Win: Todd Ley (6-5) Loss: Chris Williams (2-29)
Save: Tom Lewis (31)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Chris Williams pitching. Shigeru Takahashi flies out to the right fielder. Craig Cora grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Monty Rothel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Todd Ley pitching. Garland Girardi singles to center field. Charlie Marolewski singles to right field. Garland Girardi aggressively advances to third on the hit. Phil Thorpe walks. Tony Brackenridge strikes out. Ken Schriver strikes out. Jimmy Sheridan pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Cecil Vickers singles past the shortstop. Cecil Vickers steals second. Spider Holliday flies out to the right fielder. Alex Petty singles to center field. Cecil Vickers scores. Bill Ruether grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Petty advances to second on the play. Tim Doherty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Kurt Grover flies out to the right fielder. Emmett Bair strikes out. Chris Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Todd Ley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shigeru Takahashi walks. Craig Cora hits an infield single to the second baseman. Monty Rothel strikes out. Cecil Vickers walks. Spider Holliday walks. Shigeru Takahashi scores. Alex Petty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Garland Girardi strikes out. Charlie Marolewski walks. Charlie Marolewski steals second. Phil Thorpe singles to right field. Charlie Marolewski scores. Tony Brackenridge flies out to the center fielder. Ken Schriver lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Ruether grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Doherty singles to center field. Todd Ley lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shigeru Takahashi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jimmy Sheridan singles to right field. Kurt Grover flies out to the center fielder. Emmett Bair grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Craig Cora reached on a 2-base throwing error by Charlie Marolewski. Monty Rothel grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Cecil Vickers singles to right field. Craig Cora scores. Spider Holliday grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chris Williams strikes out. Garland Girardi grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Marolewski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Alex Petty grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Ruether pops out to the shortstop. Tim Doherty grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Phil Thorpe strikes out. Tony Brackenridge singles to right field. Ken Schriver flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Sheridan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Todd Ley grounds out to the shortstop. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Craig Cora reached on a fielding error by Charlie Marolewski. Monty Rothel doubles to center field. Craig Cora uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cecil Vickers grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Kurt Grover doubles to right field. Luis Lamadrid 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. Emmett Bair hits a home run. Kurt Grover scores. Manny Lewallyn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Keiji Takagi is pinch hitting for Chris Williams. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Garland Girardi walks. Garland Girardi is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Charlie Marolewski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jeff Astroth pitching. Spider Holliday flies out to the center fielder. Alex Petty flies out to the right fielder. Bill Ruether walks. Tim Doherty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Phil Thorpe strikes out. Tony Brackenridge grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Schriver walks. Jimmy Sheridan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ken Schriver is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Randy Pattison is pinch hitting for Manny Lewallyn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Pattison strikes out. Shigeru Takahashi reached on a 2-base fielding error by Phil Thorpe. Craig Cora grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shigeru Takahashi advances to third on the play. Monty Rothel triples. Shigeru Takahashi scores. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Lewis pitching. Kurt Grover flies out to the left fielder. Emmett Bair grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Colangelo is pinch hitting for Jeff Astroth. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Colangelo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Julio Lary did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dee Williams improves in range Buddy Maisel did not respond to coaching in control Dave Hansen did not respond to coaching in velocity Preston Mills did not respond to coaching in endurance Dee Williams improves in contact_vs_lefty Count Johnston did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Juul did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dann Butcher did not respond to coaching in velocity Jason Gibson improves in speed Nixey Weir did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Juan Martz did not respond to coaching in control Jason Gibson improves in power_vs_righty