Inning: 1 Brooklyn Louis Bass pitching. Yutaka Yamashita walks. Yutaka Yamashita is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Yovanny Howard flies out to the right fielder. Jeison Leyva pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Rube Hock pitching. Grover Hicks strikes out. Rey Gardner strikes out. Bill Witek grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Bruce Lewis pops out to the shortstop. Glendon Abadie singles to left field. Ariel Ortiz walks. Glendon Abadie steals third. Ariel Ortiz is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Masao Makida singles past the second baseman. Glendon Abadie scores. Pete Grimes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Billy Bradley singles to center field. Hisashi Matsubayashi grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Bradley advances to second on the play. Duster Lee pops out to the shortstop. Trader Possehl strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Rube Hock grounds out to the shortstop. Yutaka Yamashita reached on a fielding error by Bill Duckworth. Yovanny Howard strikes out. Jeison Leyva walks. Bruce Lewis walks. Glendon Abadie grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Yutaka Yamashita is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Chicago Bill Duckworth singles to center field. Louis Bass lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Grover Hicks grounds out to the catcher. Rey Gardner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Ariel Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Masao Makida grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Grimes walks. Rube Hock singles to right field. Yutaka Yamashita flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Chicago Bill Witek flies out to the center fielder. Billy Bradley reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ariel Ortiz. Hisashi Matsubayashi walks. Duster Lee singles to left field. Billy Bradley scores. Hisashi Matsubayashi advances to third on the hit. Trader Possehl strikes out. Bill Duckworth flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Yovanny Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Jeison Leyva strikes out. Bruce Lewis singles to center field. Bruce Lewis steals second. Glendon Abadie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Louis Bass strikes out. Grover Hicks strikes out. Rey Gardner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Ariel Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Masao Makida grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Grimes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Witek strikes out. Billy Bradley walks. Hisashi Matsubayashi strikes out. Duster Lee singles to left field. Trader Possehl singles to center field. Billy Bradley scores. Duster Lee advances to third on the hit. Bill Duckworth singles to left field. Duster Lee scores. Trader Possehl advances to third on the hit. Louis Bass is hit by a pitch. Grover Hicks strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Rube Hock pops out to the shortstop. Yutaka Yamashita strikes out. Yovanny Howard pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Rey Gardner singles to right field. Bill Witek grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rey Gardner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Billy Bradley hits a home run. Bill Witek scores. Yordan Saez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hisashi Matsubayashi flies out to the center fielder. Duster Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Jeison Leyva strikes out. Bruce Lewis strikes out. Glendon Abadie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Trader Possehl flies out to the center fielder. Bill Duckworth flies out to the left fielder. Louis Bass strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Ariel Ortiz singles past the shortstop. Masao Makida grounds out to the third baseman. Ariel Ortiz advances to second on the play. Lefty Fazio 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. Pete Grimes strikes out. Stu Routcliffe is pinch hitting for Yordan Saez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Stu Routcliffe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 8 Chicago total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Yovanny Howard is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Gerry Harmon did not respond to coaching in endurance Hal Bartling did not respond to coaching in control Lefty Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Ruszkowski improves in range
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pat Liniak improves in range Willy Hawes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mark Wambsganss did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Willy Hawes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty