Win: Clise Baldschun (5-6) Loss: Felix Diaz (3-6)
Save: Jim Patterson (4)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Felix Diaz pitching. Scott Croucher pops out to the third baseman. Paul Garagozzo strikes out. Ron Nielsen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Clise Baldschun pitching. Kosaku Escobar strikes out. Bruce Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Woodson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Nigel Joseph flies out to the center fielder. Pat Pashnick singles to left field. Bill Ingram strikes out. George Hughes pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Earl Donovan strikes out. Oscar Nunez strikes out. Victor Acosta singles to left field. Junior Reyes grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Victor Acosta is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the third baseman. Clise Baldschun reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bruce Perez. Scott Croucher walks. Paul Garagozzo hits an infield single to the shortstop. Ron Nielsen singles to left field. Clise Baldschun scores. Scott Croucher scores. Nigel Joseph singles to center field. Paul Garagozzo scores. Ron Nielsen advances to third on the hit. Pat Pashnick flies out to the left fielder. Bill Ingram singles to left field. Ron Nielsen scores. Nigel Joseph advances to third on the hit. George Hughes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Toronto Pedro Tovar singles to right field. Felix Diaz fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Felix Diaz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Kosaku Escobar singles to center field. Bruce Perez grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Kosaku Escobar is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn walks. Clise Baldschun fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Clise Baldschun grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Scott Croucher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Chris Woodson walks. Earl Donovan grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Woodson advances to second on the play. Oscar Nunez grounds out to the shortstop. Victor Acosta flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Paul Garagozzo grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Nielsen singles to center field. Nigel Joseph grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ron Nielsen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Pashnick strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Junior Reyes grounds out to the pitcher. Pedro Tovar walks. Felix Diaz pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Kosaku Escobar singles to center field. Pedro Tovar advances to third on the hit. Bruce Perez singles to center field. Pedro Tovar scores. Kosaku Escobar advances to third on the hit. Chris Woodson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Ingram doubles to left field. George Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Jim Littlejohn singles to right field. Bill Ingram is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Clise Baldschun strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Earl Donovan flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Nunez flies out to the left fielder. Victor Acosta reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bill Ingram. Junior Reyes walks. Pedro Tovar grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Junior Reyes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mickey Ratliff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Scott Croucher strikes out. Paul Garagozzo pops out to the shortstop. Ron Nielsen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Dick Hendricks is pinch hitting for Mickey Ratliff. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dick Hendricks strikes out. Kosaku Escobar singles to right field. Chuck Farnsworth 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. Bruce Perez walks. Chris Woodson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kosaku Escobar advances to third on the play. Bruce Perez advances to second on the play. Earl Donovan singles to center field. Kosaku Escobar scores. Bruce Perez scores. Oscar Nunez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frankie Montas pitching. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Pashnick singles to left field. Bill Ingram walks. George Hughes strikes out. Jim Littlejohn singles to right field. Pat Pashnick scores. Dave Ibanez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lefty Sand is pinch hitting for Chuck Farnsworth. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lefty Sand grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Toronto Jim Patterson pitching. Victor Acosta singles to right field. Victor Acosta steals second. Junior Reyes pops out to the catcher. Pedro Tovar lines out to the shortstop. Darryl Wright is pinch hitting for Dave Ibanez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Darryl Wright walks. Kosaku Escobar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Allan Diggs pitching. Scott Croucher pops out to the shortstop. Paul Garagozzo walks. Ron Nielsen flies out to the center fielder. Nigel Joseph flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Toronto Bruce Perez strikes out. Chris Woodson singles to center field. Earl Donovan grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Woodson advances to second on the play. Oscar Nunez lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Toronto total runners LOB: 11
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike McNamara improves in control Gene Graham improves in range Gene Graham did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Ratliff improves in contact_vs_righty Mike McNamara did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Willis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Cora improves in velocity Ben Page did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Felix Lopez did not respond to coaching in control John Gray did not respond to coaching in arm Ryan Lopez did not respond to coaching in control Claud Davis did not respond to coaching in endurance