Win: Lars Christian (1-0) Loss: Eusebio Smaza (0-1)
Save: Steve Smith (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Lou Nash pitching. Bill Mazeroski walks. Junior Caminaro singles to left field. Bill Mazeroski advances to third on the hit. Alex Belt pops out to the shortstop. Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Mazeroski scores. Junior Caminaro advances to second on the play. Paul Blair walks. Al Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Lars Christian pitching. Walter Coppola walks. Bobby Olmo singles to left field. Walter Coppola advances to third on the hit. Bill Gagne walks. Gus Foster grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Walter Coppola is out at home. Greg Angelini doubles to left field. Bobby Olmo scores. Bill Gagne scores. Gus Foster uses his aggressiveness and scores. Frank Albrecht strikes out. Monty Hamann grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ron Shelton strikes out. Pavel Quiros flies out to the right fielder. Lars Christian grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Rick Beamon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Nash strikes out. Walter Coppola flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Junior Caminaro singles to right field. Alex Belt singles to center field. Al McHale grounds out to the shortstop. Junior Caminaro advances to third on the play. Alex Belt advances to second on the play. Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Bobby Olmo strikes out. Bill Gagne singles to right field. Gus Foster walks. Greg Angelini flies out to the center fielder. Frank Albrecht strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Al Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Shelton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pavel Quiros is hit by a pitch. Lars Christian grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Monty Hamann flies out to the center fielder. Rick Beamon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Nash lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski singles to center field. Junior Caminaro walks. Alex Belt flies out to the center fielder. Al McHale singles to center field. Bill Mazeroski scores. Paul Blair singles to right field. Junior Caminaro scores. Al Ramirez pops out to the first baseman. Ron Shelton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Walter Coppola grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Olmo flies out to the center fielder. Bill Gagne singles to left field. Gus Foster pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pavel Quiros grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lars Christian grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Greg Angelini singles to right field. Frank Albrecht pops out to the third baseman. Greg Angelini steals second. Monty Hamann grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rick Beamon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Junior Caminaro flies out to the left fielder. Alex Belt singles to center field. Bobby Norton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Al McHale grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Rube Scarborough is pinch hitting for Bobby Norton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rube Scarborough doubles past the right fielder. Walter Coppola strikes out. Bobby Olmo grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Gagne strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Eusebio Smaza pitching. Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Al Ramirez walks. Ron Shelton walks. Butch Tedrow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Coles is pinch hitting for Pavel Quiros. Harry Coles doubles to center field. Al Ramirez scores. Ron Shelton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Carlos Griffey is pinch hitting for Lars Christian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Coles advances to third on the play. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Woodie Randall pitching. Gus Foster flies out to the left fielder. Greg Angelini grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Albrecht walks. Monty Hamann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Junior Caminaro singles to center field. Eddie Paciorek comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Belt grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Junior Caminaro is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Al McHale singles to right field. Alex Belt advances to third on the hit. Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Alex Belt scores. Al Ramirez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al McHale is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Steve Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rick Beamon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jocko Merewether is pinch hitting for Eddie Paciorek. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jocko Merewether doubles past the third baseman. Walter Coppola strikes out. Bobby Olmo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Giel improves in velocity Bill Kunkel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Gillespie did not respond to coaching in velocity Curt Culler did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Cook improves in 3B
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ralph Thomas improves in power_vs_righty Rod Northey improves in power_vs_righty Ron Alcock improves in speed Roy Raschi improves in velocity Joe Harley did not respond to coaching in C