Win: Kane Castillo (1-0) Loss: Hidekazu Yamamoto (0-1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Kane Castillo pitching. Bruce Loucks strikes out. George Milner flies out to the right fielder. Kurt Grover singles to center field. Larry Houser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Hidekazu Yamamoto pitching. Fred Valdez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Newkirk strikes out. Ron McCullough is hit by a pitch. Frank Elvira walks. Bill Hutto walks. Fred Borden strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Max Sconiers strikes out. Gary Bayless strikes out. Rodmy Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Bill Gillis singles to center field. Stan Atkins singles in front of the right fielder. Bill Gillis advances to third on the hit. Kane Castillo grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bill Gillis scores. Fred Valdez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Larry DeTore pops out to the shortstop. Hidekazu Yamamoto singles to center field. Bruce Loucks walks. George Milner flies out to the right fielder. Kurt Grover lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Baltimore Jim Newkirk singles to center field. Jim Newkirk steals second. Ron McCullough singles to right field. Jim Newkirk scores. Frank Elvira pops out to the shortstop. Bill Hutto singles to center field. Ron McCullough advances to third on the hit. Fred Borden flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ron McCullough scores. Bill Gillis doubles to center field. Bill Hutto is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Larry Houser grounds out to the pitcher. Max Sconiers grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Bayless strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Stan Atkins singles to right field. Kane Castillo lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Valdez strikes out. Jim Newkirk walks. Ron McCullough strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rodmy Perez doubles to left field. Larry DeTore flies out to the left fielder. Hidekazu Yamamoto strikes out. Bruce Loucks walks. George Milner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Frank Elvira strikes out. Bill Hutto grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Borden strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kurt Grover singles to left field. Larry Houser singles to center field. Kurt Grover advances to third on the hit. Max Sconiers strikes out. Gary Bayless strikes out. Rodmy Perez doubles to center field. Kurt Grover scores. Larry Houser uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rodmy Perez is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Bill Gillis flies out to the center fielder. Stan Atkins flies out to the right fielder. Kane Castillo lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Larry DeTore flies out to the left fielder. Billy Blackburn is pinch hitting for Hidekazu Yamamoto. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Billy Blackburn pops out to the third baseman. Bruce Loucks flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Bill Billy pitching. Fred Valdez reached on a fielding error by Larry DeTore. Barney Moose is pinch hitting for Jim Newkirk. Barney Moose flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Ron McCullough singles to center field. Fred Valdez advances to third on the hit. Frank Elvira singles to left field. Fred Valdez scores. Bill Hutto singles to center field. Ron McCullough scores. Frank Elvira advances to third on the hit. Bill Hutto is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Fred Borden lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Keefe enters the game as a defensive replacement for Barney Moose at 3B. George Milner singles to left field. Kurt Grover singles to left field. Larry Houser grounds out to the catcher. George Milner advances to third on the play. Kurt Grover advances to second on the play. Max Sconiers strikes out. Gary Bayless grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Baltimore Sid Waszgis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Gillis walks. Stan Atkins flies out to the left fielder. Kane Castillo lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rodmy Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Larry DeTore strikes out. Ken Schriver is pinch hitting for Sid Waszgis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ken Schriver pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Baltimore total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Kane Castillo is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Yeniet Perez did not respond to coaching in range Wheezer Schmitz improves in control Yeniet Perez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ham Cronin improves in power_vs_righty Ham Cronin did not respond to coaching in speed Lee Decker improves in range
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Johnson did not respond to coaching in control Bruce Morris did not respond to coaching in endurance Tony East did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dick Tate did not respond to coaching in control John Jackson did not respond to coaching in range Tony East improves in contact_vs_righty