Inning: 1 Minnesota Ginger Mendoza pitching. Bill Carroll singles to right field. Fran Malinosky strikes out. Dan Belden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Carroll advances to second on the play. Bill Waugh grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Phil Zanni pitching. Goldie Shelby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dan Gettinger strikes out. Ed Merritt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Frank Key walks. Gary Austin grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Key is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jack Nielsen walks. Miguel Driscoll grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jack Nielsen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Phil Zanni flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City George Barnes singles past the second baseman. George Barnes steals second. Jack Nielsen throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Billy Grich flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Bravo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! George Barnes scores. Dutch Dempsey hits a home run. Russ Jakucki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Carroll pops out to the catcher. Fran Malinosky doubles to center field. Dan Belden flies out to the left fielder. Bill Waugh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ginger Mendoza singles to center field. Goldie Shelby strikes out. Dan Gettinger flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ed Merritt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Frank Key grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Austin singles to right field. Jack Nielsen flies out to the right fielder. Miguel Driscoll grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gary Austin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City George Barnes singles to left field. Billy Grich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Barnes advances to second on the play. Charlie Bravo strikes out. Dutch Dempsey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Phil Zanni singles to right field. Bill Carroll singles to right field. Fran Malinosky grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Bill Carroll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dan Belden flies out to the center fielder. Bill Waugh singles to right field. Phil Zanni scores. Frank Key flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Russ Jakucki flies out to the left fielder. Ginger Mendoza grounds out to the second baseman. Goldie Shelby flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gary Austin walks. Jack Nielsen grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Miguel Driscoll singles to left field. Phil Zanni grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Miguel Driscoll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dan Gettinger lines out to the second baseman. Ed Merritt strikes out. George Barnes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bill Carroll flies out to the left fielder. Fran Malinosky doubles to center field. Dan Belden flies out to the right fielder. Bill Waugh flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Billy Grich singles to left field. Charlie Bravo flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Dempsey singles to right field. Russ Jakucki singles to center field. Billy Grich scores. Ginger Mendoza lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Goldie Shelby flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Frank Key grounds out to the pitcher. Gary Austin strikes out. Jack Nielsen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dan Gettinger strikes out. Ed Merritt singles to center field. Ed Merritt steals second. George Barnes singles to left field. Ed Merritt scores. Billy Grich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! George Barnes advances to second on the play. Charlie Bravo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Johnny Barkley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dan Gettinger at CF. Woody Vidro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Miguel Driscoll strikes out. Bill Theobald is pinch hitting for Phil Zanni. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Theobald grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Carroll flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mack Bruggy did not respond to coaching in arm Sandy Barragan did not respond to coaching in control Moe Warhop improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Morgan did not respond to coaching in control Brian Mulligan did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jeremy Hutchings did not respond to coaching in velocity Cesar Rosso improves in arm U.L. Distefano improves in speed Alex Sherman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty