Win: Brent Witt (11-4) Loss: Bret Lauterborn (1-11)
Save: George Vann (5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Brent Witt pitching. Fred Myers strikes out. John Wyrostek triples. Nixey Caballero doubles to center field. John Wyrostek scores. Don Renteria strikes out. George Brown lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Bret Lauterborn pitching. Zenpei Yamaguchi reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dick Poloni. Jim Elliott strikes out. Harry Arndt strikes out. Bob Hahn walks. Rafael Hollins walks. Darrell Engel strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Nino Ackley flies out to the center fielder. Ed Peasley flies out to the left fielder. Dick Poloni singles to right field. Bret Lauterborn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Hal McMillan triples. The defense is playing the corners in. Dick Wood singles to center field. Hal McMillan scores. Brent Witt fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Brent Witt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Zenpei Yamaguchi reached on a fielding error by George Brown. Jim Elliott singles to center field. Harry Arndt grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Elliott is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Fred Myers flies out to the left fielder. John Wyrostek strikes out. Nixey Caballero flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Bob Hahn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rafael Hollins strikes out. Darrell Engel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Don Renteria strikes out. George Brown flies out to the right fielder. Nino Ackley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Hal McMillan flies out to the center fielder. Dick Wood grounds out to the second baseman. Brent Witt grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Peasley grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Poloni pops out to the shortstop. Bret Lauterborn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Zenpei Yamaguchi flies out to the center fielder. Jim Elliott singles past the second baseman. Harry Arndt walks. Bill Appleton 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. Bob Hahn doubles to center field. Jim Elliott scores. Harry Arndt is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Rafael Hollins hits a home run. Bob Hahn scores. Yats Aponte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Darrell Engel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Fred Myers flies out to the right fielder. John Wyrostek singles to center field. Nixey Caballero flies out to the left fielder. Don Renteria singles to right field. John Wyrostek advances to third on the hit. George Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Hal McMillan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Wood strikes out. Brent Witt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Nino Ackley grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Peasley strikes out. Dick Poloni grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Zenpei Yamaguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Harry Arndt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dave Hearn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Elliott at SS. Maurice Karow is pinch hitting for Yats Aponte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Maurice Karow flies out to the right fielder. Fred Myers walks. John Wyrostek grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fred Myers is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Nixey Caballero strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York George Platt pitching. Bob Hahn flies out to the left fielder. Rafael Hollins walks. Darrell Engel flies out to the right fielder. Hal McMillan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Vann comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Don Renteria triples. George Brown pops out to the first baseman. Nino Ackley hits an infield single to the third baseman. Don Renteria scores. Ed Peasley walks. Dick Poloni strikes out. Charlie Cary is pinch hitting for George Platt. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Cary strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Swingle did not respond to coaching in endurance Bobby Breazeale did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Nischwitz improves in control Russ Bunch did not respond to coaching in control
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Zack Aldrete improves in power_vs_lefty Mark McCraw improves in range Goro Hashimoto improves in power_vs_righty Zack Aldrete did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Zack Aldrete did not respond to coaching in 1B