Win: George Bergamo (2-3) Loss: Mike Donovan (5-2)
Save: Rex Swan (8)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Mike Donovan pitching. Ed Haney grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Mills walks. Jeff Matos grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Baltimore George Bergamo pitching. Mike Geyer grounds out to the shortstop. John Serad strikes out. Ricardo Brito grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ken Magee flies out to the center fielder. Dan McDaniel singles to right field. Dan McDaniel steals second. Bill Leverette grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Slagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Milt Butler walks. Daisuke Kashibuchi strikes out. Tony Steinbrenner lines out to the third baseman. Hideo Furuta grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Milt Butler is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Russ McCarthy singles to center field. George Bergamo lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ed Haney walks. Joe Mills walks. Jeff Matos hits a home run. Russ McCarthy scores. Ed Haney scores. Joe Mills scores. Ken Magee flies out to the left fielder. Dan McDaniel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Edwin Rios singles to center field. Mike Donovan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Donovan walks. Mike Geyer pops out to the first baseman. John Serad flies out to the left fielder. Ricardo Brito singles to left field. Edwin Rios scores. Milt Butler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Leverette walks. Joe Slagle flies out to the right fielder. Russ McCarthy grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Leverette advances to second on the play. George Bergamo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Daisuke Kashibuchi flies out to the center fielder. Tony Steinbrenner pops out to the second baseman. Hideo Furuta strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Haney singles to right field. Joe Mills grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jeff Matos flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Edwin Rios flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Daly is pinch hitting for Mike Donovan. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jeff Daly walks. Mike Geyer flies out to the center fielder. John Serad singles to center field. Jeff Daly advances to third on the hit. Ricardo Brito strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Akitoshi Yamamoto pitching. Ken Magee walks. Dan McDaniel strikes out. Ken Magee is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Leverette grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Milt Butler singles to right field. Daisuke Kashibuchi flies out to the left fielder. Milt Butler steals second. Joe Slagle throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Tony Steinbrenner strikes out. Hideo Furuta grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Slagle flies out to the center fielder. Russ McCarthy grounds out to the second baseman. George Bergamo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Edwin Rios singles to center field. Raleigh Dunlap 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 1st. Buddy Powell is pinch hitting for Akitoshi Yamamoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Buddy Powell walks. Mike Geyer flies out to the center fielder. John Serad pops out to the second baseman. Ricardo Brito strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Arlett pitching. Ed Haney flies out to the center fielder. Joe Mills flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Matos flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Milt Butler flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Kashibuchi pops out to the second baseman. Tony Steinbrenner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ken Magee walks. Dan McDaniel grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill Leverette grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Rex Swan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hideo Furuta walks. Edwin Rios grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hideo Furuta is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Etsuro Yokota is pinch hitting for Mike Arlett. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Etsuro Yokota strikes out. Mike Geyer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 2 Baltimore total runners LOB: 9
Batting:HR - Jeff Matos (6).GIDP - Joe Mills, Jeff Matos, Dan McDaniel. Baserunning: SB - Dan McDaniel (13).CS - Ken Magee (5). Fielding: E - Joe Slagle.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Darryl Vico did not respond to coaching in control Tim Littlefield did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Carlos Smith did not respond to coaching in control Paul Adams improves in velocity Jim Melter did not respond to coaching in endurance Lee Daniels did not respond to coaching in velocity
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kazuo Araoka did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jesus DeMiller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Genovese did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Cooper did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Genovese did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ryuichiro Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in range