Win: Harry Romero (1-1) Loss: Terry Martin (0-4)
Save: Ron Mails (3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Terry Martin pitching. Varney Crutcher singles to left field. Minnie Patton strikes out. Irv Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. Ross Rohr-Beck pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jug Sunday pitching. Cupid Grace pops out to the catcher. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the shortstop. Ian McNulty flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bobby Rooney triples. Clay Irwin hits a home run. Bobby Rooney scores. Juan Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Randy McElwee doubles to right field. Jug Sunday reached on a fielding error by Ian McNulty. Jug Sunday is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Varney Crutcher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Debs Westlake strikes out. Mike Benitez singles to center field. Walt Poat strikes out. Mike Benitez gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Minnie Patton singles to center field. Minnie Patton steals second. Irv Barthelson singles past the second baseman. Minnie Patton scores. Ross Rohr-Beck reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cupid Grace. Bobby Rooney walks. Clay Irwin grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Irv Barthelson is out at home. Juan Schmidt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Eric Kroll walks. Eric Kroll is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bobby Smith strikes out. Terry Martin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Randy McElwee grounds out to the second baseman. Jug Sunday grounds out to the third baseman. Varney Crutcher hits an infield single to the second baseman. Varney Crutcher steals second. Minnie Patton pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Cupid Grace pops out to the catcher. Johnny Matthews singles past the second baseman. Ian McNulty hits a home run. Johnny Matthews scores. Debs Westlake singles to center field. Debs Westlake steals second. Clay Irwin throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Mike Benitez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Debs Westlake scores. Walt Poat walks. Walt Poat steals second. Eric Kroll grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Irv Barthelson strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Bobby Rooney singles to left field. Ross Rohr-Beck advances to third on the hit. Clay Irwin flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Bobby Rooney steals second. Juan Schmidt doubles to center field. Bobby Rooney scores. Bob Lake comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Randy McElwee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Harry Romero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Smith pops out to the shortstop. Bob Lake strikes out. Cupid Grace singles past the third baseman. Johnny Matthews singles to right field. Cupid Grace advances to third on the hit. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Romero pops out to the third baseman. Varney Crutcher flies out to the left fielder. Minnie Patton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Debs Westlake flies out to the center fielder. Mike Benitez strikes out. Walt Poat pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Irv Barthelson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Bobby Rooney strikes out. Clay Irwin walks. Juan Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Eric Kroll strikes out. Bobby Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Keiichi Tamaki is pinch hitting for Bob Lake. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Keiichi Tamaki pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Constable pitching. Randy McElwee strikes out. Ed Gregory is pinch hitting for Harry Romero. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Gregory grounds out to the second baseman. Varney Crutcher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Steve Finley pitching. Cupid Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Ian McNulty singles to right field. Debs Westlake flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Minnie Patton strikes out. Irv Barthelson strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck hits an infield single to the second baseman. Bobby Rooney is hit by a pitch. Clay Irwin singles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bobby Rooney advances to third on the hit. Lucky Mankowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clay Irwin is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tsutomu Kadota enters the game as a defensive replacement for Juan Schmidt at SS. Ron Mails comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Benitez singles to center field. Walt Poat strikes out. Mike Benitez steals second. Eric Kroll grounds out to the shortstop. Carl McElveen is pinch hitting for Bobby Smith. Carl McElveen pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Batting:HR - Ian McNulty (3). Baserunning: SB - Debs Westlake (4), Mike Benitez (2), Walt Poat (2).CS - Eric Kroll (1). Fielding: E - Cupid Grace, Ian McNulty.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Quilvio Zitzmann improves in power_vs_lefty Harl Mercedes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Servais improves in range Frank Servais did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bubba McDaniel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Yusaku Okamoto improves in arm
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Morton did not respond to coaching in velocity George Cooper improves in power_vs_righty George Stremmel improves in contact_vs_righty Jamey Forster improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Kellum improves in contact_vs_lefty Lee Ward did not respond to coaching in velocity