Win: Freddie Northey (8-8) Loss: Jose Miller (3-6)
Save: Bill Hunter (26)
Inning: 1 Chicago Jose Miller pitching. Johnny Messenger strikes out. Steve Cvengros walks. Rodney Pittinger flies out to the right fielder. Bill Ponce strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Freddie Northey pitching. Frank Ford strikes out. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Howard Currie flies out to the center fielder. Earl Norwood grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Baumgartner walks. Tom Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gene Wehmeier flies out to the center fielder. Chauncey Klinger grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Freddie Northey pops out to the third baseman. Johnny Messenger singles to left field. Steve Cvengros walks. Rodney Pittinger grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Johnny Messenger is out at third base. Bill Ponce singles past the shortstop. Steve Cvengros scores. Rodney Pittinger advances to third on the hit. Bill Ponce steals second. Howard Currie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Chris Lundbom grounds out to the pitcher. Terry Brewington grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Earl Norwood hits a home run. Tony Baumgartner grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Freddie Northey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Ford singles to center field. Nigel Joseph pops out to the shortstop. Johnny Fluhrer singles to right field. Gene Wehmeier flies out to the right fielder. Chauncey Klinger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Johnny Messenger hits a home run. Ed Metz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rodney Pittinger walks. Bill Ponce singles to center field. Rodney Pittinger advances to third on the hit. Howard Currie strikes out. Earl Norwood singles to left field. Rodney Pittinger scores. Bill Ponce advances to third on the hit. Tony Baumgartner grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rod Smith singles to left field. Chris Lundbom doubles to left field. Rod Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Terry Brewington walks. Ed Metz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Ford grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Lundbom scores. Terry Brewington advances to third on the play. Nigel Joseph pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Tom Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Freddie Northey strikes out. Johnny Messenger singles to left field. Steve Cvengros hits a home run. Johnny Messenger scores. Bill Hernandez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rodney Pittinger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer doubles to center field. Gene Wehmeier doubles past the center fielder. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Jerry Smith 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. Chauncey Klinger strikes out. Rod Smith doubles to center field. Gene Wehmeier scores. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Terry Brewington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Bill Ponce grounds out to the third baseman. Howard Currie strikes out. Earl Norwood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gordie Bowman is pinch hitting for Bill Hernandez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gordie Bowman singles to center field. Frank Ford strikes out. Gordie Bowman steals second. Nigel Joseph strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Fritz Shinnick pitching. Tony Baumgartner is hit by a pitch. Tom Brown pops out to the third baseman. Jerry Smith pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Johnny Messenger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City 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. Gene Wehmeier grounds out to the pitcher. Chauncey Klinger singles to right field. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Chris Lundbom singles to right field. Bill Hunter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Terry Brewington strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Steve Cvengros flies out to the left fielder. Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Bill Ponce grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Dave Busby is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Busby grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Nigel Joseph walks. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Marcus Hageman improves in power_vs_righty Marcus Hageman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Billy Wise improves in power_vs_lefty Milt Page did not respond to coaching in speed Rich Henderson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Lopez improves in arm
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ray Silva did not respond to coaching in velocity Yukinobu Aoyama did not respond to coaching in control Ryan Maxwell did not respond to coaching in velocity Yukinobu Aoyama did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Lucas did not respond to coaching in control Jack Hassett did not respond to coaching in control