Win: Bob Lake (3-7) Loss: Paul Hooper (3-5)
Save: Roy Harrington (12)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Paul Hooper pitching. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Joseph Orwell hits a home run. Ed Gregory lines out to the pitcher. Dave Waddell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Lake pitching. Carl Leonard flies out to the center fielder. Jim Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Len Hesterfer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Dick Holt singles to center field. Carl McElveen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dick Holt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yuuji Iwadate strikes out. Eric Kroll flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Brantley singles to center field. Hank Aurilia strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bob Lake grounds out to the third baseman. Ian McNulty singles to left field. Ian McNulty is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Joseph Orwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Patrick McDavid grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Paul Hooper singles to right field. Carl Leonard singles to center field. Paul Hooper advances to third on the hit. Jim Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Paul Hooper scores. Len Hesterfer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ed Gregory strikes out. Dave Waddell strikes out. Dick Holt singles to left field. Carl McElveen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota doubles to right field. Bob Brantley flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Hank Aurilia strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Yuuji Iwadate strikes out. Eric Kroll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Lake flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Patrick McDavid grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Hooper strikes out. Carl Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ian McNulty pops out to the first baseman. Joseph Orwell singles to center field. Joseph Orwell steals second. Ed Gregory flies out to the left fielder. Dave Waddell singles to right field. Joseph Orwell scores. Dick Holt grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dave Waddell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Len Hesterfer flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Tsutomu Kadota doubles to center field. Bob Brantley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Harry Haas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carl McElveen flies out to the left fielder. Yuuji Iwadate pops out to the third baseman. Eric Kroll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Hank Aurilia walks. Clete Schoonmaker grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Patrick McDavid grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bob Lake singles to left field. Ian McNulty flies out to the center fielder. Joseph Orwell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Lake is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Gregory lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alex Altenburg is pinch hitting for Harry Haas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the pitcher. Carl Leonard strikes out. Jim Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Gene Smykal pitching. Dave Waddell singles to left field. Dick Holt strikes out. Carl McElveen flies out to the right fielder. Yuuji Iwadate walks. Eric Kroll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Roy Harrington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Len Hesterfer strikes out. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Bob Brantley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Debs Westlake improves in contact_vs_lefty Jimmy Kane improves in range Johnny Matthews improves in contact_vs_righty Ebba Batch did not respond to coaching in control Marty Cruz improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Benitez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control Cliff Fuentes did not respond to coaching in velocity Ross Rohr-Beck improves in range Masatoshi Kusaka did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George Warren improves in velocity George Warren did not respond to coaching in control