Win: Jack Alou (2-0) Loss: John Bell (0-1)
Save: Mike Resnick (9)
Inning: 1 Boston Lenny Rivera pitching. Chris Lawrick grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Politte singles to left field. Ray Politte is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Matt Lesch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jo Wiley pitching. Rich Vargas strikes out. Bill Gallagher hits a home run. Mike Castino grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Hacker walks. Clyde Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Cliff Jones walks. Cliff Jones is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bazooka Bladt strikes out. Brian Hancock pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bert Crawford grounds out to the third baseman. Al Drake grounds out to the third baseman. Leandro Lavandera flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Ken Witte singles to right field. Ken Witte is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). George Miranda grounds out to the catcher. Jo Wiley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lenny Rivera singles to right field. Rich Vargas singles to center field. Lenny Rivera advances to third on the hit. Bill Gallagher strikes out. Mike Castino strikes out. Jerry Hacker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Chris Lawrick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ray Politte flies out to the left fielder. Matt Lesch singles to center field. Matt Lesch steals second. Cliff Jones doubles to center field. Matt Lesch scores. Bazooka Bladt singles to left field. Cliff Jones scores. Brian Hancock flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Clyde Jones walks. Bert Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Al Drake walks. Leandro Lavandera strikes out. Lenny Rivera grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Ken Witte singles to right field. Ken Witte is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). George Miranda grounds out to the pitcher. Jo Wiley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rich Vargas flies out to the center fielder. Bill Gallagher hits a home run. Mike Castino grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Hacker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Chris Lawrick pops out to the first baseman. Ray Politte walks. Matt Lesch flies out to the center fielder. Ray Politte steals second. Cliff Jones pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Clyde Jones singles to right field. Bert Crawford singles to left field. Gary Sommers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Al Drake pops out to the shortstop. Leandro Lavandera grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bert Crawford is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lenny Rivera walks. Rich Vargas lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Boston Bazooka Bladt singles to left field. Brian Hancock strikes out. Bazooka Bladt steals second. Ken Witte flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! George Miranda walks. Jim Hawkins is pinch hitting for Gary Sommers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Hawkins grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jack Alou pitching. Bill Gallagher strikes out. Mike Castino flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Hacker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston John Bell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Lawrick hits a home run. Ray Politte triples. Matt Lesch strikes out. Cliff Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bazooka Bladt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Clyde Jones strikes out. Bert Crawford singles to center field. Bert Crawford steals second. Al Drake flies out to the right fielder. Leandro Lavandera flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Johnny Cleveland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Hancock flies out to the center fielder. Ken Witte grounds out to the second baseman. George Miranda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mike Resnick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tony Greene is pinch hitting for Johnny Cleveland. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Greene singles to center field. Tony Greene is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rich Vargas strikes out. Bill Gallagher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Cliff Jones (1).3B - Ray Politte (2).HR - Chris Lawrick (5). Baserunning: SB - Ray Politte (8), Matt Lesch (5), Bazooka Bladt (6).CS - Ray Politte (9), Cliff Jones (7), Ken Witte 2 (4).
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Gardner did not respond to coaching in velocity Buzz Morrison did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mark Counter did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Howard improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Smith improves in RF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Attreau improves in contact_vs_lefty Elmer Wright improves in arm Bill Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Gary Palmer improves in power_vs_righty Walter Castilla did not respond to coaching in 1B