Win: Frank Viola (12-3) Loss: Rick Hiljus (3-9)
Save: Steve Smith (24)
Inning: 1 Boston Frank Viola pitching. Ken Murray walks. Ron Jahn pops out to the third baseman. Takeshi Fukuda grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ken Murray is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bobby Doerr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Rick Hiljus pitching. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Charlie Sanders walks. Paul Blair grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Charlie Sanders is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Boze Berger strikes out. Joe Vosmik strikes out. Fabian Gaffke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Belt pops out to the shortstop. Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wendell Dumont singles to center field. Pavel Quiros walks. Frank Viola grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pavel Quiros is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Lou Finney walks. Lou Finney steals second. Rick Hiljus lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Lou Finney is thrown out at third. Ken Murray strikes out. Ron Jahn singles to center field. Takeshi Fukuda grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ron Jahn is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Carlos Griffey singles to right field. 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 center field. Junior Caminaro advances to third on the hit. Paul Blair singles to right field. Junior Caminaro scores. Alex Belt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Sanders advances to third on the play. Paul Blair advances to second on the play. Al Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Bobby Doerr singles to left field. Boze Berger grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Vosmik singles to right field. Fabian Gaffke grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Vosmik is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Wendell Dumont strikes out. Pavel Quiros strikes out. Frank Viola singles to left field. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Lou Finney grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Hiljus strikes out. Ken Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Junior Caminaro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Sanders flies out to the center fielder. Paul Blair doubles to left field. Alex Belt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Ron Jahn grounds out to the second baseman. Takeshi Fukuda flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Doerr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Wendell Dumont flies out to the right fielder. Pavel Quiros pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Boze Berger singles to right field. Joe Cronin is pinch hitting for Joe Vosmik. Joe Cronin singles to right field. Boze Berger advances to third on the hit. Fabian Gaffke strikes out. Tom Carey is pinch hitting for Lou Finney. Passed ball. Boze Berger scores. Joe Cronin advances to second. Tom Carey strikes out. Rick Hiljus walks. Ken Murray strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jeff Roche enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Cronin at CF. Gene Enzenroth enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Carey at SS. Ron Shelton is pinch hitting for Frank Viola. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Shelton doubles to right field. Carlos Griffey triples. Ron Shelton scores. Bob Latium 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. Junior Caminaro grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Griffey scores. Charlie Sanders singles to left field. Paul Blair flies out to the left fielder. Alex Belt doubles to center field. Charlie Sanders is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Tim Seibold pitching. Ron Jahn grounds out to the pitcher. Takeshi Fukuda strikes out. Bobby Doerr grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Coles is pinch hitting for Wendell Dumont. Harry Coles singles to left field. Joe Rudy is pinch hitting for Pavel Quiros. Joe Rudy lines out to the shortstop. Quinn Mattingly is pinch hitting for Tim Seibold. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Quinn Mattingly flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Steve Smith pitching. Boze Berger grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Roche reached on a fielding error by Al Ramirez. Fabian Gaffke flies out to the left fielder. Gene Enzenroth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Johnny Lewis did not respond to coaching in arm Johnny Lewis did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Perritt did not respond to coaching in endurance Dick Curd did not respond to coaching in arm Maurice Roesler did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Flaherty did not respond to coaching in control Ray Schultz improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Kunkel did not respond to coaching in speed Jim McKnight did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Cook did not respond to coaching in 3B