Win: Atley Taylor (15-16) Loss: Nelson McLeland (12-14)
Save: Jose Miller (42)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Nelson McLeland pitching. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Atley Taylor pitching. Johnny Hook grounds out to the second baseman. Clarence Ayers singles to left field. Clarence Ayers steals second. Bret Konieczny grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clarence Ayers advances to third on the play. Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Brewington lines out to the third baseman. Walt Hartley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Beiker Miller pops out to the second baseman. Koichi Nakamura flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Tenace grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Stanky pops out to the first baseman. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Atley Taylor grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota George Neighbors singles to center field. Nelson McLeland lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Hook flies out to the left fielder. Clarence Ayers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Ford hits a home run. Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bret Konieczny grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Gertenrich flies out to the left fielder. Beiker Miller singles to center field. Beiker Miller steals second. Koichi Nakamura singles to center field. Tomas Tenace flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Terry Brewington flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Walt Hartley strikes out. Mike Stanky grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota George Neighbors flies out to the right fielder. Nelson McLeland grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hook grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bombo Mertz strikes out. Atley Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Ford grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Clarence Ayers triples. The defense is playing the corners in. Bret Konieczny singles to center field. Clarence Ayers scores. Ron Gertenrich singles to right field. Bret Konieczny aggressively advances to third on the hit. Beiker Miller strikes out. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Tomas Tenace strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tanka Jahari grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer pops out to the shortstop. Rod Smith singles to left field. Terry Brewington grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Rod Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota George Neighbors singles to right field. Nelson McLeland lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Hook flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Ayers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Walt Hartley walks. Mike Stanky walks. Joe Sundberg 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. Bombo Mertz singles to right field. Walt Hartley scores. Mike Stanky advances to third on the hit. Atley Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Stanky scores. Frank Ford flies out to the right fielder. Tanka Jahari walks. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bret Konieczny strikes out. Ron Gertenrich reached on a 2-base throwing error by Walt Hartley. Beiker Miller flies out to the left fielder. Koichi Nakamura singles to left field. Ron Gertenrich scores. Tomas Tenace grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Brewington singles to left field. Terry Brewington steals second. Walt Hartley strikes out. Mike Stanky grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jose Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. George Neighbors grounds out to the third baseman. Bart Frye is pinch hitting for Joe Sundberg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bart Frye strikes out. Johnny Hook pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Atley Taylor is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Wade Sheckard did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Johnny Morman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Lehew did not respond to coaching in velocity Keita Arakane did not respond to coaching in range Bill Mirabelli improves in contact_vs_lefty Felix Diaz improves in endurance
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in control Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in range Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in speed Sandy Melton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jackie Meusel did not respond to coaching in endurance Loren Bramhall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in 3B