Win: Howard Smith (10-7) Loss: Lynn Keener (3-10)
Save: Brad Mooney (6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Howard Smith pitching. Jim Maynard grounds out to the pitcher. Terry Brewington grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lynn Keener pitching. Johnny Hook singles to center field. Bill Mitchell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bret Konieczny singles to left field. Bret Konieczny steals second. Tomas Tenace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Walt Hartley singles to left field. Walt Hartley steals second. Hiromi Nagai lines out to the second baseman. Rude Justin Rudi strikes out. Frank Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tsuyoshi Yoshida pops out to the catcher. Ed Unglaub doubles to right field. Koichi Nakamura walks. Ed Unglaub steals third. Bart Frye flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Unglaub is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lynn Keener grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Maynard flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Howard Smith pops out to the first baseman. Johnny Hook singles to right field. Johnny Hook steals second. Bill Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Bret Konieczny singles to center field. Johnny Hook scores. Tomas Tenace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Terry Brewington strikes out. Chris Lundbom doubles to center field. Passed ball. Chris Lundbom advances to third. Walt Hartley grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Lundbom scores. Hiromi Nagai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tsuyoshi Yoshida is hit by a pitch. Ed Unglaub grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tsuyoshi Yoshida is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Unglaub steals second. Koichi Nakamura singles to center field. Ed Unglaub scores. Bart Frye strikes out. Howard Smith singles to left field. Koichi Nakamura advances to third on the hit. Johnny Hook strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rude Justin Rudi singles to left field. Frank Ford singles past the third baseman. Rude Justin Rudi advances to third on the hit. Rod Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Rude Justin Rudi scores. Lynn Keener lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Maynard flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Mitchell singles to center field. Bret Konieczny flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Tenace flies out to the left fielder. Tsuyoshi Yoshida singles to center field. Ed Unglaub singles to right field. Bill Mitchell scores. Koichi Nakamura singles to left field. Tsuyoshi Yoshida scores. Ed Unglaub aggressively advances to third on the hit. Roy Dealy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bart Frye flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Terry Brewington flies out to the left fielder. Chris Lundbom singles to center field. Walt Hartley grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Howard Smith flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Hook singles past the second baseman. Johnny Hook is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Mitchell doubles to center field. Bret Konieczny singles to center field. Tomas Tenace singles to center field. Bill Mitchell scores. Tsuyoshi Yoshida flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Hiromi Nagai strikes out. Rude Justin Rudi pops out to the second baseman. Frank Ford pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ed Unglaub strikes out. Koichi Nakamura walks. Bart Frye flies out to the left fielder. Howard Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rod Smith strikes out. Gene Cary is pinch hitting for Roy Dealy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gene Cary doubles to center field. Jim Maynard singles to center field. Jim Maynard steals second. Terry Brewington grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Lundbom singles past the shortstop. Gene Cary scores. Jim Maynard scores. Walt Hartley singles to right field. Chris Lundbom advances to third on the hit. Walt Hartley steals second. Hiromi Nagai flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Watty Downs pitching. Johnny Hook flies out to the left fielder. Bill Mitchell pops out to the third baseman. Bret Konieczny pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Brad Mooney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rude Justin Rudi singles to left field. Frank Ford strikes out. Rod Smith singles to left field. Rude Justin Rudi advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Frank Gorinski is pinch hitting for Watty Downs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rod Smith steals second. The defense is playing the infield in. Frank Gorinski flies out to the center fielder. Jim Maynard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Minnesota total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Chris Lundbom (15), Gene Cary (2).SF - Rod Smith.GIDP - Walt Hartley. Baserunning: SB - Jim Maynard (11), Walt Hartley 2 (12), Rod Smith (13).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Johnny Morman did not respond to coaching in arm Gordie Bowman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Brook Veres did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Morman improves in contact_vs_righty Muddy Roberts improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Busby did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fred Gullic did not respond to coaching in velocity Jackie Meusel improves in velocity Dixie Ortiz did not respond to coaching in control Chuck Cook did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Stark did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in velocity