Win: Alvin York (18-7) Loss: Packy Wheeler (8-16)
Save: Steve Smith (31)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Packy Wheeler pitching. Ron Shelton walks. Harry Coles strikes out. Ron Shelton steals second. Paul Blair walks. Junior Caminaro flies out to the left fielder. Bill Mazeroski grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ron Shelton is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Alvin York pitching. Ron Jahn grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Carey grounds out to the second baseman. Takeshi Fukuda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Carl Furillo singles to right field. Alex Belt hits an infield single to the pitcher. Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carl Furillo advances to third on the play. Alex Belt advances to second on the play. Alvin York singles to right field. Carl Furillo scores. Alex Belt is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ron Shelton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Joe Cronin grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Murray strikes out. Boze Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Harry Coles grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Blair hits a home run. Junior Caminaro grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Mazeroski singles to center field. Carl Furillo singles in front of the right fielder. Alex Belt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Joe Vosmik doubles to center field. Fabian Gaffke grounds out to the third baseman. Packy Wheeler grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Jahn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Al Ramirez hits an infield single to the second baseman. Alvin York lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ron Shelton pops out to the first baseman. Harry Coles singles to center field. Al Ramirez is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Tom Carey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Takeshi Fukuda lines out to the third baseman. Joe Cronin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Paul Blair doubles to right field. Junior Caminaro flies out to the left fielder. Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Carl Furillo doubles to right field. Paul Blair scores. Alex Belt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Ken Murray grounds out to the second baseman. Boze Berger flies out to the center fielder. Joe Vosmik singles to center field. Fabian Gaffke grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Vosmik is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al Ramirez strikes out. Alvin York strikes out. Ron Shelton singles to left field. Harry Coles singles to center field. Ron Shelton advances to third on the hit. Denny Galehouse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Denny Galehouse grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ron Jahn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Carey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Junior Caminaro pops out to the second baseman. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Furillo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Takeshi Fukuda flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cronin flies out to the left fielder. Ken Murray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alex Belt lines out to the shortstop. Al Ramirez strikes out. Alvin York strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Boze Berger reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Mazeroski. Joe Vosmik pops out to the first baseman. Fabian Gaffke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Boze Berger advances to third on the play. Nardi Latium is pinch hitting for Denny Galehouse. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nardi Latium flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rafael Ferrales pitching. Ron Shelton grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Coles grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Steve Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ron Jahn strikes out. Tom Carey walks. Takeshi Fukuda singles to right field. Tom Carey advances to third on the hit. Joe Cronin flies out to the right fielder. Ken Murray pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Boston total runners LOB: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Sanders did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Gale did not respond to coaching in velocity Elmer Braggs did not respond to coaching in endurance Bob Baker improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Kunkel did not respond to coaching in 2B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jack Hulihan improves in range Dick Curd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dick Curd did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack Hulihan improves in contact_vs_righty Maurice Roesler did not respond to coaching in 1B