Win: Bud Baker (14-13) Loss: Bill Billy (9-16)
Save: Tom Lewis (33)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Bill Billy pitching. Shigeru Takahashi lines out to the third baseman. Craig Cora singles to left field. Monty Rothel strikes out. Cecil Vickers grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Craig Cora is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bud Baker pitching. Garland Girardi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Marolewski flies out to the center fielder. Phil Thorpe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Spider Holliday doubles to left field. Alex Petty grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Ruether strikes out. Tim Doherty singles to left field. Spider Holliday scores. Bud Baker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Colangelo singles to right field. Ken Schriver singles in front of the right fielder. Jimmy Sheridan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Colangelo advances to third on the play. Kurt Grover grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Shigeru Takahashi flies out to the right fielder. Craig Cora strikes out. Monty Rothel hits a home run. Cecil Vickers walks. Spider Holliday singles to right field. Cecil Vickers advances to third on the hit. Spider Holliday steals second. Alex Petty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Emmett Bair grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Billy strikes out. Garland Girardi singles past the third baseman. Charlie Marolewski walks. Phil Thorpe doubles to left field. Garland Girardi scores. Jim Colangelo walks. Ken Schriver grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Ruether strikes out. Tim Doherty walks. Bud Baker 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 grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jimmy Sheridan doubles to right field. Kurt Grover grounds out to the pitcher. Emmett Bair strikes out. Bill Billy grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Craig Cora grounds out to the pitcher. Monty Rothel pops out to the second baseman. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Garland Girardi walks. Charlie Marolewski singles to right field. Phil Thorpe strikes out. Jim Colangelo strikes out. Ken Schriver flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Spider Holliday grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Petty singles to center field. Bill Ruether flies out to the center fielder. Tim Doherty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jimmy Sheridan strikes out. Kurt Grover grounds out to the second baseman. Emmett Bair lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bud Baker singles to center field. Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Craig Cora strikes out. Monty Rothel hits a home run. Bud Baker scores. Bret Byrd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cecil Vickers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Keiji Takagi is pinch hitting for Bret Byrd. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Keiji Takagi pops out to the first baseman. Garland Girardi singles to center field. Charlie Marolewski singles to right field. Garland Girardi advances to third on the hit. Phil Thorpe grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jeff Astroth pitching. Spider Holliday strikes out. Alex Petty doubles to left field. Bill Ruether pops out to the shortstop. Tim Doherty grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Colangelo lines out to the second baseman. Ken Schriver grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Sheridan walks. Kurt Grover grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jimmy Sheridan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Randy Pattison is pinch hitting for Bud Baker. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Randy Pattison singles to center field. Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Craig Cora flies out to the left fielder. Monty Rothel pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Lewis pitching. Emmett Bair grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Schauer is pinch hitting for Jeff Astroth. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ron Schauer strikes out. Garland Girardi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Julio Lary did not respond to coaching in speed Ralph Klawitter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ralph Klawitter did not respond to coaching in arm Dave Hansen did not respond to coaching in control Toshiaki Kawamura did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Steve Breckinridge improves in control Casey Spooner did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dann Butcher did not respond to coaching in control Jim Sheely did not respond to coaching in velocity Jason Gibson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Barnicle improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Sheely improves in velocity