Win: Bill Witherbee (5-2) Loss: Kevin Young (3-2)
Save: Harry Dean (11)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Kevin Young pitching. Jim Lemaster singles to center field. Jim Lemaster steals second. Bill Johnson strikes out. Pancho Woodruff singles to right field. Jim Lemaster scores. Mike Piniella strikes out. Milt Smithton grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pancho Woodruff is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bill Witherbee pitching. Jerry Allen strikes out. Bert Warren singles to left field. Henry Bickham grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnnie Thompson flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Buzz Moran strikes out. Leonys Lara flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ed Siddall strikes out. Stefan Brenly doubles to right field. Joe Sackinsky strikes out. Bill Acre singles to left field. Stefan Brenly scores. Bud Rodas grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Acre is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Witherbee grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Lemaster singles to left field. Bill Johnson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Kevin Young flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Allen flies out to the right fielder. Bert Warren flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pancho Woodruff singles to center field. Mike Piniella grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pancho Woodruff is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Piniella steals second. Milt Smithton walks. Johnnie Thompson grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Milt Smithton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Buzz Moran hits an infield single to the second baseman. Mike Piniella scores. Leonys Lara walks. Bill Witherbee strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Henry Bickham grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Siddall doubles to left field. Stefan Brenly strikes out. Joe Sackinsky strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Lemaster doubles to left field. Bill Johnson strikes out. Pancho Woodruff grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Piniella strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Acre grounds out to the pitcher. Bud Rodas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Milt Smithton flies out to the left fielder. Johnnie Thompson singles to right field. Buzz Moran singles to right field. Johnnie Thompson advances to third on the hit. Leonys Lara strikes out. Bill Witherbee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jerry Allen grounds out to the catcher. Bert Warren strikes out. Henry Bickham walks. Ed Siddall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Lemaster strikes out. Bill Johnson singles to center field. Pancho Woodruff singles to left field. Bill Johnson advances to third on the hit. Masashi Ohshima 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. Mike Piniella flies out to the right fielder. Milt Smithton singles to center field. Bill Johnson scores. Pancho Woodruff advances to third on the hit. Johnnie Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Stefan Brenly singles to center field. Joe Sackinsky singles to center field. Bill Acre flies out to the right fielder. Bud Rodas grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Buzz Moran walks. Leonys Lara walks. Bill Witherbee lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Lemaster walks. Bill Johnson strikes out. Pancho Woodruff triples. Buzz Moran scores. Leonys Lara scores. Jim Lemaster scores. Bill Koch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Piniella grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gus Reynolds is pinch hitting for Bill Koch. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gus Reynolds flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Allen triples. Bert Warren grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Allen scores. Henry Bickham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Deshaies pitching. Milt Smithton flies out to the center fielder. Johnnie Thompson pops out to the second baseman. Buzz Moran hits a home run. Leonys Lara flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ed Siddall grounds out to the shortstop. Paddy Scalzi is pinch hitting for Stefan Brenly. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Paddy Scalzi hits a home run. Travis Carsey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Sackinsky singles to left field. Bill Acre lines out to the shortstop. Bud Rodas walks. Harry Dean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Milchin is pinch hitting for Tom Deshaies. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Milchin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jack Branyan did not respond to coaching in arm Newt Howard did not respond to coaching in endurance Bill Dickerson improves in contact_vs_righty Sid Morrison improves in range Orlando Smith did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Keith Irwin improves in power_vs_righty Jim Aybar did not respond to coaching in arm Keith Irwin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Carney Masi did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Smith did not respond to coaching in 1B