Inning: 1 Minnesota Livan Kuczek pitching. Herb Mahoney walks. Henry Bickham walks. Tom Milchin flies out to the left fielder. Stefan Brenly walks. Jerry Allen reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pancho Woodruff. Herb Mahoney scores. Henry Bickham scores. Brick Jones pops out to the third baseman. Bert Warren walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Stefan Brenly scores. Gus Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Rudy Harris pitching. Pancho Woodruff strikes out. Billy Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Tejada flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rudy Harris strikes out. Herb Mahoney strikes out. Henry Bickham pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mike Piniella walks. Mike Piniella steals second. Eric Zerbe flies out to the right fielder. Lucky Pfister singles to left field. Mike Piniella scores. Johnnie Thompson hits an infield single to the pitcher. Buzz Moran strikes out. Livan Kuczek strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tom Milchin grounds out to the shortstop. Stefan Brenly singles to left field. Jerry Allen walks. Brick Jones strikes out. Bert Warren flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Pancho Woodruff strikes out. Billy Smith lines out to the first baseman. Mike Tejada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Gus Reynolds strikes out. Rudy Harris pops out to the second baseman. Herb Mahoney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Piniella pops out to the second baseman. Eric Zerbe reached on a 2-base throwing error by Stefan Brenly. Lucky Pfister grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Zerbe advances to third on the play. Johnnie Thompson walks. Buzz Moran strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Henry Bickham walks. Henry Bickham is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tom Milchin walks. Stefan Brenly lines out to the second baseman. Jerry Allen reached on a fielding error by Buzz Moran. Brick Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Livan Kuczek grounds out to the shortstop. Pancho Woodruff flies out to the right fielder. Billy Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bert Warren strikes out. Gus Reynolds grounds out to the third baseman. Rudy Harris is hit by a pitch. Herb Mahoney walks. Henry Bickham walks. Tom Milchin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mike Tejada singles to right field. Mike Piniella singles to right field. Mike Tejada advances to third on the hit. Eric Zerbe grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Mike Tejada scores. Lucky Pfister hits a home run. Johnnie Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Stefan Brenly pops out to the second baseman. Jerry Allen flies out to the center fielder. Brick Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Buzz Moran grounds out to the second baseman. Livan Kuczek grounds out to the shortstop. Pancho Woodruff grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bert Warren flies out to the left fielder. Gus Reynolds walks. Rudy Harris lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Champion 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 2nd. Gus Reynolds steals third. Herb Mahoney singles to right field. Gus Reynolds scores. Henry Bickham grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Herb Mahoney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Billy Smith strikes out. Mike Tejada singles to center field. Mike Piniella flies out to the left fielder. Eric Zerbe grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tom Milchin lines out to the second baseman. Stefan Brenly strikes out. Jerry Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Larvell Halama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lucky Pfister walks. Johnnie Thompson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Buzz Moran singles to left field. Bill Johnson is pinch hitting for Jim Champion. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Johnnie Thompson is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Gary Kommers did not respond to coaching in arm Kevin Young did not respond to coaching in endurance Tom Deshaies did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Siddall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Acre improves in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pat Kennedy improves in arm Jim Lemaster improves in contact_vs_lefty Hank Gilmore improves in velocity Hank Gilmore did not respond to coaching in velocity