Win: Kelly Gehringer (9-6) Loss: Kazuhiro Inagaki (4-3)
Save: Joe Sundberg (14)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Kelly Gehringer pitching. Andy Waszgis grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Greene flies out to the right fielder. Frank Gorinski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Kazuhiro Inagaki pitching. Johnny Hook grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Ayers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Ford strikes out. Gene Wehmeier pops out to the shortstop. Dwayne Werhas singles to left field. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bret Konieczny flies out to the right fielder. Tomas Tenace strikes out. Tsuyoshi Yoshida singles to left field. Pat Connors singles to center field. Tsuyoshi Yoshida advances to third on the hit. Beiker Miller walks. Kelly Gehringer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Shawn Sims walks. Kazuhiro Inagaki lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andy Waszgis grounds out to the second baseman. Shawn Sims advances to third on the play. Bud Greene grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Johnny Hook strikes out. Bill Mitchell doubles to right field. Clarence Ayers doubles to right field. Bill Mitchell scores. Bret Konieczny flies out to the left fielder. Tomas Tenace flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Gorinski strikes out. Frank Ford flies out to the left fielder. Gene Wehmeier grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Connors singles to center field. Passed ball. Pat Connors advances to second. Beiker Miller singles to right field. Pat Connors scores. Kelly Gehringer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Kelly Gehringer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Beiker Miller advances to second on the play. Johnny Hook grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dwayne Werhas walks. Chris Lundbom doubles to center field. Dwayne Werhas uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shawn Sims pops out to the catcher. Kazuhiro Inagaki grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Waszgis grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Mitchell walks. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Mitchell advances to second on the play. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Tomas Tenace walks. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bud Greene strikes out. Frank Gorinski walks. Frank Ford walks. Gene Wehmeier pops out to the third baseman. Dwayne Werhas strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pat Connors triples. Beiker Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Kelly Gehringer flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Pat Connors is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Chris Lundbom grounds out to the shortstop. Shawn Sims walks. Walt Hartley is pinch hitting for Kazuhiro Inagaki. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Walt Hartley strikes out. Andy Waszgis walks. Bud Greene grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Watty Downs pitching. Johnny Hook singles in front of the left fielder. Bill Mitchell flies out to the right fielder. Clarence Ayers pops out to the second baseman. Bret Konieczny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frank Gorinski doubles to right field. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Gene Wehmeier grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Sundberg 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. Dwayne Werhas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Tomas Tenace singles to left field. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tomas Tenace advances to second on the play. Pat Connors flies out to the right fielder. Beiker Miller grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chris Lundbom strikes out. Shawn Sims grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington is pinch hitting for Watty Downs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Terry Brewington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dave Busby did not respond to coaching in arm Kevin Elliott did not respond to coaching in control Calvin Craig improves in speed Kevin Elliott did not respond to coaching in control Walt Donnels did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Nigel Joseph did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bud Morgan improves in contact_vs_lefty Frank Stark did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jackie Meusel did not respond to coaching in control Jackie Meusel did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Ferens improves in power_vs_righty Frank Stark improves in range Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in 2B