Inning: 1 Kansas City Livan Perez pitching. Bob Tartabull walks. Freddy Perry flies out to the center fielder. Ed Lovelace strikes out. Lave Bowa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Trench Rodriguez pitching. Dave Woods singles to right field. Jake Veselic singles in front of the right fielder. Damaso Gharrity walks. Jimmie Ruffin flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dave Woods scores. Sal Ford hits a home run. Jake Veselic scores. Damaso Gharrity scores. Paul Colon grounds out to the pitcher. Glen Hubbell walks. Eric Hargis pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Clem Thornton singles to center field. Reggie Tartabull doubles to right field. Bob Boone flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Lindaman walks. Trench Rodriguez strikes out. Bob Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 New York Livan Perez singles to center field. Livan Perez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dave Woods walks. Jake Veselic grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dave Woods is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Damaso Gharrity singles to center field. Jake Veselic advances to third on the hit. Jimmie Ruffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Freddy Perry lines out to the second baseman. Ed Lovelace strikes out. Lave Bowa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Sal Ford reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lefty Lindaman. Paul Colon doubles to left field. Sal Ford scores. Glen Hubbell flies out to the left fielder. Eric Hargis singles to left field. Paul Colon scores. Carlos Howard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Livan Perez lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Clem Thornton strikes out. Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Boone pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Dave Woods walks. Jake Veselic strikes out. Damaso Gharrity pops out to the third baseman. Jimmie Ruffin grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dave Woods is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Carlos Howard strikes out. Bob Tartabull walks. Freddy Perry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Sal Ford is hit by a pitch. Paul Colon grounds out to the shortstop. Sal Ford advances to second on the play. Glen Hubbell grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Hargis walks. Jim Galvin is pinch hitting for Livan Perez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Galvin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ron Brown pitching. Ed Lovelace grounds out to the shortstop. Lave Bowa pops out to the shortstop. Clem Thornton lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Dave Woods flies out to the right fielder. Jake Veselic flies out to the left fielder. Damaso Gharrity pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull flies out to the center fielder. Bob Boone grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Jimmie Ruffin walks. Sal Ford singles to center field. Jimmie Ruffin advances to third on the hit. Paul Colon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jimmie Ruffin scores. Sam Culp comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Glen Hubbell walks. Eric Hargis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Glen Hubbell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Angel Gill is pinch hitting for Sam Culp. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Angel Gill strikes out. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Freddy Perry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Kazuhide Niinuma pitching. Don Epps is pinch hitting for Ron Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Don Epps singles to center field. Dave Woods walks. Jake Veselic grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Don Epps advances to third on the play. Damaso Gharrity strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jack Lally pitching. Ed Lovelace singles to center field. Lave Bowa grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Clem Thornton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 New York total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Paul Colon (29).HR - Sal Ford (23).SF - Jimmie Ruffin.GIDP - Jake Veselic, Paul Colon, Livan Perez.HBP - Sal Ford (4). Baserunning: CS - Livan Perez (2).
Game Notes Clem Thornton is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Juice Mott improves in power_vs_lefty Frank Dunn improves in speed Joe Ballard improves in contact_vs_lefty Frank Dunn improves in arm Juice Mott did not respond to coaching in 1B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Wolfe improves in speed Sergio Nicholson improves in speed Bill Hamric did not respond to coaching in control Rip Sanders did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rip Sanders did not respond to coaching in C