Inning: 1 Kansas City Vic Lafata pitching. Joe Kranepool flies out to the right fielder. Ed Merritt strikes out. Yoshiyuki Higuchi walks. Yoshiyuki Higuchi steals second. Dan Gettinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Rick Ellis pitching. Brandon Nimmo grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Mulliniks hits a home run. Paul Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty Bocek flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mateo Perez flies out to the right fielder. Billy Grich walks. Slick Johnson flies out to the left fielder. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Julio Roy is hit by a pitch. Al Schlitzer pops out to the third baseman. Bob Yerkes walks. Greg Cowley hits a home run. Julio Roy scores. Bob Yerkes scores. Vic Lafata flies out to the center fielder. Brandon Nimmo hits a home run. Dave Mulliniks pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rick Ellis flies out to the left fielder. Joe Kranepool strikes out. Ed Merritt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Paul Smith pops out to the second baseman. Lefty Bocek pops out to the pitcher. Julio Roy walks. Julio Roy is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Yoshiyuki Higuchi hits a home run. Dan Gettinger lines out to the second baseman. Mateo Perez lines out to the shortstop. Billy Grich singles to center field. Slick Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Al Schlitzer pops out to the shortstop. Bob Yerkes singles to left field. Greg Cowley walks. Vic Lafata lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brandon Nimmo singles to right field. Bob Yerkes scores. Sherry Nagle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Mulliniks flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City U.L. Distefano strikes out. Denny Brown is pinch hitting for Sherry Nagle. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Denny Brown flies out to the center fielder. Joe Kranepool singles to right field. Ed Merritt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Joel Hogan pitching. Paul Smith singles to left field. Lefty Bocek reached on a fielding error by Mateo Perez. Julio Roy flies out to the left fielder. Al Schlitzer singles to right field. Bob Yerkes triples. Paul Smith scores. Lefty Bocek scores. Al Schlitzer scores. Greg Cowley flies out to the left fielder. Vic Lafata grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Yoshiyuki Higuchi singles to left field. Dan Gettinger flies out to the center fielder. Mateo Perez strikes out. Billy Grich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Brandon Nimmo hits a home run. Dave Mulliniks lines out to the second baseman. Paul Smith walks. Lefty Bocek singles to center field. Paul Smith advances to third on the hit. Lefty Bocek steals second. Julio Roy grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Smith scores. Lefty Bocek advances to third on the play. Al Schlitzer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Slick Johnson doubles to right field. U.L. Distefano flies out to the right fielder. Joel Hogan strikes out. Joe Kranepool grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Bob Yerkes strikes out. Greg Cowley singles to center field. Vic Lafata lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brandon Nimmo hits a home run. Greg Cowley scores. Dave Mulliniks doubles to left field. Paul Smith hits a home run. Dave Mulliniks scores. Lefty Bocek grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Merritt grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshiyuki Higuchi singles to right field. Dan Gettinger lines out to the second baseman. Mateo Perez triples. Yoshiyuki Higuchi scores. Joel Bystrom comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Billy Grich doubles to left field. Mateo Perez scores. Slick Johnson singles to right field. U.L. Distefano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Julio Roy is hit by a pitch. Al Schlitzer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Gates Hamlin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Mark Mapes is pinch hitting for Bob Yerkes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Mapes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jake Spognardi is pinch hitting for Gates Hamlin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jake Spognardi walks. Joe Kranepool grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jake Spognardi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Merritt singles to left field. Yoshiyuki Higuchi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9 New York total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Dave Mulliniks (12).3B - Bob Yerkes (2).HR - Brandon Nimmo 3 (10), Dave Mulliniks (7), Paul Smith (8), Greg Cowley (1).GIDP - Al Schlitzer.HBP - Julio Roy 2 (2). Baserunning: SB - Lefty Bocek (21).CS - Julio Roy (6).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Haden Rivera did not respond to coaching in velocity Deacon Pierce improves in range Deacon Pierce did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Culley Tavarez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Russ Samuels improves in contact_vs_lefty Leon Mahoney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ben Palacios improves in control Russ Samuels improves in range