Inning: 1 Kansas City Danny Brovia pitching. Jim Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Kaline grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Ruffing singles to center field. Scott Ruffing steals second. Robbie Bell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Balor Kemp pitching. Karl Crosby triples. Angel Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Karl Crosby scores. Willie Gilbert singles to right field. Jed Wilie singles to center field. Wally Stanage grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Willie Gilbert advances to third on the play. Jed Wilie advances to second on the play. Shawn Powers hits a home run. Willie Gilbert scores. Jed Wilie scores. Gary Erickson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Henry Lee IV strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Stan Javier strikes out. Neal Chappelle pops out to the second baseman. Keenan McCoy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rocky Suppan grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Brovia strikes out. Karl Crosby flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Charlie Ritchey strikes out. Gary Erickson singles to right field. Jim Gilbert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Erickson advances to second on the play. Jose Kaline grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Angel Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Willie Gilbert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jed Wilie grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Scott Ruffing flies out to the center fielder. Robbie Bell walks. Stan Javier strikes out. Neal Chappelle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Wally Stanage grounds out to the pitcher. Shawn Powers grounds out to the shortstop. Henry Lee IV flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Keenan McCoy singles to center field. Charlie Ritchey reached on a 2-base fielding error by Angel Jones. Claude Cantwell is pinch hitting for Gary Erickson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Claude Cantwell walks. Jim Gilbert pops out to the shortstop. Jose Kaline flies out to the right fielder. Scott Ruffing pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Minnesota John Powers pitching. Rocky Suppan strikes out. Danny Brovia strikes out. Karl Crosby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Robbie Bell flies out to the left fielder. Stan Javier strikes out. Neal Chappelle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Angel Jones flies out to the center fielder. Willie Gilbert triples. Jed Wilie flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Willie Gilbert is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Keenan McCoy strikes out. Charlie Ritchey singles past the shortstop. Pat Hargrave is pinch hitting for John Powers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Pat Hargrave strikes out. Jim Gilbert singles to left field. Charlie Ritchey advances to third on the hit. Jose Kaline grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Donnell Rawlings pitching. Wally Stanage grounds out to the second baseman. Shawn Powers grounds out to the third baseman. Henry Lee IV flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Scott Ruffing pops out to the first baseman. Robbie Bell singles to right field. Robbie Bell is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Stan Javier flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rocky Suppan singles to left field. Jim Channell is pinch hitting for Danny Brovia. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Channell doubles to center field. Rocky Suppan scores. Bill Oertel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Karl Crosby walks. Angel Jones grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Karl Crosby is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Willie Gilbert singles to center field. Jim Channell scores. Angel Jones advances to third on the hit. Alex Trebek is pinch hitting for Jed Wilie. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Trebek reached on a fielding error by Robbie Bell. Angel Jones scores. Wally Stanage grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Alex Trebek is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jose Duval is pinch hitting for Shawn Powers. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jose Duval grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Carlos Hawkes pitching. Neal Chappelle hits a home run. Keenan McCoy hits a home run. Charlie Ritchey strikes out. Jesus Byrdak is pinch hitting for Bill Oertel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jesus Byrdak grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Gilbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Minnesota total runners left on base: 2
Game Notes Alex Trebek is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lee Ferrara improves in contact_vs_righty Kent Wallace did not respond to coaching in control Tyrone Biggums did not respond to coaching in control Lee Ferrara improves in power_vs_lefty Grady Hoyt did not respond to coaching in CF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Horton did not respond to coaching in control Steve Jackson improves in range Jim Horton did not respond to coaching in control Jim Horton did not respond to coaching in velocity