Win: Don Henley (1-0) Loss: Tohru Yoshikawa (0-1)
Save: Phil Caraballo (21)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Larry Thornton pitching. Loy Barbeau walks. Jim Jude reached on a 2-base throwing error by Larry Thornton. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Loy Barbeau scores. Eddie Nieves hits a home run. Jim Jude scores. Jim Atkins pops out to the shortstop. Urbano Arnold strikes out. John Lowdermilk walks. Damon Vitelli singles to center field. John Lowdermilk advances to third on the hit. Joe Skalski singles to left field. John Lowdermilk scores. Mike Flynn reached on a fielding error by Joe Grissom. Loy Barbeau flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 New York Mike Flynn pitching. Darren Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Herrera strikes out. Charlie Eller singles to center field. Felix Fletcher grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Eller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Jude grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Nieves singles to left field. Jim Atkins strikes out. Urbano Arnold pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Otis Babitt strikes out. Joe Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Krueger grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City John Lowdermilk flies out to the left fielder. Damon Vitelli grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Skalski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Mike Otis strikes out. Larry Thornton flies out to the center fielder. Darren Lee hits a home run. Lou Herrera flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Flynn flies out to the center fielder. Loy Barbeau walks. Jim Jude grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Charlie Eller flies out to the right fielder. Felix Fletcher walks. Otis Babitt grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Felix Fletcher is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Eddie Nieves strikes out. Jim Atkins singles past the third baseman. Urbano Arnold flies out to the center fielder. John Lowdermilk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Ed Krueger singles to center field. Mike Otis hits an infield single to the third baseman. Harry Hug 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. Larry Thornton lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Darren Lee flies out to the center fielder. Lou Herrera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Damon Vitelli strikes out. Joe Skalski singles to center field. Harry Hug lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Loy Barbeau grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Charlie Eller strikes out. Felix Fletcher strikes out. Otis Babitt hits a home run. Roy Biddle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Jude grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Nieves pops out to the second baseman. Jim Atkins pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Ed Krueger grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Otis hits a home run. Hal Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Nolan is pinch hitting for Larry Thornton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ed Nolan pops out to the third baseman. Darren Lee is hit by a pitch. Lou Herrera singles to left field. Charlie Eller grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lou Herrera is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Les Romo pitching. Urbano Arnold strikes out. John Lowdermilk hits a home run. Don Henley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Damon Vitelli singles to left field. Joe Skalski pops out to the shortstop. Hal Foster flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Felix Fletcher walks. Otis Babitt walks. Tohru Yoshikawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Grissom walks. Leo Croucher is pinch hitting for Ed Krueger. Leo Croucher walks. Felix Fletcher scores. Mike Otis singles to right field. Otis Babitt scores. Joe Grissom scores. Leo Croucher advances to third on the hit. Ken Kutzler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hector Chambers is pinch hitting for Don Henley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Hector Chambers strikes out. Darren Lee strikes out. Lou Herrera doubles to left field. Leo Croucher scores. Mike Otis scores. Charlie Eller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Phil Caraballo pitching. Loy Barbeau grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Jude grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Nieves hits a home run. Jim Atkins grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie McNally improves in power_vs_righty Dave Hollandsworth did not respond to coaching in control Dave Hollandsworth did not respond to coaching in control Mike Callahan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Baksh did not respond to coaching in control Tod Glanville improves in arm Kurt Cobain did not respond to coaching in endurance Ryan Peters did not respond to coaching in velocity Toby Sexton did not respond to coaching in CF