Win: Jerry Smith (5-2) Loss: Kevin Elliott (6-3)
Save: Bill Hunter (2)
Inning: 1 Chicago Lynn Keener pitching. Howard Currie walks. Earl Norwood strikes out. Steve Cvengros grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Freddie Northey pitching. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Lundbom flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Bill Ponce strikes out. Rodney Pittinger doubles to center field. Paul Smith strikes out. Johnny Messenger singles to center field. Jose Carlyle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dee Grace flies out to the center fielder. Gene Wehmeier grounds out to the second baseman. Keita Arakane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Freddie Northey walks. Howard Currie singles to right field. Freddie Northey advances to third on the hit. Howard Currie steals second. Earl Norwood grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Cvengros flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Freddie Northey is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the second baseman. Hiromi Nagai singles to left field. Lynn Keener lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bombo Mertz lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Bill Ponce strikes out. Rodney Pittinger flies out to the left fielder. Paul Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Lundbom doubles to center field. Dee Grace walks. Gene Wehmeier grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Chris Lundbom is out at third base. Keita Arakane grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Johnny Messenger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Carlyle flies out to the left fielder. Freddie Northey singles to left field. Howard Currie pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer singles to right field. Johnny Fluhrer steals second. Hiromi Nagai flies out to the right fielder. Lynn Keener grounds out to the third baseman. Bombo Mertz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Earl Norwood strikes out. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Ponce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Chris Lundbom hits a home run. Dee Grace grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Wehmeier singles to left field. Keita Arakane doubles 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 Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Paul Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Messenger singles past the shortstop. 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. Jose Carlyle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Hiromi Nagai flies out to the right fielder. Frank Ford is pinch hitting for Cupid Ross. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Ford strikes out. Bombo Mertz doubles to left field. Rod Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Watty Downs pitching. Possum Block grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Currie strikes out. Earl Norwood flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chris Lundbom grounds out to the shortstop. Dee Grace strikes out. Gene Wehmeier grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Kazuhiro Inagaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Steve Cvengros pops out to the third baseman. Bill Ponce walks. Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Harry Lukachyk is pinch hitting for Paul Smith. Harry Lukachyk hits a home run. Bill Ponce scores. Jose Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Messenger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Brown enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harry Lukachyk at CF. John Lattimore enters the game as a defensive replacement for Howard Currie at 3B. George Watson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Earl Norwood at SS. Jerry Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Keita Arakane doubles to right field. Johnny Fluhrer singles past the second baseman. Keita Arakane scores. Johnny Fluhrer steals second. Hiromi Nagai flies out to the center fielder. Masaki Yamanaka is pinch hitting for Jose Miller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the center fielder. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Chicago Kevin Elliott pitching. Rick Jefferson is pinch hitting for Jose Carlyle. Rick Jefferson singles to right field. Jerry Gibson is pinch hitting for Jerry Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Rick Jefferson steals second. Jerry Gibson strikes out. John Lattimore hits a home run. Rick Jefferson scores. George Watson flies out to the right fielder. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Bill Hunter pitching. Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Chris Lundbom grounds out to the shortstop. Dee Grace strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Chicago total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Rodney Pittinger (6).HR - John Lattimore (18), Harry Lukachyk (5).GIDP - Steve Cvengros. Baserunning: SB - Howard Currie (1), Rick Jefferson (3).
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Parker improves in range Tony Baumgartner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Leo Smith improves in velocity Rich Henderson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Felix Diaz did not respond to coaching in endurance Felix Diaz did not respond to coaching in control Marcus Hageman did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fritz Shinnick did not respond to coaching in control 'Rude' Justin Rudi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Geronimo Cole did not respond to coaching in control Bob Closter did not respond to coaching in control Gordie Bowman did not respond to coaching in range Arnie Magadan did not respond to coaching in velocity