Win: Sid Smith Loss: Bill Hamilton
Save: Steve Niggeling
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Hamilton pitching. Jordan Mellor singles to right field. Ichiro Takagi grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jordan Mellor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ichiro Takagi steals second. Ted Mitchell walks. Lee Coble walks. Bob Reed doubles to right field. Ichiro Takagi scores. Ted Mitchell scores. Lee Coble uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ben Dunkle grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Reed advances to third on the play. Denney Cates flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Sid Smith pitching. Shinya Satoh strikes out. Tomoyuki Fujita flies out to the center fielder. Howard Brown singles to left field. Howard Brown steals second. Johnny Gerner singles to left field. Howard Brown scores. Tex Harper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al Miller singles to right field. Sid Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jordan Mellor strikes out. Ichiro Takagi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota ET Cuttlebones grounds out to the shortstop. Ab Simon pops out to the third baseman. Bert Lickert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ted Mitchell hits a home run. Lee Coble doubles to center field. Bob Reed doubles to center field. Lee Coble scores. Ben Dunkle flies out to the left fielder. Denney Cates strikes out. Al Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Hamilton flies out to the right fielder. Shinya Satoh singles to center field. Tomoyuki Fujita grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Shinya Satoh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Howard Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Sid Smith flies out to the left fielder. Jordan Mellor grounds out to the second baseman. Ichiro Takagi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Johnny Gerner flies out to the center fielder. Tex Harper grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! ET Cuttlebones singles to center field. Ab Simon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Taylor Salvaggio comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ted Mitchell pops out to the shortstop. Lee Coble flies out to the right fielder. Bob Reed flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bert Lickert strikes out. Taylor Salvaggio strikes out. Shinya Satoh singles to center field. Shinya Satoh steals second. Tomoyuki Fujita grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ben Dunkle walks. Denney Cates walks. Al Miller strikes out. Sid Smith lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jordan Mellor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Howard Brown lines out to the first baseman. Johnny Gerner flies out to the left fielder. Tex Harper lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ichiro Takagi flies out to the left fielder. Ted Mitchell flies out to the right fielder. Lee Coble flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota ET Cuttlebones strikes out. Ab Simon strikes out. Bert Lickert grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Reed grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ben Dunkle strikes out. Denney Cates singles to right field. Al Miller walks. Sid Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yasuo Tomashino is pinch hitting for Taylor Salvaggio. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Yasuo Tomashino grounds out to the third baseman. Shinya Satoh singles to right field. Tomoyuki Fujita pops out to the first baseman. Howard Brown walks. Johnny Gerner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Andy Ross pitching. Jordan Mellor grounds out to the third baseman. Ichiro Takagi singles to right field. Ted Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Ichiro Takagi advances to second on the play. Lee Coble strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bobby Gonzalez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tex Harper triples. ET Cuttlebones strikes out. Ab Simon hits a home run. Tex Harper scores. Steve Niggeling comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bert Lickert flies out to the center fielder. Shinichi Shimoo is pinch hitting for Andy Ross. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Shinichi Shimoo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6