Win: Lars Christian (14-5) Loss: Tamotsu Hirota (14-7)
Save: Steve Smith (20)
Inning: 1 Toronto Lars Christian pitching. Takeo Kawada strikes out. Corey Moroney singles to center field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Phil Wendell grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Zettlein grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tamotsu Hirota pitching. Al McHale walks. Al McHale steals second. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the shortstop. Junior Caminaro walks. Charlie Sanders grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Dick Irvine grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Drescher grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Liebhardt walks. Shag Flies strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Paul Blair strikes out. Alex Belt grounds out to the second baseman. Al Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Tamotsu Hirota flies out to the left fielder. Takeo Kawada grounds out to the second baseman. Corey Moroney walks. Phil Wendell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Pavel Quiros grounds out to the second baseman. Lars Christian grounds out to the catcher. Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Jim Zettlein singles to center field. Jim Zettlein is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dick Irvine pops out to the first baseman. Bill Drescher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Carlos Griffey grounds out to the third baseman. Junior Caminaro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Sanders singles to right field. Paul Blair grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Chris Liebhardt strikes out. Shag Flies flies out to the center fielder. Tamotsu Hirota flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alex Belt hits a home run. Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pavel Quiros strikes out. Lars Christian grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Takeo Kawada grounds out to the shortstop. Corey Moroney strikes out. Phil Wendell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Griffey walks. Junior Caminaro grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Carlos Griffey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Charlie Sanders singles to right field. Paul Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Toronto Jim Zettlein walks. Dick Irvine grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jim Zettlein is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Drescher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dick Irvine advances to second on the play. Chris Liebhardt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Belt singles to left field. Al Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Pavel Quiros strikes out. Ron Shelton is pinch hitting for Lars Christian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Shelton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Toronto Tim Seibold pitching. Shag Flies flies out to the right fielder. John Kelleher is pinch hitting for Tamotsu Hirota. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. John Kelleher grounds out to the third baseman. Takeo Kawada doubles past the left fielder. Peter Cook is pinch running for Takeo Kawada on 2nd base. Corey Moroney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jose Collins pitching. Al McHale strikes out. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Junior Caminaro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto Steve Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Phil Wendell singles past the first baseman. Jim Zettlein flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Dick Irvine walks. Bill Drescher flies out to the center fielder. Chris Liebhardt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Toronto total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Heise did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Grimm improves in power_vs_lefty Skeeter Carey did not respond to coaching in control Harry Guillen improves in contact_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dutch Ruether improves in range Matt Sheridan improves in speed Brian Escobar improves in speed Bob Flaherty did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Bibby did not respond to coaching in LF