Win: Roy Willhite (4-11) Loss: Frank Muller (20-12)
Inning: 1 Boston Roy Willhite pitching. John Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Thompson strikes out. Mort Medwick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank Muller pitching. George Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Matos grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Aurelio Griffith flies out to the center fielder. Boots Ontiveros strikes out. Mickey Abreu singles to right field. Adrian Blank strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Willis grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston John Meine singles to right field. Frank Muller lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for one out, on to first for the 3-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). John Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Bayne strikes out. Roy Willhite strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Fred Thompson walks. Mort Medwick singles to center field. Fred Thompson advances to third on the hit. Mort Medwick steals second. Aurelio Griffith grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Thompson scores. Mort Medwick advances to third on the play. Boots Ontiveros hits a home run. Mort Medwick scores. Mickey Abreu grounds out to the shortstop. Adrian Blank grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City George Hughes hits a home run. Alex Coluccio flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Matos doubles to center field. Rusty Hemingway hits an infield single to the first baseman. Charlie Willis singles past the third baseman. Jeff Matos scores. Kevin Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Hemingway advances to third on the play. Charlie Willis advances to second on the play. Jim Littlejohn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston John Meine strikes out. Frank Muller pops out to the shortstop. John Brown pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Bayne singles to center field. Roy Willhite fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Roy Willhite grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Bayne is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. George Hughes flies out to the right fielder. Alex Coluccio flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Fred Thompson singles past the shortstop. Mort Medwick singles to center field. Fred Thompson advances to third on the hit. Aurelio Griffith strikes out. Boots Ontiveros grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jeff Matos strikes out. Rusty Hemingway doubles to right field. Charlie Willis grounds out to the pitcher. Kevin Brown singles to right field. Rusty Hemingway scores. Jim Littlejohn singles to center field. Mike Bayne singles to center field. Kevin Brown scores. Roy Willhite singles past the shortstop. Jim Littlejohn scores. Mike Bayne advances to third on the hit. Harl Crawford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Hughes triples. Mike Bayne scores. Roy Willhite scores. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Mickey Abreu singles to center field. Adrian Blank singles to right field. Mickey Abreu advances to third on the hit. John Meine strikes out. Jimmy Malloy is pinch hitting for Harl Crawford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jimmy Malloy strikes out. John Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Shinji Iwasaki pitching. Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Willis doubles to right field. Kevin Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Cuckoo Pierce comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Fred Thompson singles to left field. Mort Medwick pops out to the third baseman. Aurelio Griffith walks. Boots Ontiveros pops out to the second baseman. Mickey Abreu grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn reached on a fielding error by Aurelio Griffith. Mike Bayne singles to center field. Hod Schemer is pinch hitting for Cuckoo Pierce. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hod Schemer singles to left field. George Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Alex Coluccio hits a home run. Jim Littlejohn scores. Mike Bayne scores. Hod Schemer scores. Jeff Matos singles to right field. Rusty Hemingway grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jeff Matos is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Willis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rusty Hemingway is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Juan Scull pitching. Adrian Blank grounds out to the third baseman. John Meine flies out to the right fielder. Phil Justice is pinch hitting for Shinji Iwasaki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Phil Justice hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Juan Scull is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Donnie Hargrave did not respond to coaching in velocity John Brack did not respond to coaching in velocity John Brack did not respond to coaching in control Adam Shannon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Steve Lopez did not respond to coaching in speed Russ McCarthy did not respond to coaching in range
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Carrasquel did not respond to coaching in velocity Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in control Phil Hancock did not respond to coaching in arm Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Emmett Peden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in control