Win: Bill Doak (6-10) Loss: Bret Hernandez (8-9)
Save: George Singer (29)
Inning: 1 Boston Bret Hernandez pitching. Heinie Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Austin Cortes strikes out. Julie Reisling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Doak pitching. Bob Doyle grounds out to the third baseman. Neal Stobbs flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Harry Bourjos strikes out. Willard Rodriguez strikes out. Jack Paquette grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Whitey Lydy singles past the shortstop. Eiji Tsuji strikes out. Rob Hensley pops out to the first baseman. Reed Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Jeff Perez walks. Bill Mosolf singles to center field. Bill Doak lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Heinie Miller walks. Austin Cortes flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jeff Perez scores. Julie Reisling grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Greasy Fuentes singles to center field. Bret Hernandez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bret Hernandez grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Bob Doyle singles past the shortstop. Bob Doyle steals second. Neal Stobbs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Harry Bourjos strikes out. Willard Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Jack Paquette hits a home run. Jeff Perez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charlie Murphy strikes out. Whitey Lydy flies out to the left fielder. Eiji Tsuji walks. Eiji Tsuji is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Bill Mosolf strikes out. Bill Doak singles to right field. Heinie Miller grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Doak is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Austin Cortes singles to center field. Heinie Miller advances to third on the hit. Julie Reisling hits a home run. Heinie Miller scores. Austin Cortes scores. Charlie Renteria comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Bourjos hits an infield single to the shortstop. Willard Rodriguez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Harry Bourjos is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rob Hensley singles to left field. Rob Hensley gets picked off first. Reed Davis hits a home run. Greasy Fuentes flies out to the right fielder. Ken Bell is pinch hitting for Charlie Renteria. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Ken Bell pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Dominic Medwick pitching. Jack Paquette grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Perez strikes out. Bill Mosolf singles to center field. Bill Doak grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Mosolf is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Doyle flies out to the left fielder. Neal Stobbs singles to left field. Charlie Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Neal Stobbs advances to second on the play. Whitey Lydy lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Heinie Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Austin Cortes flies out to the center fielder. Julie Reisling pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Eiji Tsuji flies out to the left fielder. Rob Hensley flies out to the right fielder. Reed Davis bunts for a base hit. Reed Davis steals second. Greasy Fuentes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Harry Bourjos grounds out to the shortstop. Willard Rodriguez hits a home run. Jack Paquette strikes out. Jeff Perez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mickey Myers is pinch hitting for Dominic Medwick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Mickey Myers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Doyle flies out to the right fielder. Neal Stobbs singles to left field. Neal Stobbs is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Rich Torres pitching. Bill Mosolf singles to right field. Bill Doak lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-3 double play. Heinie Miller singles to right field. Joe Durham is pinch hitting for Austin Cortes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Heinie Miller steals second. Joe Durham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Charlie Murphy singles to center field. Whitey Lydy singles to center field. Charlie Murphy advances to third on the hit. Eiji Tsuji grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Murphy scores. Whitey Lydy advances to second on the play. Doyt Green 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 1st. Rob Hensley walks. George Singer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Reed Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Whitey Lydy advances to third on the play. Rob Hensley advances to second on the play. Greasy Fuentes pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Harry Bourjos is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Darold Soriano did not respond to coaching in speed Otto McAndrew improves in contact_vs_lefty Bud Clymer did not respond to coaching in velocity Darold Soriano did not respond to coaching in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Kip Rodriguez improves in speed Lou Delahanty did not respond to coaching in control Dick Phillips did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Terry Weimer improves in LF