Win: John Jones (11-15) Loss: Gene Farner (6-14)
Save: Jonathan Bohen (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City John Jones pitching. Alex Altenburg strikes out. Bill Ruberto grounds out to the third baseman. Sean Wright singles to right field. Tsutomu Kadota pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Garry Braun pitching. Mike Benitez hits a home run. Lamar Textor strikes out. Ian McNulty doubles past the third baseman. Debs Westlake singles to right field. Ian McNulty is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Debs Westlake gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bubba McDaniel pops out to the second baseman. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jason Metz walks. Bob Brantley walks. Garry Braun grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ed Gregory flies out to the center fielder. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Alex Altenburg doubles to center field. Bill Ruberto reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ronn Moreno. Alex Altenburg scores. Sean Wright strikes out. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Ruberto advances to third on the play. Bubba McDaniel singles to center field. Bill Ruberto scores. Quilvio Zitzmann lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mike Stember doubles to left field. John Jones lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Benitez grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Stember scores. Lamar Textor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jason Metz flies out to the right fielder. Bob Brantley flies out to the left fielder. Garry Braun grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ian McNulty singles to right field. Debs Westlake hits a home run. Ian McNulty scores. Red Graham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Gregory strikes out. Ronn Moreno flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alex Altenburg grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Ruberto singles to left field. Sean Wright hits a home run. Bill Ruberto scores. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the second baseman. Bubba McDaniel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Stember flies out to the right fielder. John Jones strikes out. Mike Benitez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jason Metz hits a home run. Bob Brantley grounds out to the pitcher. Red Graham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Lamar Textor singles to left field. Ian McNulty singles to left field. Lamar Textor advances to third on the hit. Ian McNulty steals second. Debs Westlake strikes out. Ed Gregory flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Lamar Textor scores. Gene Farner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ronn Moreno flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Altenburg flies out to the right fielder. Bill Ruberto grounds out to the third baseman. Sean Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny Matthews hits a home run. Cliff Akers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Stember grounds out to the shortstop. John Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Benitez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota reached on a fielding error by Johnny Matthews. Bubba McDaniel strikes out. Quilvio Zitzmann strikes out. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Jonathan Bohen 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. Jason Metz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Lamar Textor singles to left field. Ian McNulty singles to left field. Lamar Textor advances to third on the hit. Debs Westlake singles to left field. Lamar Textor scores. Ian McNulty advances to third on the hit. Steve Finley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Debs Westlake steals second. Ed Gregory grounds out to the shortstop. Ian McNulty scores. Debs Westlake advances to third on the play. Ronn Moreno flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Debs Westlake scores. Johnny Matthews flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bob Brantley grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Finley grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Altenburg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Minnesota total runners left on base: 1
Batting:2B - Ian McNulty (13), Mike Stember (5).HR - Mike Benitez (5), Debs Westlake (20), Johnny Matthews (7).SF - Ed Gregory, Ronn Moreno. Baserunning: SB - Ian McNulty (18), Debs Westlake (26). Fielding: E - Ronn Moreno, Johnny Matthews.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Steve Foxen improves in control Pete Haad improves in arm Bob Witt improves in contact_vs_lefty Flea Burton improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in velocity Irv Barthelson improves in arm
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Bobby Smith improves in arm Marty Cruz improves in arm Brad Franklin improves in contact_vs_lefty Len Dedrick did not respond to coaching in velocity Ryan Long did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Kipper did not respond to coaching in velocity