Win: Nelson McLeland (14-14) Loss: Atley Taylor (19-5)
Save: Joe Sundberg (28)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Atley Taylor pitching. Johnny Hook grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bret Konieczny strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Nelson McLeland pitching. Jim Maynard strikes out. Hiromi Nagai grounds out to the pitcher. Walt Hartley singles to left field. Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tomas Tenace strikes out. Ron Gertenrich strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rude Justin Rudi flies out to the right fielder. Frank Ford walks. Terry Brewington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Ford advances to second on the play. Frank Ford steals third. Wade Sheckard grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the second baseman. Bart Frye flies out to the center fielder. Nelson McLeland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Atley Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Jim Maynard strikes out. Hiromi Nagai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Johnny Hook flies out to the left fielder. Clarence Ayers singles to right field. Bret Konieczny walks. Tomas Tenace hits a home run. Clarence Ayers scores. Bret Konieczny scores. Ron Gertenrich singles to left field. Carlos Chiamparino flies out to the left fielder. Koichi Nakamura flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Walt Hartley flies out to the left fielder. Rod Smith strikes out. Rude Justin Rudi reached on a 2-base throwing error by Koichi Nakamura. Frank Ford doubles to center field. Rude Justin Rudi scores. Terry Brewington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bart Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Nelson McLeland grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Hook grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Wade Sheckard singles past the second baseman. Atley Taylor lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Maynard grounds out to the shortstop. Hiromi Nagai strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Clarence Ayers reached on a fielding error by Walt Hartley. Bret Konieczny flies out to the left fielder. Tomas Tenace hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ron Gertenrich singles past the shortstop. Clarence Ayers scores. Tomas Tenace aggressively advances to third on the hit. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Koichi Nakamura triples. Tomas Tenace scores. Ron Gertenrich scores. Bart Frye flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Walt Hartley flies out to the center fielder. Rod Smith flies out to the center fielder. Rude Justin Rudi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Nelson McLeland lines out to the first baseman. Johnny Hook strikes out. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Ford pops out to the first baseman. Terry Brewington flies out to the left fielder. Wade Sheckard flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bret Konieczny pops out to the catcher. Tomas Tenace strikes out. Ron Gertenrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gene Cary is pinch hitting for Atley Taylor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Gene Cary strikes out. Jim Maynard walks. Hiromi Nagai flies out to the right fielder. Walt Hartley hits a home run. Jim Maynard scores. Rod Smith lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Watty Downs pitching. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Koichi Nakamura singles to right field. Bart Frye strikes out. Tsuyoshi Yoshida is pinch hitting for Nelson McLeland. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tsuyoshi Yoshida walks. Johnny Hook flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe Sundberg pitching. Rude Justin Rudi singles to center field. Frank Ford strikes out. Terry Brewington walks. Wade Sheckard strikes out. Frank Gorinski is pinch hitting for Watty Downs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Gorinski strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Wade Sheckard is injured and is expected to be out 11 days. Walt Hartley is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Frank Stark improves in speed Jackie Meusel did not respond to coaching in velocity Dixie Ortiz did not respond to coaching in velocity Sandy Melton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in arm Fred Gullic did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Brook Veres did not respond to coaching in velocity Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Morman did not respond to coaching in range Ray Silva did not respond to coaching in velocity Brook Veres did not respond to coaching in velocity Brook Veres did not respond to coaching in control