Ray Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Hill doubles to left field. Bill Giggie scores. Steve Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Hill advances to third on the play. Mark Cerutti singles to left field. Fred Hill scores. Ed Clines comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Cochran hits an infield single to the pitcher. Cooper Povey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Kane strikes out. Tarrik Quinn singles to right field. Jim Decker walks. Jim Koehler lines out to the second baseman. Ed Clines singles to left field. Tarrik Quinn scores. Jim Decker advances to third on the hit. Jerry Tolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Hi Mitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Jones singles to right field. Bill Giggie strikes out. Ray Murphy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Kiki Norman singles to right field. Mike Shuba doubles to right field. Kiki Norman uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Sundra grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Kane pops out to the second baseman. Tarrik Quinn hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jim Decker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Hill strikes out. Steve Walker flies out to the right fielder. Mark Cerutti flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Koehler pops out to the second baseman. Ed Clines strikes out. Jerry Tolan walks. Kiki Norman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Danny Cochran singles in front of the left fielder. Cooper Povey fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cooper Povey flies out to the center fielder. Hi Mitchell singles to right field. Danny Cochran is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Paul Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Shuba grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Sundra grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Bill Giggie pops out to the first baseman. Ray Murphy flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Fred Hill strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Jim Decker doubles to right field. Jim Koehler singles past the third baseman. Jim Decker scores. Ed Clines lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Tolan singles to center field. Jim Koehler scores. Lew Martin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kiki Norman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jerry Tolan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Steve Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Cerutti flies out to the right fielder. Danny Cochran grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike Shuba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Sundra walks. Jim Kane singles to left field. Tarrik Quinn singles to center field. Jim Decker flies out to the center fielder. Jim Koehler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Boston Travis Magee is pinch hitting for Lew Martin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Travis Magee flies out to the left fielder. Hi Mitchell walks. Bob Gettel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Paul Jones singles to left field. Hi Mitchell advances to third on the hit. Bill Giggie singles to left field. Hi Mitchell scores. Paul Jones advances to third on the hit. Bill Giggie steals second. Passed ball. Paul Jones scores. Bill Giggie advances to third. Bob Easterly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Giggie scores. Fred Hill strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Danel Mestre pitching. Bob Easterly strikes out. Jerry Tolan strikes out. Kiki Norman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Steve Walker flies out to the right fielder. Mark Cerutti grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Cochran strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Shuba singles to right field. Jack Sundra singles to center field. Jim Kane strikes out. Tarrik Quinn walks. Jim Decker walks. Mike Shuba scores. Jim Koehler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Sundra scores. Tarrik Quinn advances to third on the play. Jim Decker advances to second on the play. Dave Pena is pinch hitting for Bob Easterly. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Pena singles to right field. Tarrik Quinn scores. Jim Decker scores. Kuniaki Suzuki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Tolan walks. Kiki Norman singles to center field. Dave Pena scores. Mike Shuba strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Bucky Benzinger pitching. Dave Mauch enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jack Sundra at C. Corey Miller is pinch hitting for Kuniaki Suzuki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Corey Miller flies out to the right fielder. Hi Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12 Boston total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Walt Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Kevin Griner improves in power_vs_righty Terry Krivda did not respond to coaching in velocity Jorge Andrews did not respond to coaching in velocity John Gionfriddo improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Siebert did not respond to coaching in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Schmees did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Fansler improves in power_vs_righty John Miles improves in arm Chris Bayless did not respond to coaching in arm Nino Rosenthal did not respond to coaching in velocity Nino Rosenthal did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Hansen did not respond to coaching in C