Win: Frank Gross (8-1) Loss: Charlie Gerhardt (2-2)
Save: Tom Feller (11)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tony Rice pitching. Victorino Vizquel pops out to the second baseman. Val Henry singles to center field. Domingo El Duque grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Val Henry advances to second on the play. Buck Weaver grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Ross Killebrew pitching. Ron Smith singles to right field. Bill Byrd singles to right field. Ron Smith aggressively advances to third on the hit. Tom Semproch hits an infield single to the third baseman. Ron Smith scores. Milt Colavito walks. Harry Northrup strikes out. Jackie Sweeney strikes out. Brian Morton walks. Bill Byrd scores. Eddie Bradley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chuck Luque flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Miksis walks. Webster Brink doubles to right field. Charlie Pickrel pops out to the first baseman. Ross Killebrew strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Tony Rice grounds out to the pitcher. Ron Smith singles to left field. Bill Byrd strikes out. Tom Semproch singles to center field. Ron Smith advances to third on the hit. Milt Colavito strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Victorino Vizquel grounds out to the pitcher. Val Henry strikes out. Domingo El Duque lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Harry Northrup grounds out to the shortstop. Jackie Sweeney flies out to the left fielder. Brian Morton singles to center field. Frank Gross comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Bradley walks. Tony Rice strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Buck Weaver hits a home run. Chuck Luque singles to center field. Kevin Miksis singles to center field. Chuck Luque advances to third on the hit. Webster Brink walks. Charlie Pickrel strikes out. Frank Gross pops out to the second baseman. Victorino Vizquel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Boston Ron Smith singles to center field. Bill Byrd strikes out. Tom Semproch grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Smith advances to second on the play. Milt Colavito grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Val Henry singles to center field. Val Henry steals second. Domingo El Duque grounds out to the second baseman. Val Henry advances to third on the play. Buck Weaver grounds out to the third baseman. Val Henry scores. Chuck Luque walks. Kevin Miksis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Harry Northrup flies out to the right fielder. Jackie Sweeney flies out to the center fielder. Brian Morton singles to right field. Eddie Bradley walks. Tony Rice pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Webster Brink grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Pickrel walks. Frank Gross lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Victorino Vizquel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Ron Smith flies out to the left fielder. Bill Byrd strikes out. Tom Semproch lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Charlie Gerhardt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Val Henry flies out to the center fielder. Domingo El Duque singles to left field. Buck Weaver singles to center field. Domingo El Duque advances to third on the hit. Chuck Luque flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Domingo El Duque scores. Voltaire Casino comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Miksis lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Milt Colavito strikes out. Harry Northrup walks. Jackie Sweeney flies out to the left fielder. Brian Morton singles to right field. Shigeo Okada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Bradley pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Webster Brink strikes out. Von Massey is pinch hitting for Charlie Pickrel. Von Massey singles to center field. Dick Woods is pinch hitting for Shigeo Okada. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Woods strikes out. Tyler Simmons is pinch hitting for Victorino Vizquel. Tyler Simmons grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Von Massey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Tom Feller pitching. Dick Easterwood enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tyler Simmons at SS. Robbie Mora is pinch hitting for Voltaire Casino. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Robbie Mora flies out to the center fielder. Ron Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Byrd walks. Tom Semproch pops out to the first baseman. Milt Colavito grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed Kutzler pitching. Val Henry pops out to the catcher. Domingo El Duque flies out to the center fielder. Buck Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Harry Northrup grounds out to the shortstop. Jackie Sweeney pops out to the first baseman. Brian Morton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Boston total runners LOB: 14
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Wellington Foster did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Bahr did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Ostdiek improves in speed Jason Bell improves in contact_vs_righty Jason Bell did not respond to coaching in 1B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Gerkin improves in arm Tony Tarasco improves in arm Bob Laxton improves in power_vs_righty Rod Mercado did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty