Win: Braulio Kelley (6-2) Loss: Bill Witherbee (8-9)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bert Vangilder pitching. Larry Hoover grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Cox strikes out. Jose Wynn singles to center field. Pancho Woodruff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Kevin Knothe pitching. Charlie Miller hits a home run. Kazuomi Endo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Gardner flies out to the right fielder. Dave Cram hits a home run. Leo Earley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ray Griffin walks. Mike Piniella strikes out. Deacon Zacher strikes out. Ray Griffin steals second. Jack Branyan singles past the second baseman. Ray Griffin scores. Kevin Knothe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Tommy Healy strikes out. Ray Wheeler flies out to the center fielder. Pete Zuvella flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Larry Hoover grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Cox grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Wynn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Bert Vangilder pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Miller flies out to the left fielder. Kazuomi Endo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pancho Woodruff grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Griffin doubles to left field. Mike Piniella strikes out. Deacon Zacher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Chris Gardner strikes out. Dave Cram flies out to the center fielder. Leo Earley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jack Branyan strikes out. Kevin Knothe grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Hoover hits a home run. Charlie Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Tommy Healy doubles to right field. Ray Wheeler lines out to the second baseman. Pete Zuvella flies out to the right fielder. Bert Vangilder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jose Wynn reached on a fielding error by Pete Zuvella. Pancho Woodruff strikes out. Ray Griffin singles to left field. Mike Piniella flies out to the center fielder. Deacon Zacher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Charlie Miller flies out to the center fielder. Kazuomi Endo flies out to the right fielder. Chris Gardner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jack Branyan flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Knothe strikes out. Larry Hoover walks. Erv Owens is pinch running for Larry Hoover on 1st base. Charlie Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Leonys Lara enters the game as a defensive replacement for Erv Owens at SS. Dave Cram flies out to the center fielder. Leo Earley flies out to the left fielder. Tommy Healy singles to left field. Ray Wheeler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jose Wynn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pancho Woodruff grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Griffin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Pete Zuvella strikes out. Enrique Leyva is pinch hitting for Bert Vangilder. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Enrique Leyva grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Miller pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Braulio Kelley pitching. Mike Piniella singles to right field. Deacon Zacher grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jack Branyan singles to right field. Kevin Knothe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Kazuomi Endo singles past the first baseman. Chris Gardner grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dave Cram walks. Leo Earley singles past the first baseman. Dave Cram advances to third on the hit. Jeff Niekro 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. Tommy Healy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Kansas City Leonys Lara doubles to left field. Charlie Cox grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Leonys Lara advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Jose Wynn flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Leonys Lara scores. Pancho Woodruff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Chicago Bob Fischer is pinch hitting for Ray Wheeler. Bob Fischer hits a home run. Pete Zuvella walks. Pete Zuvella is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Braulio Kelley grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Witherbee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Miller hits an infield single to the pitcher. Kazuomi Endo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Kansas City Mike Birkbeck enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Fischer at C. Ray Griffin pops out to the shortstop. Mike Piniella grounds out to the shortstop. Deacon Zacher pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Chicago Chris Gardner hits a home run. Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Chicago total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Tommy Healy (16).HR - Charlie Miller (18), Chris Gardner (30), Dave Cram (22), Bob Fischer (12).GIDP - Chris Gardner. Baserunning: CS - Pete Zuvella (7). Fielding: E - Pete Zuvella.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Newt Howard improves in velocity Evelio Morrison did not respond to coaching in control Ed Steiner did not respond to coaching in arm Sherman Wilkins improves in power_vs_righty Howard Touchstone did not respond to coaching in 2B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Fritz Hoover improves in arm Tommy Sanders improves in power_vs_lefty Ty Martinez improves in range Curtis Knothe did not respond to coaching in speed