Inning: 1 Kansas City Elmer Hughes pitching. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the left fielder. Rod Smith singles in front of the center fielder. Johnny Fluhrer singles to right field. Rod Smith advances to third on the hit. Nigel Joseph walks. Keita Arakane pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Chicago Chris Bowman pitching. Johnny Messenger strikes out. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rodney Pittinger singles to right field. Bill Ponce flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chris Lundbom strikes out. Chauncey Klinger pops out to the catcher. Chris Bowman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Howard Currie grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Norwood strikes out. Tony Baumgartner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ford pops out to the shortstop. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Masaki Yamanaka steals second. Rod Smith walks. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Tom Brown flies out to the right fielder. Elmer Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Messenger singles to left field. Steve Cvengros flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Keita Arakane pops out to the third baseman. Chris Lundbom flies out to the center fielder. Chauncey Klinger pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Bill Ponce pops out to the third baseman. Howard Currie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chris Bowman lines out to the second baseman. Frank Ford singles to right field. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Earl Norwood grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Baumgartner flies out to the center fielder. Tom Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Nigel Joseph walks. Nigel Joseph is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Keita Arakane grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Elmer Hughes strikes out. Johnny Messenger flies out to the center fielder. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Chris Lundbom strikes out. Chauncey Klinger flies out to the center fielder. Chris Bowman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Rodney Pittinger reached on a fielding error by Nigel Joseph. Bill Ponce flies out to the center fielder. Rodney Pittinger steals second. Howard Currie pops out to the second baseman. Earl Norwood lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frank Ford flies out to the left fielder. Masaki Yamanaka singles to right field. Rod Smith walks. Bill Hunter 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. Nigel Joseph reached on a fielding error by Howard Currie. Keita Arakane grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Chicago Tony Baumgartner walks. Ed Metz 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. Tom Brown flies out to the right fielder. Chick Scarborough is pinch hitting for Bill Hunter. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Chick Scarborough singles to left field. Tony Baumgartner advances to third on the hit. Johnny Messenger walks. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Baumgartner scores. Chick Scarborough advances to third on the play. Johnny Messenger advances to second on the play. Rodney Pittinger walks. Bill Ponce doubles to center field. Chick Scarborough scores. Johnny Messenger scores. Rodney Pittinger uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Hernandez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Howard Currie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Possum Block pitching. 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. Craig Reitz enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tony Baumgartner at RF. Chris Lundbom hits a home run. Chauncey Klinger grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington is pinch hitting for Bill Hernandez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Terry Brewington singles to right field. Frank Ford strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Rod Smith hits a home run. Terry Brewington scores. Masaki Yamanaka scores. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Brook Veres pitching. George Watson hits a home run. Kansas City total runners left on base: 9 Chicago total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Masaki Yamanaka is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Don Davis did not respond to coaching in speed Clise Baldschun did not respond to coaching in control Geronimo Cole improves in control Ryan Maxwell did not respond to coaching in control Geronimo Cole improves in velocity Jim Littlejohn did not respond to coaching in speed
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Veltman improves in control Joe Veltman did not respond to coaching in velocity Tony Grabowski improves in control Juice Moore improves in velocity Leo Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Blankenship improves in velocity