Win: Johnny Smith (10-0) Loss: Brian Nichols (2-9)
Save: Dave Reid (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Brian Nichols pitching. Ken Hobbs singles to left field. Bert James walks. Rick Cooke grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ken Hobbs advances to third on the play. Bunny Roth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Johnny Smith pitching. Bill Knoop strikes out. Ray Counsell strikes out. Masataka Nobuhara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe DeShields grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Cedeno walks. Ike Campbell strikes out. Wayne Poole flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Johnny Hill hits a home run. Dick Delaney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Steve Johnson strikes out. Lou Haad doubles to left field. Jiggs Knicely grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Johnny Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Hobbs strikes out. Bert James grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Brian Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Knoop singles to left field. Ray Counsell singles to left field. Masataka Nobuhara grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ray Counsell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Johnny Hill strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rick Cooke doubles to right field. Bunny Roth hits a home run. Rick Cooke scores. Joe DeShields grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno walks. Ike Campbell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Cedeno is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Wayne Poole is hit by a pitch. Johnny Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Baltimore Dick Delaney flies out to the left fielder. Steve Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Lou Haad grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ken Hobbs walks. Bert James flies out to the center fielder. Rick Cooke strikes out. Bunny Roth singles to left field. Joe DeShields singles to left field. Ken Hobbs scores. Herb Finney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jiggs Knicely singles to left field. Jiggs Knicely is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Herb Finney flies out to the center fielder. Bill Knoop flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ike Campbell strikes out. Wayne Poole flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Ray Counsell singles to center field. Masataka Nobuhara flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Hill pops out to the shortstop. Dick Delaney grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ray Counsell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman. Bert James strikes out. Rick Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Bob Heimueller is pinch hitting for Steve Johnson. Bob Heimueller singles to right field. Lou Haad singles to left field. Bob Heimueller advances to third on the hit. Jiggs Knicely flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Heimueller scores. Stan Smith is pinch hitting for Herb Finney. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Stan Smith singles to right field. Bill Knoop pops out to the shortstop. Mark Rojas 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. Ray Counsell grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Stan Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ensign McGraw pitching. Ray Handley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Heimueller at C. Bunny Roth hits a home run. Joe DeShields grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno reached on a fielding error by Jiggs Knicely. Ike Campbell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Masataka Nobuhara doubles to right field. Johnny Hill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Masataka Nobuhara advances to third on the play. Dick Delaney grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Handley pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Wayne Poole strikes out. Archie Craig is pinch hitting for Mark Rojas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Archie Craig singles to right field. Ken Hobbs flies out to the right fielder. Bert James flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Dave Reid pitching. Lou Haad flies out to the center fielder. Jiggs Knicely strikes out. Andy Gardner is pinch hitting for Ensign McGraw. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Andy Gardner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Baltimore total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Lyons improves in speed Maikel Caceres did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Adlesh did not respond to coaching in velocity Dean Kimber improves in control Dean Kimber did not respond to coaching in control Bruce Thormodsgard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in SS
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cliff Cassidy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Reynolds did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Roa did not respond to coaching in speed Scott Marshall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dion Jackson improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Foster improves in speed