Inning: 1 Chicago Ray Silva pitching. Johnny Messenger singles to right field. Paul Smith singles to left field. Johnny Messenger advances to third on the hit. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Bill Ponce grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Messenger scores. Paul Smith advances to second on the play. Horse Barnhart pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City George Gessler pitching. Calvin Craig flies out to the center fielder. Gordie Bowman strikes out. Jose Reese triples. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Marcus Hageman grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Norwood strikes out. Chick Brinkman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Schick singles to right field. Pat Pashnick lines out to the second baseman. Chick Scarborough flies out to the left fielder. Yeniet Morales singles to right field. Ray Silva walks. Calvin Craig strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Chicago George Gessler flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Messenger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Gordie Bowman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jose Reese singles to center field. Jose Reese steals second. Masaki Yamanaka triples. Jose Reese scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Jeff Schick walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Pat Pashnick flies out to the left fielder. Chick Scarborough grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Chicago Steve Cvengros grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Ponce walks. Horse Barnhart strikes out. Marcus Hageman walks. Earl Norwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Yeniet Morales singles to center field. Ray Silva fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ray Silva strikes out. Calvin Craig grounds out to the pitcher. Yeniet Morales advances to second on the play. Elmer Hughes 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. Gordie Bowman lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Chick Brinkman grounds out to the third baseman. Elmer Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Messenger walks. Paul Smith singles to right field. Johnny Messenger advances to third on the hit. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jose Reese walks. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Schick grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Ponce flies out to the left fielder. Horse Barnhart strikes out. Marcus Hageman singles to center field. Earl Norwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pat Pashnick strikes out. Chick Scarborough grounds out to the pitcher. Yeniet Morales grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Chick Brinkman walks. Elmer Hughes fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Elmer Hughes grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chick Brinkman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Johnny Messenger hits a home run. Elmer Hughes scores. Paul Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Cvengros pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dave Huff is pinch hitting for Ray Silva. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dave Huff grounds out to the second baseman. Calvin Craig singles to right field. Gordie Bowman singles past the third baseman. Calvin Craig advances to third on the hit. Jose Reese strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka reached on a 2-base throwing error by Horse Barnhart. Calvin Craig scores. Jeff Schick singles to center field. Gordie Bowman scores. Masaki Yamanaka scores. Pat Pashnick singles to center field. Jeff Schick advances to third on the hit. Chick Scarborough walks. Yeniet Morales walks. Jeff Schick scores. Dave Huff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Chicago Yukinobu Aoyama pitching. Bill Ponce strikes out. Horse Barnhart walks. Marcus Hageman flies out to the right fielder. Earl Norwood is hit by a pitch. Chick Brinkman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Earl Norwood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Calvin Craig grounds out to the second baseman. Gordie Bowman walks. Gordie Bowman steals second. Jose Reese grounds out to the pitcher. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Tom Brown is pinch hitting for Elmer Hughes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Messenger pops out to the first baseman. Paul Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Chicago total runners left on base: 8 Kansas City total runners left on base: 11
Game Notes Jose Reese is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Wise did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Barney Bailey improves in contact_vs_righty David Davis improves in power_vs_lefty Juan Alou improves in power_vs_lefty Fred Blankenship did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Crabtree did not respond to coaching in velocity Barney Bailey did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gene Graham improves in contact_vs_lefty Scott Croucher did not respond to coaching in arm Yogi Latimer improves in control George Hughes improves in power_vs_righty Scott Croucher improves in contact_vs_righty Wes Masaoka did not respond to coaching in velocity