Win: Karl Drissel (2-0) Loss: Larry Mendoza (9-1)
Save: Ray Young (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Terry Gunderson pitching. Ken Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rick Cooke strikes out. Joe DeShields strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Larry Mendoza pitching. Paul Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Carlton McReynolds walks. Charlie Blake grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Cedeno strikes out. Michael Nilsson strikes out. Yadil Delgado singles to right field. Archie Craig doubles to left field. Wayne Poole flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Hank Sauer pops out to the pitcher. John Castro singles to left field. Dave Matthews flies out to the left fielder. William Tapani singles to center field. John Castro advances to third on the hit. Chad Boswell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Larry Mendoza strikes out. Ken Hobbs singles to left field. Rick Cooke hits a home run. Ken Hobbs scores. Joe DeShields strikes out. Joe Cedeno lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Terry Gunderson strikes out. Paul Brown flies out to the left fielder. Carlton McReynolds walks. Charlie Blake strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Michael Nilsson grounds out to the third baseman. Yadil Delgado grounds out to the pitcher. Archie Craig singles to left field. Passed ball. Archie Craig advances to second. Wayne Poole strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Hank Sauer pops out to the second baseman. John Castro strikes out. Dave Matthews flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Larry Mendoza grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Hobbs singles to right field. Ken Hobbs steals second. Rick Cooke reached on a 2-base fielding error by William Tapani. Ken Hobbs scores. Joe DeShields singles to left field. Joe Cedeno singles to right field. Rick Cooke scores. Joe DeShields advances to third on the hit. Michael Nilsson pops out to the shortstop. Masanori Igarashi 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 2nd. Yadil Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston William Tapani grounds out to the third baseman. Chad Boswell grounds out to the shortstop. Masanori Igarashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Archie Craig flies out to the center fielder. Wayne Poole grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Mendoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Paul Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlton McReynolds pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Blake hits a home run. Hank Sauer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Hobbs grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Cooke strikes out. Joe DeShields triples. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston John Castro walks. Dave Matthews flies out to the center fielder. William Tapani pops out to the catcher. Chad Boswell doubles to center field. John Castro uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ed Reynolds is pinch hitting for Masanori Igarashi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Karl Drissel pitching. Michael Nilsson doubles to center field. Yadil Delgado pops out to the second baseman. Archie Craig flies out to the center fielder. Wayne Poole strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Paul Brown walks. Carlton McReynolds flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Blake walks. Hank Sauer strikes out. John Castro walks. Dave Matthews doubles to left field. Paul Brown scores. Charlie Blake scores. John Castro uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Rojas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. William Tapani grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jack Kimmick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Roosevelt Thompson is pinch hitting for Mark Rojas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Roosevelt Thompson strikes out. Ken Hobbs walks. Rick Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Joe DeShields walks. Ray Young comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9 Boston total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Maikel Caceres did not respond to coaching in velocity Raul Suder did not respond to coaching in velocity Yorelvis Poll did not respond to coaching in arm Dean Kimber did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in range Paul George improves in velocity Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in SS
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Clay Irwin did not respond to coaching in arm Rick Osteen did not respond to coaching in control Domingo Miceli did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Clay Irwin did not respond to coaching in arm Clay Irwin improves in power_vs_righty Jack Mason did not respond to coaching in control