Win: Luther TK Levis (1-0) Loss: Chick Lyle (0-1)
Save: Kazutaka K Yamada (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Chick Lyle pitching. Felix TK Engel grounds out to the shortstop. Steve K Ward pops out to the second baseman. Wade K Almeida flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Luther TK Levis pitching. Marv Wilson grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Peterson flies out to the right fielder. Fred Brabender walks. Fred Brabender is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chuck K Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Meares strikes out. Mark K Eunick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ike Walker grounds out to the pitcher. Tsutomu Shimizu pops out to the shortstop. Alan Shea grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe W Quinones lines out to the third baseman. Frank K Johnson singles past the third baseman. Luther TK Levis lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Felix TK Engel grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Luther TK Levis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Felix TK Engel is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ted Graves strikes out. Ross Gharrity grounds out to the second baseman. Chick Lyle walks. Marv Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Steve K Ward flies out to the left fielder. Wade K Almeida strikes out. Chuck K Smith hits a home run. Mike Meares grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Peterson grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Brabender grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Walker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mark K Eunick singles to center field. Joe W Quinones flies out to the right fielder. Frank K Johnson strikes out. Luther TK Levis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tsutomu Shimizu strikes out. Alan Shea flies out to the right fielder. Ted Graves flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Felix TK Engel strikes out. Steve K Ward doubles to left field. Wade K Almeida singles to left field. Steve K Ward is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Chuck K Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ross Gharrity grounds out to the shortstop. Chick Lyle strikes out. Marv Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike Meares grounds out to the second baseman. Mark K Eunick strikes out. Joe W Quinones singles to center field. Frank K Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Peterson flies out to the right fielder. Fred Brabender grounds out to the pitcher. Ike Walker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Luther TK Levis strikes out. Felix TK Engel hits a home run. Steve K Ward hits a home run. Don Butland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Wade K Almeida grounds out to the pitcher. Chuck K Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dorsey W Stewart enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chuck K Smith at 3B. Tsutomu Shimizu singles to center field. Alan Shea doubles to center field. Tsutomu Shimizu uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ted Graves pops out to the first baseman. Ross Gharrity singles to left field. Alan Shea scores. Myrl Moeller is pinch hitting for Don Butland. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Myrl Moeller flies out to the right fielder. Marv Wilson singles to left field. Mike Peterson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Vinson pitching. Mike Meares pops out to the shortstop. Mark K Eunick flies out to the left fielder. Joe W Quinones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Kazutaka K Yamada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fred Brabender singles to center field. Fred Brabender steals second. Ike Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Tsutomu Shimizu grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Brabender advances to third on the play. Alan Shea grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave W Woods did not respond to coaching in arm Doc W Sanders improves in power_vs_righty Hank K McManus did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank K McManus did not respond to coaching in control Dave K Coleman improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim K Meulens improves in range
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Guindon did not respond to coaching in control Bill Kneisch did not respond to coaching in endurance Gary Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Wallace improves in arm Reddy Kenna improves in power_vs_righty Alan Herges did not respond to coaching in arm