Win: Greg Pollux (7-8) Loss: Harry Cavarretta (3-8)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Harry Cavarretta pitching. Mike Shuba walks. Dixie Guinn grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Earl Powell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Greg Pollux pitching. Eddie Brantley singles to right field. Jarrod Sutherland grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Brantley advances to second on the play. Terry Parnham singles past the shortstop. Eddie Brantley scores. Roberto Craig flies out to the center fielder. Erv Lasher singles to left field. Paul Dineen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Vicente Griffin singles to right field. John Ward singles to left field. Vicente Griffin aggressively advances to third on the hit. Red Maddox flies out to the center fielder. Bip Conine singles to center field. Vicente Griffin scores. Chuck Leverett walks. Greg Pollux strikes out. Mike Shuba flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Boston Larry Gardner pops out to the first baseman. Sheriff Lopez grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Cavarretta strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dixie Guinn reached on a fielding error by Jarrod Sutherland. Dixie Guinn steals second. Earl Powell strikes out. Vicente Griffin doubles to center field. Dixie Guinn scores. John Ward strikes out. Red Maddox singles to left field. Vicente Griffin scores. Bip Conine strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Eddie Brantley singles to left field. Jarrod Sutherland singles to right field. Eddie Brantley aggressively advances to third on the hit. Terry Parnham strikes out. Roberto Craig singles to center field. Eddie Brantley scores. Jarrod Sutherland is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Erv Lasher singles to center field. Roberto Craig is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Chuck Leverett walks. Greg Pollux lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Shuba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck Leverett advances to third on the play. Dixie Guinn walks. Passed ball. Chuck Leverett scores. Dixie Guinn advances to second. Earl Powell is hit by a pitch. Vicente Griffin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Paul Dineen singles to left field. Larry Gardner strikes out. Sheriff Lopez grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Dineen advances to second on the play. Harry Cavarretta grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City John Ward pops out to the catcher. Red Maddox grounds out to the third baseman. Carlos Leon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bip Conine grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Eddie Brantley pops out to the catcher. Jarrod Sutherland strikes out. Terry Parnham singles to left field. Roberto Craig grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chuck Leverett walks. Greg Pollux lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Shuba pops out to the second baseman. Dixie Guinn walks. Earl Powell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Erv Lasher pops out to the second baseman. Paul Dineen strikes out. Larry Gardner triples. Sheriff Lopez walks. Carlos Leon walks. Eddie Brantley grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Vicente Griffin grounds out to the shortstop. John Ward strikes out. Red Maddox singles to left field. Bip Conine grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Red Maddox is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Jarrod Sutherland strikes out. Terry Parnham doubles to center field. Dave Goldy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roberto Craig grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Parnham advances to third on the play. Erv Lasher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chuck Leverett grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dave Goldy strikes out. John Pena comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mike Shuba grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Paul Dineen grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Gardner strikes out. Ron Jones is pinch hitting for Sheriff Lopez. Ron Jones singles to center field. Jeff Fansler is pinch hitting for John Pena. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jeff Fansler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ken Sexton pitching. Deivi Bradley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ron Jones at C. Dixie Guinn flies out to the left fielder. Earl Powell walks. Vicente Griffin hits a home run. Earl Powell scores. John Ward strikes out. Red Maddox singles to right field. Bip Conine walks. Chuck Leverett singles to center field. Red Maddox scores. Bip Conine advances to third on the hit. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi is pinch hitting for Dave Goldy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi singles to right field. Bip Conine scores. Mike Shuba strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Darrell Taylor pitching. Eddie Brantley walks. Ralph Sacka is pinch hitting for Jarrod Sutherland. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ralph Sacka grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Terry Parnham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11 Boston total runners LOB: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Hilgendorf did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty George Griffin did not respond to coaching in velocity Artie Kernek did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George Hilgendorf did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Enrique Albanese did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Hoffman improves in range Bill Todd improves in 2B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Andy Martinez did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie Durham did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Henry Moore did not respond to coaching in range George Johnston did not respond to coaching in range Gil Konerko did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Ackley improves in contact_vs_righty Mark Cerutti did not respond to coaching in RF