Win: Steve Finley (6-8) Loss: Len Dedrick (9-13)
Save: Ron Mails (20)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Len Dedrick pitching. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Brantley reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ian McNulty. Varney Crutcher grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Brantley advances to third on the play. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Cliff Fuentes pitching. George Stremmel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Matthews grounds out to the second baseman. Ian McNulty doubles to left field. Debs Westlake singles to center field. Ian McNulty scores. Walt Poat hits a home run. Debs Westlake scores. Eric Kroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Juan Schmidt grounds out to the pitcher. Clay Irwin strikes out. Randy McElwee flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bobby Smith walks. Carl McElveen walks. The catcher fields the ball and Bobby Smith is thrown out at third. Carl McElveen advances to second on the play. Carl McElveen advances to second on the play. George Stremmel strikes out. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Reid Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Fuentes grounds out to the shortstop. Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ian McNulty pops out to the third baseman. Debs Westlake grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Poat is hit by a pitch. Eric Kroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Brantley singles to left field. Varney Crutcher grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bobby Smith pops out to the catcher. Carl McElveen singles to right field. Len Dedrick lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Stremmel is hit by a pitch. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Juan Schmidt walks. Clay Irwin singles to left field. Randy McElwee singles to right field. Juan Schmidt scores. Clay Irwin aggressively advances to third on the hit. Randy McElwee is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Reid Nicholson doubles to right field. Clay Irwin scores. Hugo Mercer is pinch hitting for Cliff Fuentes. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Hugo Mercer grounds out to the second baseman. Reid Nicholson advances to third on the play. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Steve Finley pitching. Ian McNulty grounds out to the third baseman. Debs Westlake singles to center field. Walt Poat strikes out. Eric Kroll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Brantley singles past the shortstop. Bob Brantley steals second. Varney Crutcher singles to right field. Bob Brantley scores. Varney Crutcher steals second. Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Juan Schmidt singles to center field. Clay Irwin grounds out to the shortstop. Varney Crutcher scores. Ross Rohr-Beck advances to third on the play. Juan Schmidt advances to second on the play. Randy McElwee doubles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Juan Schmidt scores. Bob Lake comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reid Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Finley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bobby Smith walks. Carl McElveen flies out to the right fielder. Keiichi Tamaki is pinch hitting for Bob Lake. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bobby Smith steals second. Keiichi Tamaki grounds out to the pitcher. George Stremmel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Yoshio Kaneko pitching. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Brantley reached on a fielding error by Walt Poat. Varney Crutcher grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny Matthews singles to right field. Ron Mails comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ian McNulty grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Johnny Matthews is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ian McNulty is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Debs Westlake singles to right field. Debs Westlake is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Juan Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Irwin walks. Randy McElwee grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Clay Irwin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Walt Poat grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Kroll grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Benitez is pinch hitting for Bobby Smith. Mike Benitez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Dick Holt enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Benitez at C. Reid Nicholson walks. Ron Mails fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ron Mails grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Tsutomu Kadota singles to right field. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Bob Brantley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Carl McElveen walks. Ronn Moreno is pinch hitting for Yoshio Kaneko. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ronn Moreno doubles to center field. Carl McElveen is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. George Stremmel flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Ian McNulty (16), Ronn Moreno (8).HR - Walt Poat (13).HBP - George Stremmel (2), Walt Poat (3). Baserunning: SB - Bobby Smith (11).CS - Ian McNulty (10), Debs Westlake (8). Fielding: E - Ian McNulty, Walt Poat.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmie Sanicki did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Haad did not respond to coaching in arm Pete Haad did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Yusaku Okamoto did not respond to coaching in speed Clete Schoonmaker did not respond to coaching in arm
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: George Cooper improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Morton improves in velocity Todd Zeile did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty George Cooper improves in power_vs_righty Pat Whiten did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Kipper did not respond to coaching in control