Win: Cupid Ross (6-8) Loss: Paul Rayford (13-8)
Save: Kazuhiro Inagaki (45)
Inning: 1 Chicago Pop Torres pitching. Howard Currie singles to left field. Earl Norwood walks. Steve Cvengros singles to right field. Howard Currie scores. Earl Norwood advances to third on the hit. Bill Ponce strikes out. Rodney Pittinger grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Norwood scores. Steve Cvengros advances to second on the play. Paul Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Art Cunningham pitching. Frank Ford flies out to the right fielder. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Chris Lundbom flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Craig Reitz strikes out. Johnny Messenger pops out to the shortstop. Art Cunningham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tanka Jahari flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Howard Currie strikes out. Earl Norwood flies out to the right fielder. Steve Cvengros hits a home run. Bill Ponce singles past the shortstop. Rodney Pittinger doubles to left field. Bill Ponce scores. Jose Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rod Smith flies out to the center fielder. Terry Brewington strikes out. Jose Miller singles to right field. Frank Ford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Craig Reitz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Johnny Messenger grounds out to the third baseman. Art Cunningham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bombo Mertz grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the second baseman. Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Howard Currie flies out to the center fielder. Earl Norwood flies out to the center fielder. Steve Cvengros pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer hits an infield single to the second baseman. Rod Smith singles past the shortstop. Terry Brewington doubles to right field. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Rod Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jose Miller strikes out. Frank Ford grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Ponce singles to center field. Bill Ponce is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rodney Pittinger grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bombo Mertz lines out to the shortstop. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the pitcher. Tanka Jahari walks. Masaki Yamanaka doubles to left field. Paul Rayford 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 grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Craig Reitz strikes out. Johnny Messenger grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Rayford singles to left field. Howard Currie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rod Smith singles to left field. Terry Brewington strikes out. Cesar Brumley is pinch hitting for Jose Miller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cesar Brumley singles to left field. Rod Smith advances to third on the hit. Frank Ford reached on a 2-base throwing error by Steve Cvengros. Rod Smith scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Bombo Mertz flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Cesar Brumley scores. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Cupid Ross pitching. Earl Norwood strikes out. Steve Cvengros singles to center field. Bill Ponce strikes out. Rodney Pittinger grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Steve Cvengros is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tanka Jahari doubles to center field. Masaki Yamanaka hits an infield single to the pitcher. The defense is playing the infield in. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Rod Smith doubles to center field. Tanka Jahari scores. Masaki Yamanaka uses his aggressiveness and scores. Terry Brewington grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Smith advances to third on the play. Gene Wehmeier is pinch hitting for Cupid Ross. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gene Wehmeier strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Kazuhiro Inagaki pitching. Harry Lukachyk is pinch hitting for Paul Smith. Harry Lukachyk singles to right field. Craig Reitz strikes out. Johnny Messenger singles to center field. Harry Lukachyk advances to third on the hit. George Watson is pinch hitting for Paul Rayford. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Watson pops out to the first baseman. Howard Currie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Chicago total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Milt Page did not respond to coaching in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Juan Alou improves in contact_vs_lefty Rich Henderson improves in power_vs_lefty Juice Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Juan Alou did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Marcus Hageman improves in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hiromi Nagai did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Busby did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fritz Shinnick did not respond to coaching in velocity Geronimo Cole did not respond to coaching in velocity Fritz Shinnick did not respond to coaching in control Roy Dealy did not respond to coaching in control