Inning: 1 Kansas City Jack Jones pitching. Kiki Norman triples. Jack Sundra singles to right field. Kiki Norman scores. Jim Kane walks. Tarrik Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Jim Decker walks. Jim Koehler flies out to the center fielder. Bob Zachary pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Boston Bob Lancaster pitching. Hi Mitchell pops out to the shortstop. Corey Miller strikes out. Frank Patterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dave Pena singles to right field. Dave Pena steals second. Bob Lancaster fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bob Lancaster pops out to the second baseman. Kiki Norman singles to left field. Dave Pena scores. Jack Sundra flies out to the right fielder. Jim Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Ray Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Marsh Canizaro walks. Steve Walker singles to left field. Marsh Canizaro advances to third on the hit. Steve Walker steals second. Mark Cerutti grounds out to the second baseman. Marsh Canizaro scores. Steve Walker advances to third on the play. Danny Cochran singles to right field. Steve Walker scores. Jack Jones singles to center field. Danny Cochran advances to third on the hit. Hi Mitchell flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tarrik Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Decker walks. Jim Koehler singles to center field. Jim Decker advances to third on the hit. Lew Martin 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. Bob Zachary strikes out. Dave Pena doubles to left field. Jim Decker scores. Bob Lancaster pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Corey Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Patterson singles to left field. Ray Murphy grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kiki Norman pops out to the first baseman. Jack Sundra flies out to the right fielder. Jim Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Marsh Canizaro singles to right field. Steve Walker strikes out. Mark Cerutti singles to left field. Marsh Canizaro advances to third on the hit. Danny Cochran singles to right field. Marsh Canizaro scores. Mark Cerutti aggressively advances to third on the hit. Lew Martin strikes out. Hi Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tarrik Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Decker singles to right field. Jim Koehler flies out to the right fielder. Bob Zachary singles in front of the left fielder. Dave Pena strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Corey Miller reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Decker. Frank Patterson doubles to left field. Corey Miller scores. Ray Murphy walks. Marsh Canizaro doubles to right field. Frank Patterson scores. Ray Murphy uses his aggressiveness and scores. Masaharu Yoshida comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Walker doubles to left field. Marsh Canizaro scores. Mark Cerutti strikes out. Danny Cochran flies out to the center fielder. Lew Martin walks. Hi Mitchell singles to right field. Steve Walker scores. Bob Gettel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Corey Miller singles to left field. Lew Martin scores. Hi Mitchell advances to third on the hit. Frank Patterson singles to right field. Hi Mitchell scores. Corey Miller advances to third on the hit. Ray Murphy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Gettel reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mark Cerutti. Kiki Norman walks. Jack Sundra grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bob Gettel advances to third on the play. Jim Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Marsh Canizaro grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Walker walks. Mark Cerutti singles to right field. Steve Walker advances to third on the hit. Danny Cochran grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tarrik Quinn singles to left field. Jim Decker singles to center field. Jim Koehler strikes out. Bob Zachary grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 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 walks. Joe Shores is pinch hitting for Hi Mitchell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Shores flies out to the left fielder. Travis Magee is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Corey Miller singles to left field. Frank Patterson singles to right field. Corey Miller advances to third on the hit. Ray Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Danel Mestre pitching. Dave Pena walks. Bob Gettel lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kiki Norman singles to left field. Dave Pena scores. Jack Sundra singles to right field. Jim Kane singles to center field. Kiki Norman scores. Kuniaki Suzuki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tarrik Quinn singles to center field. Jim Decker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Bucky Benzinger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marsh Canizaro pops out to the third baseman. Steve Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Cerutti strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jim Koehler hits a home run. John Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Zachary singles to right field. Dave Pena flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Lamline is pinch hitting for Bucky Benzinger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Lamline grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 12 Boston total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Dave Pena (10).3B - Kiki Norman (2).HR - Jim Koehler (7).GIDP - Jack Sundra, Jim Decker, Bob Zachary, Eddie Lamline. Baserunning: SB - Dave Pena (7). Fielding: E - Jim Decker.
Batting:2B - Frank Patterson (20), Marsh Canizaro (7), Steve Walker (21).GIDP - Ray Murphy, Danny Cochran. Baserunning: SB - Steve Walker (11).CS - Travis Magee (2). Fielding: E - Mark Cerutti.
Game Notes Bob Gettel is injured and is expected to be out 15 days. John Smith is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Greg Martinez improves in power_vs_lefty John Gionfriddo improves in arm Connie Brinkman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Walt Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rex Steevens improves in range John Ward improves in speed
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Miles did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jarrod Sutherland did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sam Schupp improves in range Chris Bayless did not respond to coaching in range Sam Schupp did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Fansler improves in arm Jeff Fansler improves in RF