Black(8-5) pitched a solid game. He surrendered only 6 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop from 3.57 to 3.34. Kansas City bats were hot in the 4th inning when they had 4 runs on 6 hits. Offensively, Kansas City was a juggernaut. They scored in 6 separate innings.
John Butcher(3-12) suffered the loss. He allowed Kansas City 8 runs in 3 and 1/3 innings of work.