Win: Dixie Howard (1-0) Loss: Moxie Orsino (0-1)
Save: Mark Grilli (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Monk Lelivelt pitching. Rich Cooper singles to center field. Harry Bolling strikes out. Jeff Byers doubles to left field. Rich Cooper uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Kelly grounds out to the pitcher. Cotton Flythe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Mel Mack pitching. Irish Torphy flies out to the center fielder. Jim Wilborn singles to right field. Steve Mizeur strikes out. Tom Pfister grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jim Wilborn is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mike Schell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Verle Berran grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Carlos Fraser strikes out. Ed Knetzer grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Raymond walks. Pete Lauder pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mel Mack grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Cooper singles to left field. Harry Bolling singles to center field. Rich Cooper aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jeff Byers walks. Bob Kelly singles to center field. Rich Cooper scores. Harry Bolling scores. Cotton Flythe grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Monk Lelivelt flies out to the right fielder. Irish Torphy grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Wilborn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Schell flies out to the left fielder. Verle Berran flies out to the left fielder. Gary Smith lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Steve Mizeur singles to left field. Tom Pfister flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Fraser strikes out. Ed Knetzer singles to left field. Steve Mizeur advances to third on the hit. Ed Knetzer steals second. Ron Raymond hits a home run. Steve Mizeur scores. Ed Knetzer scores. Pete Lauder hits a home run. Monk Lelivelt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mel Mack strikes out. Rich Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Harry Bolling flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Irish Torphy grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Wilborn grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Mizeur singles to center field. Tom Pfister flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jeff Byers strikes out. Bob Kelly walks. Cotton Flythe grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Kelly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Schell pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Carlos Fraser flies out to the left fielder. Ed Knetzer singles to right field. Ed Knetzer steals second. Ron Raymond grounds out to the pitcher. Pete Lauder flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Verle Berran triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Gary Smith singles to left field. Verle Berran scores. Ellis Young is pinch hitting for Mel Mack. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ellis Young flies out to the left fielder. Dixie Howard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Rich Cooper flies out to the center fielder. Harry Bolling grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Moxie Orsino pitching. Harry Morales is pinch hitting for Dixie Howard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Morales strikes out. Boyd Ely is pinch hitting for Irish Torphy. Boyd Ely singles to left field. Jim Wilborn walks. Steve Mizeur reached on a 2-base throwing error by Verle Berran. Boyd Ely scores. Morris Hollins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Pfister grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Wilborn scores. Steve Mizeur advances to third on the play. Carlos Fraser flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dick Wilson pitching. Pat Dahlke enters the game as a defensive replacement for Boyd Ely at RF. Dave Campusano enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Pfister at 2B. Jeff Byers triples. Bob Kelly flies out to the center fielder. Cotton Flythe flies out to the left fielder. Mike Schell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Ed Knetzer singles to center field. Ron Raymond singles to center field. Ed Knetzer advances to third on the hit. Mike Lutz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Lauder singles past the shortstop. Ed Knetzer scores. Ron Raymond advances to third on the hit. Stan Martin is pinch hitting for Dick Wilson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Stan Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Lauder advances to second on the play. Pat Dahlke flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ron Raymond scores. Jim Wilborn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Heinie Decker pitching. Verle Berran singles to right field. Gary Smith doubles to right field. Verle Berran uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Grilli comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Reed is pinch hitting for Mike Lutz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Reed grounds out to the shortstop. Rich Cooper flies out to the center fielder. Harry Bolling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Chicago total runners left on base: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Chamberlain improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Johnson did not respond to coaching in range Jack Francis improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Davis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Roy Leber improves in contact_vs_righty Red Moore improves in control Bob Johnson did not respond to coaching in C
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jerry Joyce did not respond to coaching in velocity Art Dukes did not respond to coaching in velocity Harlan Clingman improves in arm Carlos Barragan improves in speed George Dean did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Robinson improves in contact_vs_lefty George Dean did not respond to coaching in 1B