Win: Micheal Nakazato (1-0) Loss: Fred Blankenship (8-4)
Inning: 1 Chicago Micheal Nakazato pitching. Paul Pasqua flies out to the left fielder. Bob Steiner doubles to right field. Marcus Hageman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Steiner advances to third on the play. Earl Norwood grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Fred Blankenship pitching. Scott Croucher lines out to the first baseman. Paul Garagozzo flies out to the left fielder. Brant Waddell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Bob Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Bill Ponce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Schick doubles to center field. Nigel Joseph singles to left field. Jeff Schick scores. Bill Ingram flies out to the left fielder. Nigel Joseph steals second. Rodney Pittinger throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. George Hughes strikes out. Eddie Blair walks. Micheal Nakazato grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Steve Cvengros strikes out. Fred Blankenship grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Paul Pasqua grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Scott Croucher grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Garagozzo flies out to the left fielder. Brant Waddell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Bob Steiner strikes out. Marcus Hageman grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Earl Norwood pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jeff Schick singles to right field. Nigel Joseph flies out to the center fielder. Bill Ingram singles to center field. George Hughes singles to center field. Eddie Blair walks. Jeff Schick scores. Micheal Nakazato strikes out. Scott Croucher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Chicago Rodney Pittinger grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Ponce pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Paul Garagozzo strikes out. Brant Waddell grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Schick pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Steve Cvengros singles to left field. Fred Blankenship fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Fred Blankenship flies out to the center fielder. Paul Pasqua grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Cvengros advances to second on the play. Bob Steiner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Nigel Joseph singles to left field. Bill Ingram walks. George Hughes grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Ingram is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eddie Blair hits a home run. Nigel Joseph scores. George Hughes scores. Micheal Nakazato strikes out. Scott Croucher pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Marcus Hageman flies out to the center fielder. Earl Norwood walks. Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Bob Lopez grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Earl Norwood is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Paul Garagozzo walks. Paul Garagozzo steals second. Brant Waddell strikes out. Jeff Schick grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Garagozzo advances to third on the play. Nigel Joseph pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Bill Ponce strikes out. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Fred Blankenship flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Ingram singles to center field. George Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Blair flies out to the right fielder. Micheal Nakazato hits a home run. Bill Ingram scores. Scott Croucher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Rich Henderson is pinch hitting for Paul Pasqua. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rich Henderson flies out to the right fielder. Bob Steiner singles to center field. Ryan Maxwell 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. Marcus Hageman flies out to the left fielder. Billy Wise is pinch hitting for Earl Norwood. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Billy Wise flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Juice Moore improves in control Howie Cook did not respond to coaching in control Tom Crabtree did not respond to coaching in control David Davis improves in arm Tom Crabtree did not respond to coaching in control Howie Cook did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Cecil Neagle improves in power_vs_righty Yogi Latimer did not respond to coaching in velocity Yogi Latimer improves in velocity Alex Coluccio did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tiny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in control Mickey Charleston did not respond to coaching in velocity