Win: Kevin Smith (10-4) Loss: Tommy Vinobianco (2-2)
Save: Kevin Smith (25)
Inning: 1 Boston Waite Brandenburg pitching. Herb Flaskamper flies out to the left fielder. Derrick Crane singles to right field. Tom Face grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tracy Spencer pitching. Jack Blackwell strikes out. Doug Wineapple flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Moret grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Ray Toms grounds out to the shortstop. Ross Stroud grounds out to the third baseman. Tex Harris singles to center field. Orie Barnes singles to center field. Tex Harris advances to third on the hit. Bill Workman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Hod Raney triples. Frank Kohlmeier pops out to the second baseman. Scott Eisenhart grounds out to the shortstop. Hod Raney scores. Cesar Troy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Tracy Spencer strikes out. Herb Flaskamper flies out to the left fielder. Derrick Crane singles to left field. Tom Face singles past the shortstop. Derrick Crane advances to third on the hit. Ray Toms strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Russ Jolly grounds out to the pitcher. Waite Brandenburg strikes out. Jack Blackwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Ross Stroud pops out to the second baseman. Tex Harris grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Orie Barnes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Doug Wineapple singles to left field. Jeff Moret grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Doug Wineapple is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hod Raney flies out to the center fielder. Frank Kohlmeier flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Bill Workman flies out to the left fielder. Tracy Spencer grounds out to the second baseman. Herb Flaskamper is hit by a pitch. Derrick Crane singles to right field. Herb Flaskamper advances to third on the hit. Tom Face pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Scott Eisenhart walks. Cesar Troy strikes out. Scott Eisenhart steals second. Russ Jolly singles to right field. Waite Brandenburg strikes out. Jack Blackwell walks. Doug Wineapple grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Boston Ray Toms strikes out. Ross Stroud walks. Ross Stroud is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tex Harris grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jeff Moret doubles to center field. Hod Raney grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Moret advances to third on the play. Frank Kohlmeier grounds out to the pitcher. Phil Lerrup comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Scott Eisenhart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Orie Barnes grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Workman grounds out to the third baseman. Ray McCormick is pinch hitting for Phil Lerrup. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ray McCormick singles to center field. Herb Flaskamper pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Kevin Smith pitching. Cesar Troy singles to center field. Russ Jolly doubles to right field. Billy Stephens is pinch hitting for Waite Brandenburg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Billy Stephens flies out to the right fielder. Jack Blackwell strikes out. Doug Wineapple grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Tommy Vinobianco pitching. Derrick Crane singles to center field. Tom Face singles to right field. Derrick Crane advances to third on the hit. Ray Toms pops out to the catcher. Ross Stroud reached on a fielding error by Hod Raney. Derrick Crane scores. Tex Harris singles to right field. Tom Face scores. Ross Stroud advances to third on the hit. Dutch Incaviglia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nellie Cupeles is pinch hitting for Orie Barnes. Nellie Cupeles grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ike Sasaki enters the game as a defensive replacement for Nellie Cupeles at LF. Jeff Moret grounds out to the shortstop. Hod Raney flies out to the center fielder. Frank Kohlmeier grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Bill Workman flies out to the center fielder. Gene Lockhart is pinch hitting for Kevin Smith. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gene Lockhart walks. Herb Flaskamper grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gene Lockhart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Derrick Crane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Kevin Smith pitching. Scott Eisenhart grounds out to the second baseman. Cesar Troy strikes out. Russ Jolly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Luis Newhauser did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Plaskett did not respond to coaching in speed Pat Goodwin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bryan Vogelsong improves in contact_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Madrid improves in range John Thacker did not respond to coaching in velocity Norberto Mills improves in power_vs_righty Norberto Mills improves in arm Frank McMackin did not respond to coaching in 3B