Inning: 1 Kansas City Todd Ley pitching. Ken Schriver strikes out. Ron Schauer reached on a fielding error by Spider Holliday. Jim Colangelo flies out to the left fielder. Keiji Takagi reached on a fielding error by Shigeru Takahashi. Bill Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Rube Brown pitching. Count Johnston strikes out. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Casey Spooner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Juul flies out to the left fielder. Jason Gibson singles to right field. Garland Girardi singles to center field. Jason Gibson advances to third on the hit. Garland Girardi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rube Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Cecil Vickers singles to left field. Randy Pattison singles to right field. Phil Gray flies out to the right fielder. Red Garcia doubles to right field. Cecil Vickers scores. Randy Pattison uses his aggressiveness and scores. Spider Holliday walks. Todd Ley lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Spider Holliday advances to second on the play. Spider Holliday advances to second on the play. Count Johnston grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Todd Ley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ken Schriver singles to right field. Ron Schauer walks. Jim Colangelo flies out to the right fielder. Keiji Takagi singles to right field. Ken Schriver scores. Bill Flood singles to right field. Bill Juul flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ron Schauer scores. Jason Gibson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Shigeru Takahashi flies out to the center fielder. Casey Spooner pops out to the first baseman. Cecil Vickers triples. Randy Pattison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Garland Girardi flies out to the center fielder. Rube Brown flies out to the left fielder. Ken Schriver singles to right field. Ken Schriver steals second. Ron Schauer triples. Ken Schriver scores. Jim Colangelo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Phil Gray pops out to the second baseman. Red Garcia walks. Spider Holliday flies out to the center fielder. Todd Ley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Keiji Takagi singles to right field. Bill Flood singles to center field. Stefan Kimble 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. Bill Juul reached on a fielding error by Shigeru Takahashi. Jason Gibson doubles to center field. Keiji Takagi scores. Bill Flood scores. Garland Girardi hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Juul scores. Rube Brown singles to center field. Jason Gibson scores. Manny Lewallyn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Schriver strikes out. Ron Schauer strikes out. Jim Colangelo walks. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Minnesota Count Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the second baseman. Casey Spooner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Flood strikes out. Bill Juul strikes out. Jason Gibson walks. Garland Girardi singles to right field. Jason Gibson advances to third on the hit. Rube Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Cecil Vickers flies out to the left fielder. Randy Pattison singles past the second baseman. Phil Gray strikes out. Red Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Schriver grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Schauer walks. Ron Schauer steals second. Jim Colangelo strikes out. Keiji Takagi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Spider Holliday grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mike Steinecke is pinch hitting for Manny Lewallyn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Steinecke grounds out to the shortstop. Count Johnston singles to left field. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Steve Breckinridge pitching. Jimmy Sheridan is pinch hitting for Bill Flood. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jimmy Sheridan singles to right field. Jimmy Sheridan is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Juul grounds out to the second baseman. Jason Gibson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Casey Spooner grounds out to the pitcher. Cecil Vickers grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Pattison flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Garland Girardi flies out to the center fielder. Rube Brown strikes out. Ken Schriver singles to right field. Ron Schauer lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Alex Petty is pinch hitting for Phil Gray. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Petty strikes out. Red Garcia reached on a fielding error by Jason Gibson. Spider Holliday doubles to center field. Red Garcia uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Adkins is pinch hitting for Steve Breckinridge. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Adkins grounds out to the pitcher. Count Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 13 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Jason Gibson (3).3B - Ron Schauer (1).SF - Bill Juul. Baserunning: SB - Ken Schriver (1), Ron Schauer (5).CS - Jimmy Sheridan (2), Garland Girardi (1). Fielding: E - Jason Gibson.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Blackburn improves in speed Larry Houser improves in power_vs_righty Ray Wilmet did not respond to coaching in control Dave Barnicle improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Smith did not respond to coaching in control Dave Barnicle improves in power_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Toshiaki Kawamura did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rudy Jacobs improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Stanley improves in power_vs_righty Dee Williams improves in contact_vs_righty Charlie Cuyler improves in velocity Claude Schaffer improves in arm