Win: Hal Robertson (3-0) Loss: Leo Ball (2-2)
Save: Roy Huskey (7)
Inning: 1 Boston Hal Robertson pitching. Rod Carew grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Macha singles to left field. Alan Wertz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ron Macha is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Alan Wertz steals second. Kent Hrbek walks. Jose McFadden lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Leo Ball pitching. Mike Rodriguez walks. Mike Rodriguez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bobby Schneider lines out to the third baseman. George Sothern flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Royce Lewis walks. Rich Petralli strikes out. Sadayuki Miura grounds out to the pitcher. Royce Lewis advances to second on the play. Leo Ball flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnnie Stryker pops out to the shortstop. Stephen Runyan grounds out to the third baseman. George Mamaux grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Rod Carew flies out to the center fielder. Ron Macha pops out to the first baseman. Alan Wertz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jason Singleton grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Hal Robertson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Kent Hrbek strikes out. Jose McFadden singles to left field. Royce Lewis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Schneider strikes out. George Sothern grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Rich Petralli singles to left field. Sadayuki Miura strikes out. Leo Ball lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rod Carew lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Johnnie Stryker lines out to the second baseman. Stephen Runyan strikes out. George Mamaux grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Ron Macha grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Wertz grounds out to the third baseman. Kent Hrbek grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jason Singleton grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Hernandez walks. Hal Robertson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Rodriguez singles to left field. Larry Hernandez scores. Bobby Schneider reached on a 2-base throwing error by Royce Lewis. George Sothern hits a home run. Mike Rodriguez scores. Bobby Schneider scores. Johnnie Stryker walks. Stephen Runyan singles to center field. George Mamaux reached on a fielding error by Alan Wertz. Jason Singleton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Boston Don Trosky is pinch hitting for Jose McFadden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Don Trosky pops out to the shortstop. Jon Bergamo is pinch hitting for Royce Lewis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jon Bergamo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rich Petralli singles to left field. Sadayuki Miura grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Larry Hernandez strikes out. Hal Robertson strikes out. Mike Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Leo Ball strikes out. Rod Carew reached on a fielding error by Larry Hernandez. Santo Schegg is pinch hitting for Ron Macha. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Santo Schegg singles to left field. Rod Carew advances to third on the hit. Dave Young 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. Alan Wertz walks. Kent Hrbek singles to right field. Rod Carew scores. Santo Schegg is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Alan Wertz advances to third on the play. Don Trosky singles to center field. Alan Wertz scores. Jon Bergamo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bobby Schneider singles to left field. George Sothern grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Johnnie Stryker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Roy Huskey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rich Petralli walks. Sadayuki Miura grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rich Petralli is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kody Clemens is pinch hitting for Leo Ball. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kody Clemens pops out to the third baseman. Rod Carew walks. Santo Schegg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 3
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Smoltz did not respond to coaching in endurance Bob Maskrey improves in control Fred Carter did not respond to coaching in control Bob Maskrey did not respond to coaching in velocity Greg Gagne did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jesse Ganzel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Larry Dashiell did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Nolte did not respond to coaching in control Ron Murphy improves in contact_vs_righty Jesse Ganzel did not respond to coaching in 3B