Win: Hajime Yamamoto Loss: Yoshio Kaneko
Save: Harry Peek
Inning: 1 Minnesota Dave Restelli pitching. Carl McElveen strikes out. Eric Kroll grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Blue flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Yoshio Kaneko pitching. Jim McIntosh grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Altenburg singles to center field. John Brown strikes out. Carl Leonard singles to left field. Masatoshi Kusaka pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Yoelvis Carbonell strikes out. Dick Holt strikes out. Joseph Orwell singles to right field. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Smith flies out to the center fielder. Danny Wolter strikes out. Howie Nordhagen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Midre King strikes out. Yoshio Kaneko flies out to the right fielder. Carl McElveen walks. Eric Kroll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dave Restelli grounds out to the shortstop. Jim McIntosh grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Altenburg doubles to right field. John Brown lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Blue strikes out. Yoelvis Carbonell grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Holt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Carl Leonard grounds out to the shortstop. Masatoshi Kusaka singles to left field. Jim Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Masatoshi Kusaka advances to second on the play. Danny Wolter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joseph Orwell strikes out. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Midre King grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Howie Nordhagen pops out to the first baseman. Dave Restelli flies out to the right fielder. Jim McIntosh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yoshio Kaneko grounds out to the third baseman. Carl McElveen singles to left field. Hajime Yamamoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Carl McElveen steals second. Eric Kroll flies out to the center fielder. Joe Blue flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Alex Altenburg walks. John Brown flies out to the center fielder. Carl Leonard doubles to right field. Masatoshi Kusaka flies out to the left fielder. Jim Smith walks. Danny Wolter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Minnesota Yoelvis Carbonell flies out to the right fielder. Dick Holt singles to center field. Joseph Orwell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Howie Nordhagen hits a home run. Ed Johnson is pinch hitting for Hajime Yamamoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Johnson strikes out. Jim McIntosh triples. Alex Altenburg strikes out. John Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Harry Peek pitching. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Midre King strikes out. Ted Dugas is pinch hitting for Yoshio Kaneko. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ted Dugas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Steve Finley pitching. Carl Leonard flies out to the center fielder. Masatoshi Kusaka strikes out. Jim Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Carl McElveen doubles to left field. Eric Kroll singles to center field. Carl McElveen is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Joe Blue grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eric Kroll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yoelvis Carbonell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Blue is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8