Win: Rod Stewart (17-10) Loss: Lloyd Morgan (1-15)
Save: John Bark (5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rod Stewart pitching. Paul Drott strikes out. Ches Morales strikes out. Glenn Spiezio singles to right field. Cory Ciardi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Lloyd Morgan pitching. Hugh Spurgeon pops out to the first baseman. Shawn Mann reached on a fielding error by Bill Stearns. Mike Wright walks. Ernie Cordero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shawn Mann advances to third on the play. Mike Wright advances to second on the play. Joe Presley pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Knowlton doubles to right field. Mike Browne grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Knowlton advances to third on the play. Bill Stearns grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Knowlton scores. Sam Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Tom Butland strikes out. Bernard Geier strikes out. Moxie Slocum flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lloyd Morgan strikes out. Paul Drott singles to center field. Ches Morales singles to left field. Paul Drott advances to third on the hit. Glenn Spiezio flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Paul Drott scores. Cory Ciardi singles to right field. Ches Morales advances to third on the hit. Frank Knowlton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Baltimore Rod Stewart walks. Hugh Spurgeon singles to right field. Shawn Mann strikes out. Mike Wright hits a home run. Rod Stewart scores. Hugh Spurgeon scores. Ernie Cordero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Joe Presley singles to left field. Tom Butland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Browne flies out to the center fielder. Bill Stearns strikes out. Sam Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Bernard Geier singles to left field. Moxie Slocum grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bernard Geier is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rod Stewart lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hugh Spurgeon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lloyd Morgan strikes out. Paul Drott singles to right field. Ches Morales grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Paul Drott advances to second on the play. Glenn Spiezio walks. Cory Ciardi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Shawn Mann walks. Mike Wright reached on a fielding error by Paul Drott. Ernie Cordero flies out to the right fielder. Joe Presley strikes out. Tom Butland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Frank Knowlton grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Browne strikes out. Bill Stearns grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Bernard Geier strikes out. Moxie Slocum strikes out. Dick Ontiveros is pinch hitting for Rod Stewart. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Dick Ontiveros grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Akers pitching. Sam Smith singles to left field. Matt Baker is pinch hitting for Lloyd Morgan. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Matt Baker strikes out. Sam Smith steals second. Paul Drott flies out to the right fielder. Ches Morales grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Les Menke pitching. Hugh Spurgeon singles to right field. Shawn Mann strikes out. Mike Wright flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Spurgeon steals second. Ernie Cordero grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Glenn Spiezio flies out to the left fielder. Cory Ciardi singles to right field. Frank Knowlton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Joe Presley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Butland strikes out. Bernard Geier walks. Moxie Slocum strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Bark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Browne grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Stearns grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Smith singles to center field. Red Moran is pinch hitting for Les Menke. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Red Moran grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sam Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Baltimore total runners left on base: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Val Ingram improves in control Brad Bacsik did not respond to coaching in control Howie Colbrunn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Howie Colbrunn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ron Berry improves in power_vs_righty Chris Christopher did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Byron Delmas did not respond to coaching in control Jim Wilborn improves in arm Bahl Mahrk did not respond to coaching in velocity Rick Fox improves in speed Byron Delmas did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Bales did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Barton did not respond to coaching in C