Inning: 1 Boston Matt Mercer pitching. Don Ratzer strikes out. Lefty Britton strikes out. Cy Wendell doubles to center field. Dixie Juul triples. Cy Wendell scores. Harry Lefevre grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Kevin Holbrook pitching. Teden Mengi reached on a fielding error by Lefty Britton. Tyrell Malacia walks. Pat Aldridge grounds out to the catcher. Teden Mengi advances to third on the play. Tyrell Malacia advances to second on the play. Jim Davidson strikes out. Jeff Bush grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Jadon Sancho grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Dade singles to left field. Jeff Walker singles to right field. Kevin Holbrook lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Don Ratzer doubles to right field. Bill Dade scores. Jeff Walker scores. Lefty Britton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gene Poole strikes out. Marc Hall flies out to the left fielder. Tom Barney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Cy Wendell triples. Dixie Juul strikes out. Harry Lefevre strikes out. Jadon Sancho grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Matt Mercer strikes out. Teden Mengi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tyrell Malacia singles to left field. Pat Aldridge grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Bill Dade singles to right field. Jeff Walker reached on a fielding error by Pat Aldridge. Kevin Holbrook lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Don Ratzer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Dade scores. Jeff Walker advances to third on the play. Lefty Britton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Davidson walks. Jeff Bush grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Davidson advances to second on the play. Gene Poole grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Davidson advances to third on the play. Marc Hall lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Cy Wendell strikes out. Dixie Juul strikes out. Harry Lefevre grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tom Barney grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Mercer lines out to the pitcher. Teden Mengi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Jadon Sancho strikes out. Bill Dade grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jeff Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tyrell Malacia strikes out. Pat Aldridge doubles to center field. Jim Davidson flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Bush grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Kevin Holbrook strikes out. Don Ratzer singles to left field. Lefty Britton grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gene Poole grounds out to the pitcher. Marc Hall grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Frick is pinch hitting for Tom Barney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Patrick Frick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Cy Wendell hits a home run. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jay Esasky is pinch hitting for Dixie Juul. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jay Esasky walks. Harry Lefevre flies out to the right fielder. Harry Freeman is pinch hitting for Jadon Sancho. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Freeman grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jay Esasky is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Dade flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Charlie Welch is pinch hitting for Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Charlie Welch doubles to center field. Teden Mengi lines out to the second baseman. Mike Luebber is pinch hitting for Tyrell Malacia. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Luebber grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Welch advances to third on the play. Jose Hooper is pinch hitting for Pat Aldridge. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jose Hooper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Marlon Perkins pitching. Jeff Walker walks. Jeff Walker steals second. Kevin Holbrook pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Dupee Warren is pinch hitting for Don Ratzer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dupee Warren singles to right field. Jeff Walker scores. Lefty Britton singles to center field. Dupee Warren advances to third on the hit. Cy Wendell walks. Jay Esasky grounds out to the second baseman. Dupee Warren scores. Lefty Britton advances to third on the play. Cy Wendell advances to second on the play. Harry Lefevre strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Cole Barr is pinch hitting for Jim Davidson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cole Barr strikes out. Jeff Bush strikes out. Gene Poole triples. Marc Hall walks. Patrick Frick walks. Allen Denzer is pinch hitting for Marlon Perkins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Allen Denzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Boston total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tris Frailing did not respond to coaching in velocity Max Flavin did not respond to coaching in speed Rich Higuera did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Tomasic improves in arm Aurelio Gornicki did not respond to coaching in LF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Polly Nomial did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Clement improves in contact_vs_lefty Ken Mails did not respond to coaching in control Al Pitula did not respond to coaching in velocity Cliff Richard improves in SS