Win: Packy Wheeler (11-18) Loss: Lars Christian (21-6)
Save: Woody Rich (28)
Inning: 1 Boston Lars Christian pitching. Moe Berg grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Takeshi Fukuda singles to center field. Bobby Doerr grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Takeshi Fukuda is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Packy Wheeler pitching. Ron Shelton walks. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ron Shelton advances to second on the play. Harry Coles reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lou Finney. Ron Shelton scores. Al McHale flies out to the center fielder. Paul Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Sergio Thornton triples. Boze Berger grounds out to the second baseman. Sergio Thornton scores. Joe Vosmik grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Finney reached on a 2-base throwing error by Carlos Griffey. Packy Wheeler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Charlie Sanders doubles to right field. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Pete Quinn pops out to the shortstop. Lars Christian grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Moe Berg grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ken Murray strikes out. Takeshi Fukuda grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ron Shelton walks. Carlos Griffey singles to right field. Ron Shelton is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Harry Coles strikes out. Al McHale singles to left field. Carlos Griffey advances to third on the hit. Paul Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Bobby Doerr flies out to the center fielder. Sergio Thornton singles to right field. Boze Berger grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sergio Thornton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Vosmik hits a home run. Boze Berger scores. Lou Finney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charlie Sanders grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Pete Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Packy Wheeler strikes out. Moe Berg walks. Ken Murray grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Moe Berg is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Takeshi Fukuda singles to center field. Bobby Doerr flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lars Christian flies out to the right fielder. Ron Shelton grounds out to the pitcher. Carlos Griffey singles to left field. Harry Coles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Sergio Thornton flies out to the left fielder. Boze Berger strikes out. Joe Vosmik flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al McHale flies out to the center fielder. Paul Blair strikes out. Charlie Sanders strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Ed Dingman is pinch hitting for Lou Finney. Ed Dingman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Packy Wheeler flies out to the center fielder. Moe Berg pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gilberto Wolfe enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ed Dingman at SS. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Pete Quinn walks. Al Ramirez is pinch hitting for Lars Christian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Al Ramirez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Tim Seibold pitching. Ken Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Takeshi Fukuda strikes out. Bobby Doerr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gene Enzenroth enters the game as a defensive replacement for Takeshi Fukuda at 1B. Ron Shelton walks. Carlos Griffey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ron Shelton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harry Coles grounds out to the third baseman. Carlos Griffey advances to second on the play. Rafael Ferrales 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. Al McHale singles to center field. Carlos Griffey scores. Paul Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Sergio Thornton flies out to the right fielder. Boze Berger grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Vosmik grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Woody Rich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Sanders flies out to the right fielder. Junior Caminaro flies out to the center fielder. Pete Quinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jack Hulihan improves in power_vs_righty Hank Latium did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Hulihan improves in contact_vs_lefty George Cerv improves 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: Bill Kunkel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Kunkel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Gillespie did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Baker did not respond to coaching in arm Matt Sheridan did not respond to coaching in 2B