Win: Zane French (8-4) Loss: Harley McKinney (2-6)
Save: Karl Lake (19)
Inning: 1 Boston Zane French pitching. Henry Crisp grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Stearns walks. Jake Minor hits a home run. Greg Stearns scores. Akira Kitahara grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Arias singles to center field. Ed Titcomb walks. Al Powers grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Harley McKinney pitching. Ren Smith flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Morrison grounds out to the second baseman. Fernando Moreno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Frank Howitt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harley McKinney walks. Henry Crisp grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Harley McKinney is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Henry Crisp is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Charley Jolly strikes out. Fred Shifflett grounds out to the shortstop. Ariel Mendoza doubles to right field. Eddy Hendrix strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Greg Stearns grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Minor singles to center field. Akira Kitahara strikes out. Jake Minor steals second. Jimmy Arias flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Sadayuki Miura singles to left field. Zane French lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ren Smith singles to left field. Sadayuki Miura scores. Johnny Morrison strikes out. Fernando Moreno lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Ed Titcomb grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Al Powers strikes out. Frank Howitt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charley Jolly walks. Fred Shifflett hits a home run. Charley Jolly scores. Ariel Mendoza hits a home run. Eddy Hendrix doubles to right field. Sadayuki Miura strikes out. Zane French grounds out to the third baseman. Ren Smith walks. Johnny Morrison singles to center field. Eddy Hendrix scores. Ren Smith advances to third on the hit. Fernando Moreno grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Rocky Milan is pinch hitting for Harley McKinney. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Rocky Milan grounds out to the shortstop. Henry Crisp hits a home run. Greg Stearns grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jake Minor grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Toshifumi Kattoh pitching. Charley Jolly singles to center field. Fred Shifflett flies out to the left fielder. Ariel Mendoza strikes out. Eddy Hendrix grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Akira Kitahara strikes out. Jimmy Arias singles to left field. Ed Titcomb strikes out. Al Powers grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jimmy Arias is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Sadayuki Miura strikes out. Ryan Bowen is pinch hitting for Zane French. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ryan Bowen grounds out to the shortstop. Ren Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston George Whipple pitching. Frank Howitt singles to center field. Curt Ford is pinch hitting for Toshifumi Kattoh. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Curt Ford strikes out. Henry Crisp doubles to center field. Greg Stearns strikes out. Jake Minor flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al Cremins pitching. Johnny Morrison pops out to the first baseman. Fernando Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Charley Jolly grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Akira Kitahara strikes out. Jimmy Arias pops out to the catcher. Ed Titcomb strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Fred Shifflett grounds out to the third baseman. Ariel Mendoza strikes out. Eddy Hendrix singles past the shortstop. Sadayuki Miura pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Karl Lake comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Al Powers grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Howitt lines out to the shortstop. Elly Diaz is pinch hitting for Al Cremins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Elly Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Traber did not respond to coaching in velocity Rich Rowe improves in power_vs_lefty Ed Acosta did not respond to coaching in control Pete Hurst did not respond to coaching in control Chujiro Hayashi did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pat Ewing did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike May did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Weaver did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity