Inning: 1 Kansas City Steve Kipper pitching. Tsutomu Kadota singles to left field. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Reid Nicholson flies out to the right fielder. Varney Crutcher singles to center field. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Ross Rohr-Beck doubles to right field. Varney Crutcher uses his aggressiveness and scores. Minnie Patton doubles to left field. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Randy McElwee singles to center field. Minnie Patton scores. Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the left fielder. Bob Brantley flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota John Barrett pitching. Cupid Grace grounds out to the catcher. Johnny Matthews triples. Ian McNulty singles to right field. Johnny Matthews scores. Debs Westlake grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Barrett grounds out to the second baseman. Tsutomu Kadota reached on a fielding error by Ian McNulty. Reid Nicholson doubles to right field. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Varney Crutcher singles to left field. Reid Nicholson scores. Ross Rohr-Beck hits a home run. Varney Crutcher scores. Bob Lake comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Minnie Patton strikes out. Randy McElwee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Mike Benitez flies out to the center fielder. Walt Poat grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Kroll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the center fielder. Bob Brantley grounds out to the shortstop. John Barrett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bobby Smith doubles to left field. Bob Lake lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cupid Grace grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Smith scores. Johnny Matthews flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota singles to right field. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Reid Nicholson singles to center field. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Yoshio Kaneko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Varney Crutcher flies out to the right fielder. Reid Nicholson is out trying to steal third. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ian McNulty lines out to the third baseman. Debs Westlake pops out to the shortstop. Mike Benitez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Minnie Patton singles to left field. Randy McElwee pops out to the first baseman. Minnie Patton steals second. Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the left fielder. Bob Brantley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Walt Poat triples. Eric Kroll strikes out. Bobby Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Poat scores. Yoshio Kaneko singles past the shortstop. Cupid Grace singles to right field. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Barrett grounds out to the shortstop. Tsutomu Kadota singles to left field. Reid Nicholson walks. Varney Crutcher grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Reid Nicholson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ross Rohr-Beck strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Debs Westlake grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Benitez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Minnie Patton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee flies out to the right fielder. Clete Schoonmaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Walt Poat grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Kroll flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Brantley strikes out. John Barrett grounds out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Keiichi Tamaki is pinch hitting for Yoshio Kaneko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Keiichi Tamaki grounds out to the third baseman. Cupid Grace strikes out. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Lucky Mankowski pitching. Reid Nicholson singles to left field. Reid Nicholson steals second. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck hits a home run. Reid Nicholson scores. Juan Schmidt is pinch hitting for Minnie Patton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Juan Schmidt walks. Juan Schmidt is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Randy McElwee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ronn Moreno is pinch hitting for Ian McNulty. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ronn Moreno singles to left field. Debs Westlake lines out to the third baseman. Mike Benitez doubles past the third baseman. Ronn Moreno uses his aggressiveness and scores. Walt Poat pops out to the third baseman. Lamar Textor is pinch hitting for Eric Kroll. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lamar Textor walks. Bobby Smith doubles to right field. Mike Benitez scores. Lamar Textor uses his aggressiveness and scores. Carl McElveen is pinch hitting for Lucky Mankowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carl McElveen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Minnesota total runners LOB: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Atsushi Ito did not respond to coaching in range Steve Foxen did not respond to coaching in endurance Jimmie Sanicki did not respond to coaching in control Keefe Kreutzer did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Witt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harl Mercedes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: George Cooper improves in contact_vs_righty George Stremmel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pat Whiten improves in arm Skeeter Ennis did not respond to coaching in control Ryan Long improves in power_vs_lefty Marty Cruz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty