Win: Tom Rowe (1-1) Loss: Merwin Smith (1-2)
Save: Eddie Rogers (4)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jim Saunders pitching. Ed Hunt walks. Carroll Dreyer flies out to the left fielder. Ed Hunt is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ron Daly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Joe Rhines pitching. Paul Briley pops out to the catcher. Jon Nixon singles to right field. Jon Nixon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Lou Wooten flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Bevil grounds out to the second baseman. Ricky Natal strikes out. Dmitri Camnitz singles to center field. Stuffy Sherry bunts for a base hit. Ron Gerkin pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Charlie Schmulbach grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Suter grounds out to the shortstop. Rob Gillespie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe Rhines grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Carroll Dreyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Dummy Giles grounds out to the second baseman. David Grimes grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Saunders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ron Daly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Bevil grounds out to the shortstop. Ricky Natal singles to left field. Dmitri Camnitz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Paul Briley singles to right field. Jon Nixon pops out to the shortstop. Lou Wooten flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Schmulbach grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Briley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Stuffy Sherry strikes out. Ron Gerkin flies out to the left fielder. Joe Rhines grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Cliff Suter doubles to right field. Rob Gillespie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cliff Suter advances to third on the play. Dummy Giles grounds out to the pitcher. David Grimes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Hunt grounds out to the pitcher. Carroll Dreyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Daly grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Jim Saunders is hit by a pitch. Paul Briley grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Saunders is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jon Nixon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Briley advances to second on the play. Lou Wooten flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Bevil strikes out. Ricky Natal walks. Dmitri Camnitz grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ricky Natal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dmitri Camnitz steals second. Stuffy Sherry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Charlie Schmulbach doubles to left field. Cliff Suter grounds out to the third baseman. Rob Gillespie pops out to the second baseman. Dummy Giles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ron Gerkin grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Rhines strikes out. Tim Gagliano is pinch hitting for Ed Hunt. Tim Gagliano lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York David Grimes singles to center field. Tom Rowe 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. Bill Luecken is pinch hitting for Jim Saunders. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Luecken grounds out to the third baseman. David Grimes advances to second on the play. Paul Briley grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jon Nixon singles to center field. David Grimes scores. Lou Wooten strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Merwin Smith pitching. Carroll Dreyer singles to center field. Carroll Dreyer steals second. Ron Daly walks. Jim Bevil walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Ricky Natal singles to left field. Carroll Dreyer scores. Ron Daly scores. Izzy Ridgway comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dmitri Camnitz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Bevil advances to third on the play. Stuffy Sherry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Eddie Rogers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Schmulbach singles to center field. Cliff Suter strikes out. Rob Gillespie lines out to the second baseman. Dummy Giles singles to center field. Charlie Schmulbach is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 New York total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Coonie Keeton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Mohler improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Moore improves in power_vs_righty Victor Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in range
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sean Kingman did not respond to coaching in arm Tony Romonosky did not respond to coaching in control Otto Baldwin improves in velocity Al Iott improves in arm