Win: Gene Almanza (7-14) Loss: Harold Dunn (13-11)
Save: Bill King (16)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Gene Almanza pitching. Hugh Spurgeon grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Presley strikes out. Carlos Aragon hits a home run. Shawn Mann grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Harold Dunn pitching. Paul Drott grounds out to the third baseman. Jacke Lowrey strikes out. Glenn Spiezio flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Craig Allison flies out to the left fielder. Tom Butland flies out to the right fielder. Bernard Geier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Cronin strikes out. Rich Odenwald grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Lathers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Dick Ontiveros hits a home run. Harold Dunn strikes out. Hugh Spurgeon walks. Joe Presley flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Aragon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Alan Shokes grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Baker singles to left field. Gene Almanza pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Paul Drott strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Shawn Mann grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Allison grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Butland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jacke Lowrey reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dick Ontiveros. Glenn Spiezio hits an infield single to the pitcher. Joe Cronin grounds out to the second baseman. Jacke Lowrey scores. Glenn Spiezio advances to second on the play. Rich Odenwald grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Lathers singles to right field. Glenn Spiezio scores. Alan Shokes doubles to center field. Tony Lathers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Matt Baker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Bernard Geier grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Dick Ontiveros strikes out. Harold Dunn grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Gene Almanza strikes out. Paul Drott singles to right field. Jacke Lowrey strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Glenn Spiezio grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Hugh Spurgeon grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Presley pops out to the shortstop. Carlos Aragon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe Cronin singles to center field. Rich Odenwald flies out to the right fielder. Tony Lathers grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Cronin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Alan Shokes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Shawn Mann flies out to the right fielder. Craig Allison singles to right field. Tom Butland grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Charlie Nomo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matt Baker singles to right field. Gene Almanza lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Drott pops out to the third baseman. Jacke Lowrey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Bernard Geier strikes out. Dick Ontiveros grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Wright is pinch hitting for Charlie Nomo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Wright pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ryan Manders pitching. Glenn Spiezio strikes out. Joe Cronin flies out to the center fielder. Rich Odenwald flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Bill King comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hugh Spurgeon strikes out. Joe Presley singles to center field. Carlos Aragon flies out to the left fielder. Joe Presley is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Reach did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Wilborn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jake Riddle did not respond to coaching in arm Bahl Mahrk did not respond to coaching in control Howie Melendez improves in control Howie Melendez did not respond to coaching in control Alex Barton did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Vern Johnson improves in range Johnny Rodriguez improves in arm Erik Singleton did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Christopher did not respond to coaching in range Cy Wright improves in range Mel Mack did not respond to coaching in control