Inning: 1 Boston Bob Smith pitching. Alex Petoskey grounds out to the second baseman. Win Kirkpatrick hits a home run. Joey DeMontreville reached on a 2-base fielding error by Billy Blackburn. Bill Pujols strikes out. Doug Stoll flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Sig Clarkson pitching. Fran Sterrett grounds out to the third baseman. Masaru Nishizawa flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Loucks grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Bud Christopher grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Kirk strikes out. Ernie Nolan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rodmy Perez walks. Al Watkins grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Billy Blackburn pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Sig Clarkson singles to left field. Alex Petoskey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Win Kirkpatrick doubles past the third baseman. Joey DeMontreville singles to right field. Win Kirkpatrick scores. Joey DeMontreville is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Larry DeTore grounds out to the third baseman. Kurt Grover grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Alex Petoskey. Fran Sterrett walks. Masaru Nishizawa hits an infield single to the first baseman. Bruce Loucks strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Boston Bill Pujols grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Stoll grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rodmy Perez singles to center field. Al Watkins walks. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rodmy Perez advances to third on the play. Al Watkins advances to second on the play. Larry DeTore flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Rodmy Perez scores. Kurt Grover doubles to center field. Al Watkins scores. Bob Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Jeff Kirk singles to center field. Ernie Nolan pops out to the first baseman. Sig Clarkson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Petoskey walks. Win Kirkpatrick doubles to right field. Jeff Kirk scores. Alex Petoskey uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joey DeMontreville walks. Bill Pujols grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Fran Sterrett strikes out. Masaru Nishizawa flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Loucks grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Doug Stoll pops out to the shortstop. Bud Christopher singles to right field. Jeff Kirk strikes out. Ernie Nolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Rodmy Perez strikes out. Al Watkins flies out to the left fielder. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Hidekazu Yamamoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Russ Lyons is pinch hitting for Sig Clarkson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Russ Lyons singles to right field. Alex Petoskey flies out to the right fielder. Win Kirkpatrick hits a home run. Russ Lyons scores. Lon Moeller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joey DeMontreville grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Pujols walks. Doug Stoll reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kurt Grover. Bud Christopher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Henrich pitching. Larry DeTore strikes out. Kurt Grover grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Schriver is pinch hitting for Lon Moeller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ken Schriver walks. Fran Sterrett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Sid Waszgis pitching. Jeff Kirk pops out to the shortstop. Ernie Nolan strikes out. Dave Gonzalez is pinch hitting for John Henrich. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kazuhide Yamada pitching. Masaru Nishizawa grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Bruce Loucks singles to center field. Rodmy Perez strikes out. Al Watkins grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Alex Petoskey flies out to the right fielder. Win Kirkpatrick singles to right field. Joey DeMontreville flies out to the center fielder. Bill Pujols singles to center field. Doug Stoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Billy Blackburn flies out to the left fielder. Larry DeTore walks. Kurt Grover walks. Larry Houser is pinch hitting for Sid Waszgis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Larry Houser strikes out. Fran Sterrett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Bruce Loucks is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ted King did not respond to coaching in range Willis Curd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Katsumi Genoka did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Stairs did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ted King did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Allan Yount improves in contact_vs_righty Rikkert Wood did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Koji Saito did not respond to coaching in range Koji Saito did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Koji Saito did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roy Karst improves in range John Brainerd did not respond to coaching in range Jodie Murrell did not respond to coaching in speed