WHIRLED BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY MONARCHS AT INDIANAPOLIS ABCS
10/01/2001
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WHIRLED BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY MONARCHS AT INDIANAPOLIS ABCS
GAME ID: 5627 - MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST , 2001 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Monarchs (79-84) 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 7 0
Indianapolis ABCs (80-83) 0 2 1 0 8 0 2 2 X 15 14 0
Sabo Hits 2 home runs in ABCs Win
Chris Sabo made an impact in the 15-8 Indianapolis win over Kansas City. Sabo slugged 2 home runs. He scored 3 runs and drove in 5. Indianapolis sits in second place in the National League Marvin Miller Division at 80-83.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, the ABCs grabbed the lead when Johnny Bench rapped a two-out single. Indianapolis was trailing 7-6, when Bench hit a 2-run single off Frank Castillo to put his team in front, 8-7.

Indianapolis manager Daniel Makonnen was pleased with the team's effort. "Our guys went out there and put good wood on the ball," he said.
KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE INDIANAPOLIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
W. McGee CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .246 6 47
   a-M. Rettenmund PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 4
B. Powell 1B 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 .254 29 79
S. Musial RF 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 .300 13 64
A. Pujols 3B 4 2 2 5 0 0 1 .316 44 122
T. Simmons C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 21 82
D. Medwick LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .261 15 62
D. Murphy DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .193 29 53
S. Mongin 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .207 0 1
O. Smith SS 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 .235 4 40
Totals 33 8 7 7 4 10 9      
a - M. Rettenmund pinch hit for W. McGee in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: O. Smith (36, 3rd Inning off G. White, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: A. Pujols 2 (44, 2nd Inning off G. White, 0 on, 0 outs; 3rd Inning off G. White, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: W. McGee , A. Pujols 8 , D. Medwick , D. Murphy , O. Smith 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Mongin
Sac Fly: B. Powell , S. Musial
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: W. McGee (40) , O. Smith 3 (64)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Mongin-Smith-Powell)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Bescher LF 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 .253 12 44
C. Sabo 3B 5 3 3 5 0 0 0 .264 16 35
O. Charleston CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .337 38 130
J. Votto 1B 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 .246 36 83
A. Dunn DH 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .207 36 68
J. Bench C 5 1 2 2 0 2 2 .238 46 116
G. Foster RF 4 3 3 4 0 1 1 .259 38 84
T. Helms 2B 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .268 7 39
   a-E. Charles PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .242 12 33
   b-D. Menke 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 6 15
B. Larkin SS 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .230 16 48
Totals 36 15 14 15 6 6 11      
a - E. Charles pinch hit for T. Helms in the 7th
b - D. Menke substituted for E. Charles in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Larkin (15, 5th Inning off M. Morris, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: G. Foster 2 (38, 2nd Inning off M. Morris, 1 on, 2 outs; 5th Inning off F. Castillo, 1 on, 2 outs) , C. Sabo 2 (16, 3rd Inning off M. Morris, 0 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off B. Gibson, 1 on, 0 outs) , T. Helms (7, 5th Inning off B. Shawkey, 0 on, 2 outs) , E. Charles (12, 7th Inning off B. Shawkey, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Sabo 9 , O. Charleston , J. Bench 2 , G. Foster 9 , T. Helms 5 , E. Charles 4 , B. Larkin 3
2-out RBI: C. Sabo , J. Bench , G. Foster 2 , T. Helms , E. Charles
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Bescher , J. Bench
GIDP: J. Votto
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Bescher 2 (80) , C. Sabo (13) , O. Charleston (46) , J. Votto (32) , B. Larkin (27)
CS: B. Larkin (15)

FIELDING
PB: J. Bench
KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE INDIANAPOLIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Morris 4.0 5 6 6 3 2 2 71 4.85   
F. Castillo L (12-7) 0.2 4 4 4 0 1 1 21 5.21   
B. Shawkey 2.0 4 3 3 1 2 2 38 5.10   
B. Gibson 1.1 1 2 2 2 1 1 25 6.82   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Morris 27
Batters Faced: M. Morris 19, F. Castillo 6, B. Shawkey 10, B. Gibson 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Morris 5-4, F. Castillo 1-0, B. Shawkey 1-2, B. Gibson 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Morris 71-40, F. Castillo 21-16, B. Shawkey 38-22, B. Gibson 25-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: F. Castillo 2-2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. White 2.2 5 6 5 2 6 2 72 6.55   
J. Lake W (2-0) 3.1 2 2 2 2 2 0 44 5.26   
M. LaCoss H (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.50   
J. Billingham 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5.15   
R. Murphy 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 5.66   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. White 26
Batters Faced: G. White 16, J. Lake 14, M. LaCoss 3, J. Billingham 3, R. Murphy 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. White 1-2, J. Lake 3-5, M. LaCoss 2-1, J. Billingham 1-1, R. Murphy 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: G. White 72-42, J. Lake 44-28, M. LaCoss 11-6, J. Billingham 12-7, R. Murphy 9-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Lake 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Chris Sabo
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:31
Attendance: 49526
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