Win: Denny Johnson (13-7) Loss: Dave Rodriguez (9-7)
Inning: 1 Boston Dave Rodriguez pitching. Mort Medwick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Benny Black pops out to the second baseman. John Brown lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Denny Johnson pitching. Charlie Willis walks. Jeff Matos grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Charlie Willis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Emmett Peden walks. Jack Tomney reached on a fielding error by Mickey Abreu. Joe Slagle pops out to the second baseman. Kevin Brown pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Boston Boots Ontiveros strikes out. Jim Hundley grounds out to the second baseman. John Meine grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Oswaldo Colbert singles to right field. Sam Suero grounds out to the second baseman. Oswaldo Colbert advances to second on the play. Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Willis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Mickey Abreu strikes out. Steve Kopf singles to right field. Denny Johnson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mort Medwick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Emmett Peden singles to right field. Jack Tomney singles to center field. Joe Slagle grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Benny Black walks. John Brown singles to right field. Benny Black advances to third on the hit. Boots Ontiveros singles to center field. Benny Black scores. John Brown advances to third on the hit. Jim Hundley flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, John Brown scores. John Meine lines out to the second baseman. Mickey Abreu flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kevin Brown walks. Oswaldo Colbert strikes out. Sam Suero is hit by a pitch. Dave Rodriguez lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Kevin Brown is thrown out at third. Sam Suero advances to second on the play. Sam Suero advances to second on the play. Charlie Willis singles to right field. Sam Suero scores. Dave Rodriguez is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Steve Kopf strikes out. Denny Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Mort Medwick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jeff Matos strikes out. Emmett Peden walks. Jack Tomney strikes out. Joe Slagle grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Benny Black walks. Benny Black steals second. John Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Benny Black advances to third on the play. Boots Ontiveros flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Benny Black scores. Jim Hundley singles to center field. John Meine singles to left field. Mickey Abreu grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kevin Brown singles to left field. Oswaldo Colbert walks. Sam Suero strikes out. Dave Rodriguez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Charlie Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Steve Kopf strikes out. Denny Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Mort Medwick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jeff Matos flies out to the left fielder. Emmett Peden strikes out. Jack Tomney singles to right field. Joe Slagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Juan Scull comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Benny Black singles to center field. John Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Boots Ontiveros walks. Jim Hundley walks. John Meine walks. Mickey Abreu singles past the third baseman. Boots Ontiveros scores. Jim Hundley scores. John Meine advances to third on the hit. March Velez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Kopf flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kevin Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Oswaldo Colbert strikes out. Sam Suero walks. Hack Quellich is pinch hitting for March Velez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hack Quellich grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Sam Suero is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Paul Ross pitching. Guillermo LaRocca is pinch hitting for Denny Johnson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Guillermo LaRocca hits a home run. Dick Crider is pinch hitting for Mort Medwick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Crider grounds out to the third baseman. Benny Black walks. Russ McCarthy is pinch hitting for John Brown. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Russ McCarthy singles to right field. Boots Ontiveros singles to left field. Benny Black scores. Russ Seminara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Hundley flies out to the right fielder. John Meine reached on a 2-base throwing error by Charlie Willis. Russ McCarthy scores. Mickey Abreu flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Al Buchanan pitching. Charlie Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Emmett Peden flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11
Game Notes Guillermo LaRocca is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Lopez improves in contact_vs_lefty Steve Lopez improves in range Dusty Willey improves in control Don Groom did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jake Burgo improves in contact_vs_righty Derrick Davis improves in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Carney did not respond to coaching in control Craig Kinder did not respond to coaching in velocity George Bergamo did not respond to coaching in endurance Frank Carrasquel improves in velocity Don Ramos did not respond to coaching in velocity Ramon Sullivan improves in control Ed Haney improves in 1B