Win: Cliff Fuentes (9-8) Loss: Jeff Maranville (4-9)
Save: Ron Mails (15)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jeff Maranville pitching. Bobby Rooney walks. Minnie Patton strikes out. Bobby Rooney steals second. Ed Johnson singles to left field. Bobby Rooney scores. Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Tsutomu Kadota singles to left field. Ed Johnson scores. Ross Rohr-Beck advances to third on the hit. Reid Nicholson strikes out. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Irv Barthelson singles to left field. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Irv Barthelson steals second. Clete Schoonmaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Cliff Fuentes pitching. Johnny Matthews flies out to the right fielder. Dick Holt hits a home run. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Benitez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Cliff Fuentes grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Rooney strikes out. Minnie Patton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Cupid Grace grounds out to the shortstop. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the shortstop. Debs Westlake strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Ross Rohr-Beck flies out to the left fielder. Tsutomu Kadota walks. Reid Nicholson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ed Gregory walks. Ed Gregory steals second. Jeff Maranville fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jeff Maranville flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Holt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Irv Barthelson singles to left field. Clete Schoonmaker lines out to the first baseman. Cliff Fuentes lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Irv Barthelson forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Bobby Rooney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ian McNulty grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Benitez walks. Cupid Grace grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Benitez advances to second on the play. Ronn Moreno hits an infield single to the third baseman. Debs Westlake strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Minnie Patton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ed Gregory grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Maranville singles to right field. Johnny Matthews grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jeff Maranville is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Johnny Matthews steals second. Dick Holt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota hits a home run. Yoshio Kaneko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reid Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Irv Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. Clete Schoonmaker pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ian McNulty strikes out. Mike Benitez walks. Mike Benitez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cupid Grace strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Cliff Fuentes flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Rooney walks. Minnie Patton singles to center field. Bobby Rooney advances to third on the hit. Ed Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Minnie Patton advances to second on the play. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ronn Moreno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Debs Westlake singles to left field. Ed Gregory strikes out. Eric Kroll is pinch hitting for Yoshio Kaneko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Eric Kroll hits a home run. Debs Westlake scores. Gene Farner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Constable pitching. Tsutomu Kadota is hit by a pitch. Tsutomu Kadota is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Reid Nicholson singles to left field. Irv Barthelson singles to right field. Reid Nicholson advances to third on the hit. Clete Schoonmaker singles to left field. Reid Nicholson scores. Irv Barthelson advances to third on the hit. Alex Altenburg is pinch hitting for Gene Farner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Clete Schoonmaker is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Alex Altenburg flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Harry Romero pitching. Alan Durbin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Minnie Patton at RF. Stan Tobin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Irv Barthelson at 1B. Dick Holt strikes out. Ian McNulty hits a home run. Fred Scalzi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Benitez walks. Mike Benitez steals second. Cupid Grace grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Benitez advances to third on the play. Ronn Moreno doubles to center field. Mike Benitez scores. Ron Mails comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Debs Westlake pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Rooney singles to right field. Alan Durbin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ed Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ed Gregory lines out to the third baseman. Lamar Textor is pinch hitting for John Jones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lamar Textor walks. Lamar Textor steals second. Johnny Matthews walks. Dick Holt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Ronn Moreno (17).HR - Dick Holt (16), Ian McNulty (14), Eric Kroll (10).GIDP - Dick Holt. Baserunning: SB - Johnny Matthews (15), Mike Benitez (17), Ed Gregory (11), Lamar Textor (26).CS - Mike Benitez (12).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Taffy Mulligan did not respond to coaching in range Pete Haad did not respond to coaching in arm Jay Brewster did not respond to coaching in range Jay Brewster improves in range Juan Schmidt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bubba McDaniel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Walt Poat improves in arm Pat Whiten improves in power_vs_lefty Bobby Smith improves in speed Jamey Forster improves in contact_vs_righty Carlos Vollmer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Lee Ward did not respond to coaching in velocity