Inning: 1 Kansas City Lep Wills pitching. Kurt Grover singles to left field. Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kurt Grover advances to second on the play. Phil Thorpe flies out to the left fielder. Bill Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Rube Brown pitching. Fred Valdez hits a home run. Jim Newkirk strikes out. Ron McCullough strikes out. Ken Sasaki singles to right field. Frank Elvira flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Larry Houser flies out to the left fielder. Billy Blackburn strikes out. Emmett Bair grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Harry Crouch grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Hutto walks. Turk Clemensen strikes out. Lep Wills strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Milner singles to right field. Rube Brown lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kurt Grover flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Fred Valdez doubles to left field. Jim Newkirk singles to left field. Fred Valdez scores. Jim Newkirk steals second. Ron McCullough walks. Ken Sasaki walks. Frank Elvira strikes out. Harry Crouch hits a home run. Jim Newkirk scores. Ron McCullough scores. Ken Sasaki scores. Jeff Astroth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Hutto strikes out. Turk Clemensen walks. Lep Wills grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Phil Thorpe walks. Phil Thorpe steals second. Bill Flood flies out to the left fielder. Larry Houser strikes out. Billy Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Fred Valdez strikes out. Jim Newkirk singles to right field. Jim Newkirk steals second. Ron McCullough hits a home run. Jim Newkirk scores. Ken Sasaki singles to left field. Frank Elvira doubles to center field. Ken Sasaki uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Crouch hits a home run. Frank Elvira scores. Bill Hutto singles to left field. Bill Hutto steals second. Turk Clemensen strikes out. Lep Wills grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Emmett Bair grounds out to the second baseman. George Milner strikes out. Jeff Astroth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Fred Valdez strikes out. Jim Newkirk pops out to the second baseman. Ron McCullough strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kurt Grover pops out to the first baseman. Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Thorpe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Ken Sasaki strikes out. Frank Elvira walks. Frank Elvira steals second. Harry Crouch walks. Bill Hutto singles to left field. Frank Elvira scores. Bob Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Turk Clemensen grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Hutto is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lep Wills strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Flood flies out to the center fielder. Larry Houser doubles to right field. Billy Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Emmett Bair grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Fred Valdez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Newkirk flies out to the center fielder. Ron McCullough grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Milner grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Juul is pinch hitting for Bob Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Juul grounds out to the second baseman. Kurt Grover pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Dann Butcher pitching. Ken Sasaki flies out to the left fielder. Frank Elvira grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Crouch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Harvey Boggs is pinch hitting for Jimmy Sheridan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harvey Boggs strikes out. Phil Thorpe grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Flood pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Baltimore total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Fred Valdez (15), Frank Elvira (14).HR - Fred Valdez (3), Ron McCullough (14), Harry Crouch 2 (7). Baserunning: SB - Jim Newkirk 2 (3), Frank Elvira (27), Bill Hutto (23).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jack Gabler did not respond to coaching in velocity Lon Moeller did not respond to coaching in control Marsh Callison did not respond to coaching in range Yeniet Perez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Propst did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave English did not respond to coaching in velocity
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Barrett improves in speed Mike Barrett improves in contact_vs_lefty Stan Atkins improves in power_vs_righty Jim Griffin did not respond to coaching in speed Eduardo Blaylock improves in arm Joe Keefe improves in contact_vs_righty