Win: John Foster (3-5) Loss: Wayland Anderson (3-7)
Save: Russ Seminara (11)
Inning: 1 Boston Grant Grimm pitching. Fred Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Aurelio Griffith grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Underwood walks. Dave Hardy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Moore pitching. Dixon Springer grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Tresh pops out to the shortstop. George Hughes pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Charley Creel singles to center field. Fred Jones flies out to the center fielder. Autoparts Callahan strikes out. Lamb Paschall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Schick singles to right field. Gene Graham hits an infield single to the second baseman. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Charlie Willis singles to right field. Rusty Hemingway strikes out. Grant Grimm strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Boston Bill Moore singles to center field. Fred Thompson strikes out. Aurelio Griffith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dixon Springer singles to left field. Dixon Springer steals second. Terry Tresh flies out to the left fielder. George Hughes strikes out. Jeff Schick grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Dave Underwood singles to right field. Dave Hardy lines out to the first baseman. Charley Creel strikes out. Fred Jones walks. Autoparts Callahan walks. Lamb Paschall grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Kansas City Gene Graham walks. Gene Graham steals second. Alex Coluccio walks. Charlie Willis strikes out. Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Graham advances to third on the play. Alex Coluccio advances to second on the play. Grant Grimm strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Bill Moore walks. Fred Thompson singles to left field. Bill Moore aggressively advances to third on the hit. Aurelio Griffith hits a home run. Bill Moore scores. Fred Thompson scores. Dave Underwood grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Hardy singles to center field. Charley Creel walks. Fred Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Hardy advances to third on the play. Charley Creel advances to second on the play. Autoparts Callahan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dixon Springer strikes out. Terry Tresh grounds out to the shortstop. George Hughes grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Yukinobu Aoyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Lamb Paschall strikes out. Bill Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jeff Schick flies out to the center fielder. Gene Graham flies out to the right fielder. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Aurelio Griffith strikes out. Dave Underwood flies out to the center fielder. Dave Hardy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Charlie Willis grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Hemingway singles to left field. Harry Krehmeyer is pinch hitting for Yukinobu Aoyama. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Krehmeyer walks. Olmedo Edwards 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. Dixon Springer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Rusty Hemingway advances to third on the play. Harry Krehmeyer advances to second on the play. Terry Tresh grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston John Foster pitching. Charley Creel walks. Fred Jones flies out to the left fielder. Autoparts Callahan strikes out. Lamb Paschall pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Kilgus enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lamb Paschall at SS. George Hughes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Schick singles past the shortstop. Gene Graham doubles to right field. Jeff Schick uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wayland Anderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Coluccio hits a home run. Gene Graham scores. Charlie Willis walks. Rusty Hemingway singles to right field. Jim Littlejohn is pinch hitting for John Foster. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Littlejohn singles to center field. Charlie Willis uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rusty Hemingway advances to third on the hit. Primo Scala comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dixon Springer flies out to the center fielder. Jim Littlejohn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Russ Seminara pitching. Ollie Lindsey is pinch hitting for Primo Scala. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ollie Lindsey singles to right field. Fred Thompson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ollie Lindsey advances to second on the play. Aurelio Griffith pops out to the shortstop. Dave Underwood pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mickey Abreu did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Brown improves in speed Lou Hippauf improves in arm Amalio Frias did not respond to coaching in speed Lou Hippauf improves in contact_vs_lefty Mickey Abreu improves in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: March Velez did not respond to coaching in velocity Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in control Roy Willhite did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Matos improves in range Dave Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in control Russ Kern did not respond to coaching in velocity