Inning: 1 Kansas City Phil Mastercat pitching. Walt Cristall lines out to the third baseman. Ben Baker strikes out. Pat Linton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Yukinari Kita pitching. Joe Millwood reached on a fielding error by Yukinari Kita. Bobby Dykstra strikes out. Beauty Connelly strikes out. Bill Allietta triples. Joe Millwood scores. Dave Poorman walks. Terry Akers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Pete Wasem singles to right field. Pete Wasem steals second. Walter Sprague strikes out. Joe Hardy singles to center field. Pete Wasem scores. Ken Franklin doubles to left field. Joe Hardy uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hank Kelley hits an infield single to the second baseman. Yukinari Kita grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Franklin scores. Hank Kelley advances to second on the play. Walt Cristall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Pat Solomon walks. Larry Lyons walks. The catcher fields the ball and Pat Solomon is thrown out at third. Larry Lyons advances to second on the play. Larry Lyons advances to second on the play. Joe Millwood pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Dykstra singles to right field. Larry Lyons scores. Beauty Connelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ben Baker singles to center field. Pat Linton pops out to the second baseman. Pete Wasem pops out to the catcher. Walter Sprague is hit by a pitch. Joe Hardy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Bill Allietta flies out to the center fielder. Dave Poorman strikes out. Terry Akers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ken Franklin flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Hank Kelley flies out to the left fielder. Yukinari Kita grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Pat Solomon singles to center field. Larry Lyons grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pat Solomon is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Phil Mastercat lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Larry Lyons forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Joe Millwood grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Phil Mastercat is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Walt Cristall pops out to the third baseman. Ben Baker flies out to the center fielder. Pat Linton singles in front of the left fielder. Pete Wasem doubles to center field. Pat Linton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Walter Sprague flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Bobby Dykstra doubles to center field. Beauty Connelly triples. Bobby Dykstra scores. Bill Allietta flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Beauty Connelly scores. Dave Poorman pops out to the third baseman. Terry Akers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe Hardy singles to left field. Joe Hardy steals second. Ken Franklin strikes out. Hank Kelley lines out to the shortstop. Yukinari Kita grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Pat Solomon singles to right field. Larry Lyons flies out to the right fielder. Wayne Breining is pinch hitting for Phil Mastercat. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Wayne Breining singles to center field. Joe Millwood walks. Bobby Dykstra grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jake Ellis pitching. Jeff Miller is pinch hitting for Walt Cristall. Jeff Miller strikes out. Ben Baker strikes out. Pat Linton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Beauty Connelly singles to left field. Bill Allietta strikes out. Dave Poorman pops out to the shortstop. Terry Akers singles to left field. Beauty Connelly advances to third on the hit. Pat Solomon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Pete Wasem flies out to the right fielder. Walter Sprague walks. Joe Hardy lines out to the first baseman. Ken Franklin hits a home run. Walter Sprague scores. Eddie Roberts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hank Kelley singles past the third baseman. Yukinari Kita grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hank Kelley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Larry Lyons grounds out to the second baseman. Shozo Tanaka is pinch hitting for Eddie Roberts. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shozo Tanaka strikes out. Joe Millwood grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Red Thomas pitching. Jeff Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Ben Baker singles to center field. Ben Baker steals second. Pat Linton singles to right field. Pete Wasem singles to left field. Ben Baker scores. Pat Linton advances to third on the hit. Walter Sprague singles to left field. Pat Linton scores. Greg Lanier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Hardy grounds out to the pitcher. Pete Wasem advances to third on the play. Walter Sprague advances to second on the play. Ken Franklin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Joe Hudson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Hardy at SS. Bobby Dykstra doubles to right field. Beauty Connelly flies out to the left fielder. Bill Allietta singles to center field. Bobby Dykstra scores. Hiroshi Yamada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Allietta is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dave Poorman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Chicago total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Pete Wasem (21), Ken Franklin (21).HR - Ken Franklin (13).HBP - Walter Sprague (1). Baserunning: SB - Ben Baker (16), Pete Wasem (16), Joe Hardy (9). Fielding: E - Yukinari Kita.
Batting:2B - Bobby Dykstra 2 (28).3B - Beauty Connelly (6), Bill Allietta (5).SF - Bill Allietta.GIDP - Bobby Dykstra. Baserunning: CS - Bill Allietta (7).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gale Monahan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Preston Washington did not respond to coaching in velocity Rollie Chouinard did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rollie Chouinard improves in range
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: John Bailey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Phil Suppan improves in range Leon Cromer did not respond to coaching in arm March Cimorelli improves in control Steve Ankiel improves in 2B