Inning: 1 Baltimore Glenn Hooton pitching. Bill Knoop grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Heimueller singles to center field. Andy Gardner flies out to the center fielder. Bob Heimueller steals second. Johnny Hill singles to center field. Bob Heimueller scores. Dick Delaney walks. Steve Johnson walks. Jesse Reder flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Kansas City Charlie Howe pitching. Ken Hobbs flies out to the center fielder. Ike Campbell singles to left field. Bert James grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Jiggs Knicely singles to center field. Charlie Howe lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Knoop grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Heimueller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rick Cooke pops out to the pitcher. Harry Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Joe DeShields singles to center field. Joe Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Andy Gardner lines out to the second baseman. Johnny Hill strikes out. Dick Delaney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Archie Craig lines out to the second baseman. Glenn Hooton strikes out. Ken Hobbs triples. Ike Campbell singles to right field. Ken Hobbs scores. Ike Campbell steals second. Bert James strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Steve Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Jesse Reder grounds out to the third baseman. Jiggs Knicely grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rick Cooke grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Jackson strikes out. Joe DeShields pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Charlie Howe strikes out. Bill Knoop grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Heimueller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Cedeno strikes out. Archie Craig grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Glenn Hooton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Andy Gardner lines out to the shortstop. Johnny Hill grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Delaney doubles past the first baseman. Steve Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ken Hobbs singles to left field. Ike Campbell strikes out. Bert James grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Hobbs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rick Cooke hits a home run. Bert James scores. Luis Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Jesse Reder strikes out. Jiggs Knicely singles to left field. Stan Smith is pinch hitting for Luis Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Stan Smith walks. Bill Knoop grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Sol Bates pitching. Joe DeShields grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Archie Craig walks. Glenn Hooton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Archie Craig is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Bob Heimueller grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Gardner grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Hill singles to left field. Dick Delaney pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ken Hobbs walks. Ike Campbell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Hobbs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bert James grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ike Campbell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rick Cooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Slim Spinks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Steve Johnson walks. Jesse Reder lines out to the third baseman. Jiggs Knicely singles to center field. Steve Johnson advances to third on the hit. Ray Counsell is pinch hitting for Sol Bates. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ray Counsell hits a home run. Steve Johnson scores. Jiggs Knicely scores. Mark Rojas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Knoop grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Heimueller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Justin Mairena pitching. Harry Jackson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe DeShields flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cedeno singles to right field. Archie Craig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Baltimore total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Johnny Hill is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Reggie DeRosa did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Maddox did not respond to coaching in speed Lena Niehaus did not respond to coaching in endurance Jeff Lombardo improves in power_vs_righty Al Myers improves in speed Gomez Addams did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dale Hofmann did not respond to coaching in velocity Dean Kimber did not respond to coaching in velocity Raul Suder did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Zapustas did not respond to coaching in velocity Geoff Bilardello did not respond to coaching in control Walt Kainer did not respond to coaching in control Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in SS