Win: Bud Baker (4-2) Loss: Rube Brown (2-3)
Save: Tom Lewis (9)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Rube Brown pitching. Mike Steinecke hits a home run. Craig Cora grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Adkins walks. Cecil Vickers walks. Spider Holliday singles to left field. Jack Adkins scores. Cecil Vickers advances to third on the hit. Spider Holliday steals second. Alex Petty flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Cecil Vickers scores. Bill Ruether grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bud Baker pitching. Bill Flood walks. Emmett Bair strikes out. Garland Girardi hits a home run. Bill Flood scores. Phil Thorpe grounds out to the shortstop. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Randy Pattison pops out to the third baseman. Bud Baker strikes out. Mike Steinecke doubles to right field. Craig Cora hits a home run. Mike Steinecke scores. Jack Adkins singles to right field. Cecil Vickers singles to center field. Jack Adkins advances to third on the hit. Spider Holliday singles to center field. Jack Adkins scores. Cecil Vickers advances to third on the hit. Bret Byrd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Petty reached on a fielding error by Keiji Takagi. Cecil Vickers scores. Bill Ruether lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ron Schauer strikes out. Ken Schriver singles to center field. Jim Colangelo hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bret Byrd lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Flood grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Randy Pattison strikes out. Bud Baker flies out to the center fielder. Mike Steinecke walks. Craig Cora flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Emmett Bair flies out to the center fielder. Garland Girardi singles to right field. Phil Thorpe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Garland Girardi advances to second on the play. Keiji Takagi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jack Adkins strikes out. Cecil Vickers walks. Spider Holliday singles to left field. Cecil Vickers advances to third on the hit. Alex Petty grounds out to the third baseman. Spider Holliday advances to second on the play. Bill Ruether flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ron Schauer grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Schriver strikes out. Jim Colangelo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Randy Pattison pops out to the first baseman. Bud Baker pops out to the second baseman. Mike Steinecke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bret Byrd grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Flood flies out to the center fielder. Emmett Bair singles to right field. Garland Girardi grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Emmett Bair is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Craig Cora strikes out. Jack Adkins walks. Cecil Vickers grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jack Adkins is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Spider Holliday flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Phil Thorpe singles to right field. Keiji Takagi grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Thorpe advances to second on the play. Ron Schauer singles to center field. Ken Schriver grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Thorpe scores. Ron Schauer advances to second on the play. Jim Colangelo singles past the shortstop. Ron Schauer scores. Luis Lamadrid comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bret Byrd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Alex Petty grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Ruether strikes out. Randy Pattison singles to center field. Shigeru Takahashi is pinch hitting for Luis Lamadrid. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shigeru Takahashi pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tom Lewis pitching. Bill Flood strikes out. Emmett Bair grounds out to the third baseman. Garland Girardi doubles to left field. Phil Thorpe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mike Steinecke grounds out to the second baseman. Craig Cora doubles to right field. Jack Adkins walks. Cecil Vickers grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jack Adkins is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Manny May comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Spider Holliday singles to center field. Craig Cora scores. Cecil Vickers advances to third on the hit. Cecil Vickers gets picked off third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Keiji Takagi grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Schauer lines out to the second baseman. Ken Schriver strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Alex Petty grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Clarkson is pinch hitting for Bill Ruether. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Clarkson flies out to the left fielder. Randy Pattison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jim Colangelo grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Sheridan is pinch hitting for Manny May. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jimmy Sheridan flies out to the left fielder. Bill Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Julio Lary did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Casey Spooner did not respond to coaching in range Casey Spooner did not respond to coaching in arm Red Garcia improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Williams improves in velocity Buddy Maisel improves in velocity Count Johnston did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tony Brackenridge did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Oad Heitmuller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harvey Boggs improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Barnicle improves in contact_vs_righty Jason Gibson improves in contact_vs_lefty Kurt Grover did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty