Inning: 1 Minnesota Bram Stoker pitching. Butts Girardi walks. Clarence Hernandez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Butts Girardi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chuck Kaiser walks. Jake Bradford walks. Pete High grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Rick Lefebvre pitching. Scoops Dailey singles to right field. Klondike MacDonald grounds out to the pitcher. Scoops Dailey advances to second on the play. Red Batchelder grounds out to the third baseman. Arnold Daniels grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Just grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Carroll flies out to the center fielder. Ezra Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bob Hundley flies out to the left fielder. Spud Wilson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Wells pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Rick Lefebvre walks. Butts Girardi pops out to the third baseman. Clarence Hernandez singles to left field. Rick Lefebvre advances to third on the hit. Clarence Hernandez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Chuck Kaiser walks. Chuck Kaiser steals second. Jake Bradford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dallas Krieger flies out to the right fielder. Bram Stoker pops out to the first baseman. Scoops Dailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Pete High strikes out. Joe Just strikes out. Kevin Carroll singles to right field. Ezra Birmingham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Klondike MacDonald singles to right field. Red Batchelder strikes out. Arnold Daniels singles to center field. Klondike MacDonald advances to third on the hit. Bob Hundley flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Klondike MacDonald scores. Spud Wilson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Arnold Daniels is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rick Lefebvre grounds out to the shortstop. Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez walks. Chuck Kaiser grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Clarence Hernandez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Al Wells grounds out to the pitcher. Dallas Krieger walks. Bram Stoker lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Scoops Dailey lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jake Bradford grounds out to the pitcher. Pete High flies out to the right fielder. Joe Just singles to center field. Kevin Carroll singles to right field. Ezra Birmingham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Klondike MacDonald grounds out to the second baseman. Red Batchelder grounds out to the second baseman. Arnold Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Eddie Bateman is pinch hitting for Rick Lefebvre. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Eddie Bateman singles to right field. Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez walks. Chuck Kaiser singles to left field. Eddie Bateman scores. Clarence Hernandez advances to third on the hit. Mike Darcy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Chuck Kaiser steals second. Jake Bradford flies out to the right fielder. Pete High walks. Joe Just strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bryan Stoddard pitching. Bob Hundley walks. Spud Wilson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Hundley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Al Wells walks. Dallas Krieger flies out to the center fielder. Mike Darcy grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Wells is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Kevin Carroll pops out to the second baseman. Ezra Birmingham flies out to the right fielder. Jim Brady is pinch hitting for Bryan Stoddard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jim Brady grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Greg Reynolds pitching. Scoops Dailey singles to left field. Klondike MacDonald doubles to right field. The defense is playing the infield in. Passed ball. Scoops Dailey scores. Klondike MacDonald advances to third. Red Batchelder singles to center field. Klondike MacDonald scores. Arnold Daniels singles to left field. Red Batchelder aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bob Hundley singles to center field. Red Batchelder scores. Arnold Daniels advances to third on the hit. Bob Hundley is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Spud Wilson pops out to the second baseman. Al Wells singles to center field. Arnold Daniels scores. Dallas Krieger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Butts Girardi walks. Clarence Hernandez hits an infield single to the pitcher. Taffy Stone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Chuck Kaiser lines out to the shortstop. Jake Bradford hits a home run. Butts Girardi scores. Clarence Hernandez scores. Marty Valdez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete High pops out to the second baseman. Joe Just grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 11 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Chuck Kaiser is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jose Ford improves in range Freddy Dunkle improves in arm Freddy Dunkle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Tettleton improves in contact_vs_righty Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dino Sweeney did not respond to coaching in endurance Charlie Hague did not respond to coaching in control Dick Beene did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Hague did not respond to coaching in velocity