Win: Chris Bowman (12-10) Loss: Elmer Hughes (17-8)
Save: Cupid Ross (37)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Elmer Hughes pitching. Frank Ford strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka singles to left field. Rod Smith triples. Masaki Yamanaka scores. Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Rod Smith scores. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Chris Bowman pitching. Johnny Messenger hits a home run. Chick Scarborough flies out to the left fielder. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Bill Ponce reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rod Smith. Rich Henderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Nigel Joseph grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Keita Arakane singles to center field. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Chris Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Howard Currie pops out to the second baseman. George Watson flies out to the right fielder. Harry Lukachyk singles to center field. Elmer Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ford singles to left field. Frank Ford steals second. Masaki Yamanaka lines out to the shortstop. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Frank Ford steals third. Tanka Jahari pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Johnny Messenger singles to center field. Chick Scarborough grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Messenger is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Steve Cvengros walks. Bill Ponce singles to right field. Chick Scarborough scores. Rich Henderson walks. Passed ball. Steve Cvengros scores. Bill Ponce advances to third. Rich Henderson advances to second. Howard Currie pops out to the shortstop. George Watson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Nigel Joseph flies out to the left fielder. Keita Arakane is hit by a pitch. Chris Lundbom flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Harry Lukachyk strikes out. Elmer Hughes strikes out. Johnny Messenger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chris Bowman strikes out. Frank Ford flies out to the left fielder. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Chick Scarborough grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Cvengros reached on a fielding error by Chris Lundbom. Bill Ponce strikes out. Rich Henderson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steve Cvengros is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Rod Smith pops out to the third baseman. Tanka Jahari singles to left field. Johnny Fluhrer singles to center field. Tanka Jahari steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Nigel Joseph singles to center field. Tanka Jahari scores. Keita Arakane walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Felix Diaz 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. Chris Lundbom walks. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Chris Bowman strikes out. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Chicago Howard Currie grounds out to the pitcher. George Watson flies out to the left fielder. Harry Lukachyk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Smith flies out to the center fielder. Tanka Jahari pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Felix Diaz strikes out. Fritz Shinnick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Johnny Messenger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Chick Scarborough flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Nigel Joseph walks. Keita Arakane flies out to the center fielder. Chris Lundbom grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Nigel Joseph is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Steve Cvengros grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Ponce strikes out. Rich Henderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Terry Brewington is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Terry Brewington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Ford strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Cupid Ross pitching. Tom Brown is pinch hitting for Howard Currie. Tom Brown reached on a 2-base fielding error by Keita Arakane. Craig Reitz is pinch hitting for George Watson. Craig Reitz strikes out. John Lattimore is pinch hitting for Harry Lukachyk. John Lattimore grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Brown advances to third on the play. Rick Jefferson is pinch hitting for Felix Diaz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rick Jefferson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Chicago total runners LOB: 6
Batting:3B - Rod Smith (9).SF - Tanka Jahari.HBP - Keita Arakane (6). Baserunning: SB - Frank Ford 2 (37), Tanka Jahari (13). Fielding: E - Rod Smith, Keita Arakane, Chris Lundbom.PB - Tanka Jahari.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Lucas did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Lucas did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Davis improves in arm George Hughes did not respond to coaching in arm Ryan Maxwell did not respond to coaching in control Ramon Hertz did not respond to coaching in control
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Leo Smith improves in velocity Tom Crabtree did not respond to coaching in control Joe Veltman did not respond to coaching in velocity Leo Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Blankenship did not respond to coaching in velocity Juice Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity