Win: Ricardo Hunter (3-5) Loss: Pop Torres (2-8)
Save: Jerry Smith (3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ricardo Hunter pitching. Calvin Craig flies out to the right fielder. Masaki Yamanaka pops out to the second baseman. Gordie Bowman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Pop Torres pitching. Johnny Messenger singles to left field. Steve Cvengros flies out to the right fielder. Rodney Pittinger walks. Bill Ponce hits a home run. Johnny Messenger scores. Rodney Pittinger scores. Howard Currie grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Norwood grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Keita Arakane grounds out to the shortstop. Chick Scarborough grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Adkins lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Joe Parker walks. Tom Brown singles to right field. Joe Parker advances to third on the hit. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Joe Parker scores. Jocko Simmons comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ricardo Hunter lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Messenger flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Brown scores. Steve Cvengros flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Nigel Joseph flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Schick singles to right field. Jocko Simmons lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Calvin Craig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Rodney Pittinger grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Ponce grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Currie walks. Earl Norwood flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Gordie Bowman singles to right field. Gordie Bowman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Keita Arakane grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Joe Parker grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Brown pops out to the second baseman. Ricardo Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chick Scarborough grounds out to the third baseman. John Adkins grounds out to the shortstop. Nigel Joseph singles to left field. Jeff Schick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Johnny Messenger grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Rodney Pittinger grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jocko Simmons flies out to the center fielder. Calvin Craig doubles to left field. Masaki Yamanaka reached on a fielding error by Howard Currie. Gordie Bowman strikes out. Keita Arakane singles to right field. Calvin Craig 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. Chick Scarborough strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Ponce strikes out. Howard Currie doubles to left field. Earl Norwood strikes out. Joe Parker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Adkins grounds out to the shortstop. Nigel Joseph pops out to the second baseman. Jeff Schick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Tom Brown walks. Jerry Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jerry Smith strikes out. Johnny Messenger hits a home run. Tom Brown scores. Clise Baldschun comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the pitcher. Rodney Pittinger walks. Rodney Pittinger steals second. Bill Ponce singles to right field. Rodney Pittinger scores. Howard Currie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Watson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Earl Norwood at SS. Rich Henderson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Parker at RF. Jose Reese is pinch hitting for Clise Baldschun. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Reese grounds out to the shortstop. Calvin Craig flies out to the center fielder. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Chris Bowman pitching. George Watson walks. Rich Henderson strikes out. Tom Brown lines out to the shortstop. Jerry Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Gordie Bowman flies out to the right fielder. Keita Arakane grounds out to the third baseman. Chick Scarborough strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Chicago total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Howard Currie (8).HR - Johnny Messenger (5), Bill Ponce (12).SF - Johnny Messenger. Baserunning: SB - Rodney Pittinger (9). Fielding: E - Howard Currie.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kenny Oravetz did not respond to coaching in arm Geronimo Cole did not respond to coaching in control George Hughes did not respond to coaching in arm Cecil Neagle improves in arm Walt Donnels did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rusty Hemingway improves in range
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Juice Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Barney Bailey improves in power_vs_lefty Billy Wise improves in range Marty Hobbs did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Lopez improves in contact_vs_righty Marcus Hageman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty