November 6, 2001

Febles Comes Through in Pinch for Kansas

CHICAGO, IL - With the score tied 2-2 in the eighth, Kansas Law Dogs second baseman
(and former Salem Cowtippers phenom) Carlos Febles delivered a two-out, two-run pinch-
hit single, giving the Dogs a 4-2 lead over the Chicago Black Sox in Game One of this
Eck League Division Series.  The Kansas bullpen then held on to record a 4-3 win.

Kansas put a runner on third with one out in the first, but Chicago ace Al Leiter
turned it up a notch and struck out both Jermaine Dye and Troy Glaus to end the threat.
Leiter then retired twelve of the next fourteen batters he faced, allowing just a 
walk and a single through the next four innings.

Meanwhile, Kansas ace Darryl Kile began the game on fire.  Kile retired the first
nine batters he faced in order before finally surrendering a base hit to Andruw Jones
to lead off the fourth.  He ran into big-time trouble in the fifth, however, when
Pat Burrell followed Todd Hundley's solo homer with a home run of his own.  That gave
the Black Sox a 2-0 lead.

The next inning, Leiter walked the first two batters he faced, then gave up an RBI
single to Carl Everett.  That ended his day early after throwing only five innings 
and 95 pitches.  Rick Reed retired the only batter he faced, Glaus, and Mike Fyhrie
then retired David Segui on a ground ball to second that scored the tying run.

With runners on first and second and two outs, Kansas manager Chris Luhning opted to
pull Kile from the game after only five innings and 71 pitches.  He called upon Jose
Canseco to drive home the runner from second, and Canseco responded by striking out.

Dan Reichert, Kevin Walker and Albie Lopez combined for two scoreless innings in the
sixth and seventh, both times stranding runners at third base.

Chicago manager John Gill sent Roberto Hernandez to the mound to start the eighth.
Hernandez got Dye to ground out for the first out.  Everett then doubled, and advanced
to third on a base hit by Glaus.  With first base occupied, Gill made the gutsy 
decision to intentionally walk David Segui with Miguel Tejada coming to the plate.
Tejada flied to shallow left for out number two.  With the pitcher due up, that set
the stage for Febles, who whacked a base hit to right-center, scoring both Everett
and Glaus, and giving the Law Dogs a two-run lead.

Kansas reliever Terry Adams allowed a leadoff homer to Nomar Garciaparra to start
the eighth, cutting the Kansas lead to one.  He then retired Carlos Delgado, Richard
Hidalgo and Scott Rolen in order to end the inning.

In the ninth, Chicago put the tying run in scoring position with no outs when Todd
Hundley led off the inning with a double off Adams.  Kansas closer Mike Williams then
came in to face pinch hitter Mike DiFelice, who bunted Hundley to third.  With the
tying run ninety feet away, Delino DeShields then grounded to first, freezing Hundley
at third.  Williams then struck out pinch hitter Roger Cedeno to end the game.