Inning: 1 Kansas City Emerson McCloskey pitching. Nigel Joseph strikes out. Scott Croucher singles past the second baseman. Jeff Schick grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Geronimo Cole pitching. Kosaku Escobar strikes out. Chris Woodson pops out to the first baseman. Earl Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City George Hughes strikes out. Eddie Blair lines out to the second baseman. Rick Jefferson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Sam Dean strikes out. Victor Acosta strikes out. Tomoki Kawamura grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn flies out to the right fielder. Joe Hughes singles to center field. Geronimo Cole fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Geronimo Cole grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Darryl Wright pops out to the first baseman. Sandy Bluhm strikes out. Emerson McCloskey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Nigel Joseph grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Scott Croucher strikes out. Jeff Schick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Kosaku Escobar strikes out. Chris Woodson is hit by a pitch. Earl Donovan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Woodson advances to second on the play. Sam Dean grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City George Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Blair grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Jefferson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Victor Acosta strikes out. Tomoki Kawamura walks. Darryl Wright flies out to the center fielder. Sandy Bluhm grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tomoki Kawamura is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Hughes grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Geronimo Cole flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Emerson McCloskey singles to left field. Kosaku Escobar grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chris Woodson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Nigel Joseph grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Croucher strikes out. Jeff Schick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Earl Donovan singles to left field. Sam Dean strikes out. Victor Acosta strikes out. Tomoki Kawamura singles to left field. Earl Donovan advances to third on the hit. Darryl Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Hughes singles past the third baseman. Eddie Blair flies out to the right fielder. Rick Jefferson flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jim Littlejohn walks. George Hughes steals third. Jim Littlejohn steals second. Joe Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Toronto Sandy Bluhm walks. Pedro Tovar is pinch hitting for Emerson McCloskey. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Pedro Tovar reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jim Littlejohn. Kosaku Escobar grounds out to the third baseman. Sandy Bluhm scores. Pedro Tovar advances to third on the play. Chris Woodson walks. Earl Donovan flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Pedro Tovar scores. Sam Dean strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ralph Robinson pitching. Ron Nielsen is pinch hitting for Geronimo Cole. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ron Nielsen hits a home run. Nigel Joseph flies out to the left fielder. Scott Croucher flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Schick grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 2 Toronto total runners left on base: 5
Batting:HR - Ron Nielsen (8).GIDP - Jeff Schick, Geronimo Cole. Baserunning: SB - George Hughes (26), Jim Littlejohn (4). Fielding: E - Jim Littlejohn.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Russ Seminara did not respond to coaching in control Rusty Hemingway improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Ratliff did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tiny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in control Russ Seminara improves in control Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in control
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jeff Bryant improves in speed Bob Stump improves in range Jeff Bryant did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Pegues improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Hernandez did not respond to coaching in endurance Ben Page improves in contact_vs_righty