Win: Alberto Molina (4-4) Loss: Lou Busse (2-3)
Save: Walt Clyde (31)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Lou Busse pitching. Tommy Haughey strikes out. Nelson Plantenberg strikes out. Chuck Conigliaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Alberto Molina pitching. Harry Jacobs grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Harry Blefary strikes out. Mike Herndon triples. Ryan Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Masataka Takeshita walks. Lou Brown doubles past the third baseman. Masataka Takeshita uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tanyon Valdez singles to center field. Lou Brown scores. Scrappy Stanton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Buzz Kaline grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ryan Clendenon grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Viau flies out to the right fielder. Joe Alley singles to center field. Jim Trinkle pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Alberto Molina reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ryan Clendenon. Tommy Haughey singles to right field. Nelson Plantenberg strikes out. Tommy Haughey steals second. Chuck Conigliaro singles to left field. Alberto Molina scores. Tommy Haughey scores. Masataka Takeshita grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chuck Conigliaro is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Masataka Takeshita steals second. Lou Brown pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Lou Busse grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Jacobs grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Blefary walks. Mike Herndon grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Harry Blefary is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tanyon Valdez pops out to the shortstop. Scrappy Stanton pops out to the second baseman. Buzz Kaline singles to right field. Alberto Molina walks. Tommy Haughey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ryan Cox flies out to the center fielder. Ryan Clendenon singles to center field. Jeff Viau pops out to the third baseman. Joe Alley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nelson Plantenberg strikes out. Chuck Conigliaro hits a home run. Masataka Takeshita singles to right field. Lou Brown flies out to the right fielder. Burt Harper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tanyon Valdez doubles to left field. Masataka Takeshita uses his aggressiveness and scores. Scrappy Stanton walks. Buzz Kaline singles to left field. Tanyon Valdez scores. Scrappy Stanton advances to third on the hit. Alberto Molina flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jim Trinkle singles to left field. Randy Sveum is pinch hitting for Burt Harper. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Randy Sveum flies out to the center fielder. Harry Jacobs flies out to the right fielder. Harry Blefary grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Trinkle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Art Kosco pitching. Tommy Haughey singles to right field. Nelson Plantenberg strikes out. Chuck Conigliaro strikes out. Masataka Takeshita grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tommy Haughey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Mike Herndon singles to left field. Ryan Cox pops out to the first baseman. Ryan Clendenon walks. Jeff Viau grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ryan Clendenon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Alley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lou Brown walks. Tanyon Valdez pops out to the second baseman. Scrappy Stanton strikes out. Buzz Kaline strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Trinkle grounds out to the second baseman. Bid Averill is pinch hitting for Art Kosco. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Bid Averill pops out to the second baseman. Harry Jacobs pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jefferson Zulueta pitching. Alberto Molina flies out to the left fielder. Tommy Haughey grounds out to the third baseman. Nelson Plantenberg flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Harry Blefary walks. Mike Herndon singles to center field. Harry Blefary advances to third on the hit. Ryan Cox flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Blefary scores. Ryan Clendenon hits a home run. Mike Herndon scores. Jeff Viau singles to right field. Joe Alley strikes out. Jim Trinkle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chuck Conigliaro flies out to the center fielder. Masataka Takeshita strikes out. Lou Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Monty Clarke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Bednar is pinch hitting for Jefferson Zulueta. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Bednar strikes out. Harry Jacobs walks. Harry Blefary singles to right field. Harry Jacobs advances to third on the hit. Walt Clyde comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Herndon singles to right field. Harry Jacobs scores. Harry Blefary advances to third on the hit. Ryan Cox grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bevo Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Hammonds improves in range Les Mierkowicz did not respond to coaching in range Larry Mayes improves in arm Don Uchrinscko did not respond to coaching in LF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Paul Spence did not respond to coaching in control John Connor did not respond to coaching in velocity Chip Faulkner did not respond to coaching in velocity John Strickland did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Kostro did not respond to coaching in C