Win: Harry Harnisch (4-1) Loss: Monte Cross (0-2)
Save: Ravelo Evans (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Bollo pitching. Bill Flood strikes out. Garland Girardi walks. Phil Thorpe grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Elmer Gunning pitching. Mike Steinecke grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Cora singles to center field. Craig Cora steals second. Monty Rothel singles to center field. Craig Cora scores. Cecil Vickers singles past the second baseman. Monty Rothel advances to third on the hit. Spider Holliday strikes out. Alex Petty strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mike Robles singles to right field. Charlie Marolewski strikes out. Emmett Bair grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bill Ruether grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Doherty grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Bollo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Colangelo grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Brackenridge strikes out. Elmer Gunning strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mike Steinecke lines out to the shortstop. Craig Cora flies out to the center fielder. Monty Rothel doubles to left field. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Flood walks. Bill Flood steals second. Garland Girardi singles to left field. Bill Flood scores. Garland Girardi steals second. Phil Thorpe strikes out. Mike Robles grounds out to the second baseman. Garland Girardi advances to third on the play. Charlie Marolewski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Spider Holliday grounds out to the pitcher. Alex Petty singles to center field. Bill Ruether singles to left field. Alex Petty advances to third on the hit. Tim Doherty flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Alex Petty scores. Joe Bollo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Emmett Bair grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Colangelo walks. Tony Brackenridge flies out to the center fielder. Elmer Gunning strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Steinecke flies out to the right fielder. Craig Cora strikes out. Monty Rothel grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Flood singles to right field. Garland Girardi strikes out. Bill Flood is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Phil Thorpe grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Cecil Vickers lines out to the third baseman. Spider Holliday singles to left field. Alex Petty lines out to the second baseman. Bill Ruether singles to left field. Spider Holliday advances to third on the hit. Tim Doherty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike Robles flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Marolewski walks. Emmett Bair singles to center field. Manny Lewallyn 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. Jim Colangelo grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Marolewski advances to third on the play. Emmett Bair advances to second on the play. Tony Brackenridge strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Shigeru Takahashi is pinch hitting for Manny Lewallyn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Steinecke hits an infield single to the pitcher. Craig Cora doubles to center field. Mike Steinecke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Monty Rothel singles to right field. Craig Cora scores. Jeff Astroth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Spider Holliday hits a home run. Monty Rothel scores. Alex Petty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Duke Cora pitching. Ron Schauer is pinch hitting for Jeff Astroth. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ron Schauer pops out to the shortstop. Bill Flood singles to left field. Garland Girardi walks. Phil Thorpe strikes out. Jimmy Sheridan is pinch hitting for Mike Robles. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jimmy Sheridan singles to left field. Ravelo Bailey is pinch hitting for Charlie Marolewski. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ravelo Bailey walks. Bill Flood scores. Garland Rozema comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Emmett Bair singles to left field. Garland Girardi scores. Jimmy Sheridan scores. Ravelo Bailey advances to third on the hit. Jim Colangelo singles to left field. Ravelo Bailey scores. Tony Brackenridge strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Manny May pitching. Bill Ruether lines out to the second baseman. Tim Doherty singles to right field. Randy Pattison is pinch hitting for Garland Rozema. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Pattison singles to right field. Tim Doherty advances to third on the hit. Mike Steinecke grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Doherty scores. Randy Pattison advances to second on the play. Craig Cora pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Lewis pitching. Keiji Takagi is pinch hitting for Manny May. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Keiji Takagi doubles to right field. Bill Flood strikes out. Garland Girardi strikes out. Phil Thorpe hits a home run. Keiji Takagi scores. Monte Cross comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Harry Harnisch pitching. Monty Rothel grounds out to the shortstop. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Spider Holliday walks. Alex Petty grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Spider Holliday is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Kansas City Ravelo Bailey strikes out. Emmett Bair strikes out. Jim Colangelo singles to left field. Tony Brackenridge doubles to right field. Jim Colangelo uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kunikazu Hirose is pinch hitting for Harry Harnisch. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kunikazu Hirose flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Minnesota Ravelo Evans pitching. Jack Adkins is pinch hitting for Bill Ruether. Jack Adkins flies out to the left fielder. Tim Doherty flies out to the right fielder. Phil Gray is pinch hitting for Monte Cross. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Phil Gray strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: John Pittaro improves in power_vs_righty Ken Brown did not respond to coaching in control Jim Sheely did not respond to coaching in velocity Jason Gibson improves in contact_vs_lefty Dave Barnicle improves in power_vs_righty Kurt Grover improves in power_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Preston Mills did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Williams did not respond to coaching in control Casey Spooner did not respond to coaching in arm Rudy Jacobs improves in range Casey Spooner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Red Garcia did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Count Johnston did not respond to coaching in C