Inning: 1 Kansas City Mahlon Lombardi pitching. Frank Ford singles past the second baseman. Rod Smith strikes out. Tanka Jahari singles to left field. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the left fielder. Chris Lundbom singles to center field. Frank Ford scores. Tanka Jahari advances to third on the hit. Rude Justin Rudi singles to center field. Tanka Jahari scores. Chris Lundbom advances to third on the hit. Dee Grace strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Chicago Atley Taylor pitching. Johnny Messenger singles to center field. Rodney Pittinger pops out to the catcher. Steve Cvengros pops out to the second baseman. Paul Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnny Morman singles to center field. Atley Taylor lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Ford strikes out. Rod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Bill Ponce grounds out to the shortstop. George Watson singles to center field. Craig Reitz singles to center field. Bill Hidalgo pops out to the second baseman. Mahlon Lombardi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tanka Jahari grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Fluhrer singles to right field. Chris Lundbom hits a home run. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Rude Justin Rudi strikes out. Dee Grace strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Johnny Messenger pops out to the third baseman. Rodney Pittinger walks. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Paul Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Morman flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Atley Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Bill Ponce hits a home run. George Watson grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Reitz singles to left field. Bill Hidalgo pops out to the catcher. Mahlon Lombardi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rod Smith strikes out. Tanka Jahari flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Fluhrer singles to center field. Johnny Fluhrer is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Johnny Messenger hits a home run. Rodney Pittinger flies out to the left fielder. Steve Cvengros pops out to the second baseman. Paul Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chris Lundbom singles to center field. Rude Justin Rudi strikes out. Dee Grace singles to center field. Chris Lundbom is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Johnny Morman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Ponce grounds out to the shortstop. George Watson strikes out. Craig Reitz singles past the second baseman. Bill Hidalgo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Atley Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Ford grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Mahlon Lombardi grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Messenger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rodney Pittinger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tanka Jahari grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer hits a home run. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Rude Justin Rudi singles to left field. Dee Grace singles to right field. Possum Block 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. Johnny Morman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Steve Cvengros walks. Paul Smith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Steve Cvengros is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Ponce flies out to the left fielder. George Watson doubles past the first baseman. Paul Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cupid Ross 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. Craig Reitz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka is pinch hitting for Cupid Ross. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Frank Ford grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Kazuhiro Inagaki pitching. Harry Lukachyk is pinch hitting for Bill Hidalgo. Harry Lukachyk flies out to the left fielder. Rick Jefferson is pinch hitting for Possum Block. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rick Jefferson strikes out. Johnny Messenger walks. Rodney Pittinger singles to center field. Johnny Messenger advances to third on the hit. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Chicago total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Clise Baldschun improves in endurance Gordie Bowman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ray Silva did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Schick improves in arm Jeff Schick did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ryan Maxwell did not respond to coaching in velocity
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Tony Baumgartner improves in speed Marcus Hageman improves in arm Tom Crabtree improves in velocity Tom Crabtree improves in control Billy Wise improves in contact_vs_righty Milt Page improves in speed