The road trip has started well--Chicago won the series in Pittsburgh, split a two-game series in Washington, and won the first game of a 3-game series in Philadelphia. This week the Chiefs have 2 more games in Philadelphia and 2 in Boston before a big 3-game weekend series in Detroit.
5/2 - Off
5/3 @ Pittsburgh, L, 1-10
5/4 @ Pittsburgh, W, 11-4
5/5 @ Pittsburgh, W, 8-6
5/6 @ Washington, L, 2-4
5/7 @ Washington, W, 5-2
5/8 @ Philadelphia, W, 7-5
Top Performances:- Tom Bird: .435/.536/.522, 2 2B, 7 R, 2 RBI
- Hank Barnett: .417/.500/.583, 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 R, 5 RBI
- Pete Layton: .429/.448/.536, 1 HR, 6 R, 6 RBI
The bats continue their onslaught against Fed pitching. If you look at the leader board for batting average, 5 of the top 6 are Chiefs, led by
Tom Bird:
The only players not joining the offensive party are
Bob Worley and
Bob Martin. It's early, of course, but it's still a strange sight to see Martin hitting just .226.
After praising the pitchers last week for allowing just 4 home runs, they went and allowed 7 home runs this week.
Red Hampton gave up 3 and
Jim Lonardo gave up 2 in the 2 losses on the week.
