Win: Tony Barrett (3-1) Loss: Harry Drabowsky (2-3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tony Barrett pitching. Steve Kahdot strikes out. Les Hargrove strikes out. Eric Nold strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Harry Drabowsky pitching. John Lopez hits a home run. Brendan McCabe flies out to the left fielder. Lucas Morrison grounds out to the second baseman. Hideaki Sugi singles to center field. Bob Herbert grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hideaki Sugi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rufe Bowles doubles to right field. Frank Grigsby walks. Steve Odom strikes out. Bobby Carter flies out to the center fielder. Tony Mattick pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Ray Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Collins strikes out. Mike Escalera grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Harry Drabowsky strikes out. Steve Kahdot walks. Steve Kahdot steals second. Les Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Nold walks. Rufe Bowles strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Tony Barrett pops out to the first baseman. John Lopez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rufe Bowles. Brendan McCabe singles to left field. John Lopez scores. Lucas Morrison grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Grigsby flies out to the center fielder. Steve Odom grounds out to the pitcher. Bobby Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Hideaki Sugi grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Herbert flies out to the center fielder. Ray Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tony Mattick walks. Harry Drabowsky fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Harry Drabowsky singles to left field. Tony Mattick advances to third on the hit. Steve Kahdot strikes out. Les Hargrove pops out to the first baseman. Eric Nold grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Jeff Collins flies out to the left fielder. Mike Escalera singles past the second baseman. Tony Barrett fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tony Barrett singles to right field. Mike Escalera advances to third on the hit. John Lopez singles past the second baseman. Mike Escalera scores. Tony Barrett advances to third on the hit. Brendan McCabe grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Barrett scores. John Lopez advances to second on the play. Lucas Morrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Rufe Bowles grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Steve Odom singles to center field. Bobby Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Hideaki Sugi walks. Bob Herbert reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bobby Carter. Ray Cedeno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hideaki Sugi scores. Bob Herbert advances to third on the play. Jeff Collins singles to right field. Bob Herbert scores. Mike Escalera strikes out. Tony Barrett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tony Mattick walks. Dick Wilson is pinch hitting for Harry Drabowsky. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Wilson singles to right field. Tony Mattick advances to third on the hit. Steve Kahdot hits a home run. Tony Mattick scores. Dick Wilson scores. Les Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Nold singles to center field. Rufe Bowles walks. Joe Becker 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. Frank Grigsby pops out to the shortstop. Steve Odom strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Roy Duckworth pitching. John Lopez walks. Brendan McCabe flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Lucas Morrison singles to right field. John Lopez advances to third on the hit. Hideaki Sugi walks. Bob Herbert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Lopez scores. Lucas Morrison advances to third on the play. Hideaki Sugi advances to second on the play. Ray Cedeno hits a home run. Lucas Morrison scores. Hideaki Sugi scores. Chris Rosario comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Collins singles to center field. Mike Escalera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bobby Carter walks. Tom Leber is pinch hitting for Tony Mattick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Leber strikes out. Doug Vico is pinch hitting for Chris Rosario. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doug Vico grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Ed Hechinger pitching. Matt Lopez is pinch hitting for Joe Becker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Matt Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Brendan McCabe singles to right field. Brendan McCabe is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Pearson pitching. Steve Kahdot walks. Les Hargrove strikes out. Eric Nold strikes out. Rufe Bowles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10 New York total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Doug Vico is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Phillips did not respond to coaching in control Bill Jurak improves in speed Stan Weir improves in endurance George Phillips improves in velocity Ed Harrison did not respond to coaching in 1B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Desi Ribant did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Farmer improves in control Joe Winchester did not respond to coaching in control Bob Sullivan improves in arm