Win: Antonio Graterol (1-0) Loss: Bill Boudreau (1-6)
Inning: 1 Boston Bruce Averill pitching. Sam Jeltz singles to left field. Rafael Alyea grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sam Jeltz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yulier Larosa walks. Harry Jackson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Boudreau pitching. Tommy Young flies out to the center fielder. Joe Grissom strikes out. Bill Brown pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Cecil Trotter walks. Johnny Beauchamp flies out to the left fielder. Jim Corbin walks. Chuck Esposito grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rick Petrick walks. Phil Buchanan walks. Mike Herrera is hit by a pitch. John Guy hits a home run. Rick Petrick scores. Phil Buchanan scores. Mike Herrera scores. Joe Duncan singles past the second baseman. Bruce Averill lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tommy Young pops out to the second baseman. Joe Grissom grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Bill Boudreau grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Jeltz grounds out to the second baseman. Rafael Alyea singles past the shortstop. Yulier Larosa grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rafael Alyea is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Brown is hit by a pitch. Rick Petrick singles to center field. Bill Brown advances to third on the hit. Phil Buchanan walks. Mike Herrera hits a home run. Bill Brown scores. Rick Petrick scores. Phil Buchanan scores. John Guy walks. Joe Duncan singles to left field. John Guy advances to third on the hit. Bruce Averill strikes out. Tommy Young grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Duncan advances to second on the play. Joe Grissom doubles to left field. John Guy scores. Joe Duncan scores. Richard Daniels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Pitcher has given up 10 or more earned runs). Bill Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Harry Jackson singles to right field. Cecil Trotter lines out to the third baseman. Johnny Beauchamp strikes out. Jim Corbin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rick Petrick strikes out. Phil Buchanan strikes out. Mike Herrera reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jim Corbin. John Guy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Chuck Esposito grounds out to the second baseman. Richard Daniels singles to left field. Sam Jeltz walks. Rafael Alyea triples. Richard Daniels scores. Sam Jeltz scores. Yulier Larosa strikes out. Harry Jackson singles to left field. Rafael Alyea scores. Cecil Trotter singles to left field. Harry Jackson advances to third on the hit. Antonio Graterol comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Beauchamp strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Duncan strikes out. Antonio Graterol strikes out. Tommy Young grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Jim Corbin grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Esposito singles to left field. Richard Daniels lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sam Jeltz walks. Rafael Alyea grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sam Jeltz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe Grissom flies out to the center fielder. Bill Brown flies out to the left fielder. Rick Petrick pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Yulier Larosa pops out to the shortstop. Harry Jackson strikes out. Cecil Trotter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Phil Buchanan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Herrera flies out to the center fielder. John Guy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Johnny Beauchamp pops out to the first baseman. Jim Corbin grounds out to the pitcher. Chuck Esposito hits a home run. Edd Korcheck is pinch hitting for Richard Daniels. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Edd Korcheck singles to left field. Sam Jeltz hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dixie Roenicke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rafael Alyea flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Earl Smith pitching. Joe Duncan singles to left field. Frank Difani is pinch hitting for Dixie Roenicke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Frank Difani pops out to the first baseman. Tommy Young hits an infield single to the third baseman. Joe Grissom flies out to the center fielder. Bill Brown grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Duncan is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Gary Bonds pitching. Yulier Larosa grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Jackson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Cecil Trotter singles to left field. Johnny Beauchamp singles to right field. Cecil Trotter advances to third on the hit. Jim Corbin singles to right field. Cecil Trotter scores. Johnny Beauchamp advances to third on the hit. Lou Gray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck Esposito grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners left on base: 12 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chris Mattis did not respond to coaching in velocity Maurice Corey did not respond to coaching in velocity Javier Egan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chris Mattis did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Belk did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ben Braeburn did not respond to coaching in control Bart Smith improves in power_vs_righty Casey Nichols improves in range Lee Smith improves in speed Fred Walls did not respond to coaching in LF