Win: Ed Wall (15-9) Loss: Chris Williams (5-11)
Save: Tom Lewis (39)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Chris Williams pitching. Spider Holliday strikes out. Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Alex Petty singles to left field. Casey Spooner singles to center field. Alex Petty advances to third on the hit. Sonny Runyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ed Wall pitching. Tony Brackenridge pops out to the shortstop. Garland Girardi walks. Harvey Boggs strikes out. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Count Johnston flies out to the right fielder. Red Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Moore flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Juul grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jimmy Sheridan singles to center field. Billy Blackburn grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ed Wall strikes out. Spider Holliday grounds out to the pitcher. Shigeru Takahashi doubles to right field. Alex Petty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Kurt Grover flies out to the center fielder. Chris Williams strikes out. Tony Brackenridge flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Casey Spooner strikes out. Sonny Runyan doubles to left field. Count Johnston singles to center field. Sonny Runyan scores. Red Garcia strikes out. Jake Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Garland Girardi singles to right field. Garland Girardi steals second. Harvey Boggs strikes out. Keiji Takagi flies out to the right fielder. Bill Juul flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ed Wall grounds out to the third baseman. Spider Holliday singles to right field. Shigeru Takahashi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jimmy Sheridan pops out to the second baseman. Billy Blackburn strikes out. Kurt Grover singles to center field. Chris Williams singles to center field. Kurt Grover advances to third on the hit. Tony Brackenridge pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Alex Petty singles to center field. Casey Spooner grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Alex Petty is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Casey Spooner steals second. Sonny Runyan singles to center field. Casey Spooner scores. Count Johnston grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Sonny Runyan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Red Garcia grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Count Johnston is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Garland Girardi flies out to the left fielder. Harvey Boggs pops out to the shortstop. Keiji Takagi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jake Moore singles to left field. Ed Wall lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spider Holliday triples. Jake Moore scores. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Petty walks. Alex Petty steals second. Casey Spooner singles to center field. Spider Holliday scores. Alex Petty scores. Elmer Gunning comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sonny Runyan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Juul triples. Jimmy Sheridan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Juul scores. Billy Blackburn doubles to center field. Kurt Grover hits a home run. Billy Blackburn scores. Bill Flood is pinch hitting for Elmer Gunning. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Flood walks. Tony Brackenridge grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Flood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tony Brackenridge steals second. Garland Girardi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dann Butcher pitching. Count Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Red Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Jake Moore pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Duke Cora comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harvey Boggs singles to center field. Keiji Takagi flies out to the right fielder. Bill Juul flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Sheridan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harvey Boggs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Cecil Vickers is pinch hitting for Duke Cora. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Spider Holliday singles to left field. Shigeru Takahashi pops out to the first baseman. Alex Petty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Lewis pitching. Billy Blackburn lines out to the shortstop. Kurt Grover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Schriver is pinch hitting for Dann Butcher. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ken Schriver grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Billy Blackburn (13).3B - Bill Juul (3).HR - Kurt Grover (10).GIDP - Billy Blackburn. Baserunning: SB - Tony Brackenridge (3), Garland Girardi (13).
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Preston Mills did not respond to coaching in velocity Rudy Jacobs did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity Limb Harter did not respond to coaching in range Dave Hansen did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Stanley improves in range Monty Rothel did not respond to coaching in RF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Fred Kelso did not respond to coaching in control Greasy Herbel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Larry Houser did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rene Carey improves in contact_vs_lefty John Pittaro improves in power_vs_lefty Monte Cross did not respond to coaching in velocity