Win: Lefty Grove (5-9) Loss: Lars Christian (15-9)
Save: Jeff Robbins (32)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Lefty Grove pitching. Ron Shelton singles to right field. Carl Furillo strikes out. Carlos Griffey singles to left field. Alex Belt flies out to the center fielder. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Lars Christian pitching. Joe Vosmik lines out to the shortstop. Ken Murray strikes out. Takeshi Fukuda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Paul Blair strikes out. Al McHale singles to center field. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the shortstop. Al McHale advances to second on the play. Lars Christian strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Joe Cronin singles to right field. Barney Louden pops out to the first baseman. Joe Cronin steals second. Steve Mauch singles to center field. Joe Cronin scores. Steve Mauch steals second. Nardi Latium flies out to the left fielder. Fabian Gaffke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ron Shelton grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Furillo grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Griffey walks. Carlos Griffey steals second. Alex Belt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Lefty Grove pops out to the shortstop. Joe Vosmik grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Murray strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Junior Caminaro doubles to right field. Paul Blair doubles to center field. Junior Caminaro scores. Al McHale grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the right fielder. Lars Christian strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Takeshi Fukuda flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cronin strikes out. Barney Louden flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ron Shelton grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Carl Furillo doubles to right field. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Alex Belt singles in front of the center fielder. Carl Furillo scores. Junior Caminaro grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Alex Belt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Steve Mauch singles to right field. Nardi Latium grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steve Mauch is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fabian Gaffke pops out to the second baseman. Lefty Grove grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Paul Blair flies out to the left fielder. Al McHale grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Mazeroski walks. Lars Christian strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Joe Vosmik is hit by a pitch. Ken Murray flies out to the center fielder. Takeshi Fukuda singles to right field. Joe Vosmik advances to third on the hit. Takeshi Fukuda steals second. Joe Cronin singles to center field. Joe Vosmik scores. Takeshi Fukuda scores. Barney Louden flies out to the right fielder. Steve Mauch grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Cronin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ron Shelton bunts for a base hit. Carl Furillo flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Griffey singles to right field. Alex Belt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Jeans Duque is pinch hitting for Nardi Latium. Jeans Duque grounds out to the second baseman. Fabian Gaffke walks. Moe Berg is pinch hitting for Lefty Grove. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Moe Berg strikes out. Joe Vosmik flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Woody Rich pitching. Junior Caminaro flies out to the right fielder. Paul Blair lines out to the second baseman. Al McHale walks. Bill Mazeroski walks. Jeff Robbins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Ramirez is pinch hitting for Lars Christian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Al Ramirez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Steve Smith pitching. Ken Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Takeshi Fukuda singles to right field. Joe Cronin strikes out. Barney Louden lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ron Shelton pops out to the shortstop. Carl Furillo strikes out. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10 Boston total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brian Cook improves in speed Brian Cook improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Kunkel improves in contact_vs_lefty Matt Sheridan improves in power_vs_righty Brian Cook did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jamie Sheets did not respond to coaching in endurance Jamie Sheets did not respond to coaching in velocity Bruce James improves in contact_vs_lefty Gilberto Wolfe improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Carey did not respond to coaching in 3B