Win: Tamotsu Hirota (9-4) Loss: Lars Christian (9-3)
Save: "Wind" Shear (12)
Inning: 1 Toronto Lars Christian pitching. Shag Flies grounds out to the second baseman. Corey Moroney grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Irvine walks. Pete Corcoran flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tamotsu Hirota pitching. Carl Furillo flies out to the center fielder. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the third baseman. Junior Caminaro pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Phil Wendell strikes out. Bill Drescher grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Liebhardt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Belt strikes out. Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Blair grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto John Williams strikes out. Tamotsu Hirota strikes out. Shag Flies grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Al Ramirez strikes out. Ron Shelton singles to left field. Lars Christian lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Ron Shelton forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Carl Furillo singles to left field. Bill Mazeroski walks. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Toronto Corey Moroney doubles to left field. Dick Irvine flies out to the left fielder. Pete Corcoran singles to left field. Corey Moroney scores. Phil Wendell strikes out. Bill Drescher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Alex Belt walks. Al McHale grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Paul Blair grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Chris Liebhardt flies out to the right fielder. John Williams pops out to the third baseman. Tamotsu Hirota grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Al Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Ron Shelton grounds out to the second baseman. Lars Christian grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Shag Flies singles to center field. Corey Moroney grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Dick Irvine grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Carl Furillo strikes out. Bill Mazeroski singles to center field. Junior Caminaro grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Mazeroski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Alex Belt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Pete Corcoran strikes out. Phil Wendell strikes out. Bill Drescher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al McHale strikes out. Paul Blair strikes out. Al Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Chris Liebhardt doubles to right field. John Williams grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chris Liebhardt advances to third on the play. Tamotsu Hirota pops out to the catcher. Shag Flies flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ron Shelton grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Griffey is pinch hitting for Lars Christian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Furillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto Steve Smith pitching. Corey Moroney strikes out. Dick Irvine grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Corcoran grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Wind Shear comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the right fielder. Junior Caminaro walks. Alex Belt strikes out. Al McHale singles to right field. Paul Blair 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: 2 Toronto total runners LOB: 3 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Billy Craft did not respond to coaching in control Bill Heise did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brian Cook did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ray Schultz improves in range Jack Gale did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Gale did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Kunkel improves in 2B