Inning: 1 Chicago Limb Murphy pitching. Dennis Ratliff strikes out. Gary Fingers grounds out to the third baseman. Kurt Bolton lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Baltimore Jim Watson pitching. Bill Tyree grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Herrera strikes out. Mike Folkers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Mark Merriman singles to center field. Bill Sundberg reached on a 2-base fielding error by Whitey Ross. Shat Sheets triples. Mark Merriman scores. Bill Sundberg scores. Paul McWilliams strikes out. Tommy Hayes singles to left field. Shat Sheets scores. Jim Watson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Watson singles to right field. Tommy Hayes advances to third on the hit. Dennis Ratliff flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tommy Hayes scores. Gary Fingers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Whitey Ross singles to right field. Preston Steengrafe strikes out. Brad Hughes grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Kurt Bolton grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Merriman grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Sundberg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Reggie Davis flies out to the center fielder. Dick Grieve grounds out to the third baseman. Limb Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Shat Sheets walks. Paul McWilliams walks. Tommy Hayes pops out to the second baseman. Jim Watson pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Dennis Ratliff walks. Gary Fingers walks. Shat Sheets scores. Kurt Bolton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Baltimore Bill Tyree grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Herrera triples. Mike Folkers strikes out. Whitey Ross strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Mark Merriman flies out to the left fielder. Bill Sundberg grounds out to the third baseman. Shat Sheets hits an infield single to the pitcher. Paul McWilliams lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Preston Steengrafe strikes out. Brad Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Reggie Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Tommy Hayes strikes out. Jim Watson strikes out. Dennis Ratliff singles to right field. Gary Fingers doubles past the center fielder. Dennis Ratliff uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kurt Bolton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Dick Grieve strikes out. Limb Murphy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Bill Tyree lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Mark Merriman singles to right field. Bill Sundberg grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Shat Sheets strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Gene Herrera flies out to the left fielder. Mike Folkers singles to right field. Whitey Ross flies out to the center fielder. Preston Steengrafe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Paul McWilliams strikes out. Tommy Hayes grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jim Watson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Brad Hughes singles to center field. Stan Moyer is pinch hitting for Reggie Davis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Stan Moyer flies out to the right fielder. Dick Grieve strikes out. Chris Law is pinch hitting for Tom Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Chris Law walks. Bill Tyree hits a home run. Brad Hughes scores. Chris Law scores. Gene Herrera doubles to right field. Ray Chaplin 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. Mike Folkers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Yusniel Sanchez pitching. Dennis Ratliff flies out to the right fielder. Gary Fingers doubles to right field. Kurt Bolton walks. Mark Merriman singles to right field. Gary Fingers scores. Kurt Bolton advances to third on the hit. Bill Sundberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kurt Bolton scores. Mark Merriman advances to second on the play. Bob Chappell is pinch hitting for Shat Sheets . Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Chappell hits a home run. Mark Merriman scores. Earl Nossek comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul McWilliams singles to center field. Mike Castillo is pinch hitting for Tommy Hayes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Castillo singles to right field. Paul McWilliams advances to third on the hit. Grady Ross is pinch hitting for Ray Chaplin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Grady Ross lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Baltimore Jeff Fisher pitching. Whitey Ross singles to center field. Boots Willis is pinch hitting for Preston Steengrafe. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Boots Willis walks. Brad Hughes singles to right field. Whitey Ross scores. Stan Moyer walks. Dick Grieve grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Boots Willis scores. Brad Hughes advances to third on the play. B.J. Verban comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Bickham is pinch hitting for Earl Nossek. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dick Bickham grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 8 Baltimore total runners LOB: 4
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: George Knepper improves in range Phil Ferens did not respond to coaching in velocity George Knepper improves in speed Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Shawn Morris did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Alan Pena did not respond to coaching in 2B
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gail Haywood improves in velocity Scott Gutierrez improves in speed Jim Ostrowski did not respond to coaching in arm Jimmy Walsh improves in arm Jim Ostrowski did not respond to coaching in arm Cliff Bartholomew did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty