Win: Garry Braun (7-13) Loss: Terry Martin (10-14)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Garry Braun pitching. Marty Cruz singles to right field. Marty Cruz steals second. Placido Beck strikes out. Cupid Grace strikes out. Walt Poat walks. Lamar Textor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Terry Martin pitching. Nobuyuki Miwa singles to left field. Jay Brewster strikes out. Nobuyuki Miwa is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Varney Crutcher pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Eric Kroll grounds out to the pitcher. Bobby Smith strikes out. Ian McNulty singles to center field. Terry Martin grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ian McNulty is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Juan Schmidt lines out to the third baseman. Reid Nicholson grounds out to the third baseman. Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Otie Shepherd grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ross Rohr-Beck is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Marty Cruz strikes out. Placido Beck reached on a fielding error by Garry Braun. Cupid Grace singles to right field. Placido Beck steals third. Cupid Grace steals second. Walt Poat pops out to the second baseman. Lamar Textor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Orval Martin flies out to the left fielder. Garry Braun grounds out to the third baseman. Nobuyuki Miwa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Eric Kroll doubles to right field. Bobby Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Ian McNulty pops out to the catcher. Terry Martin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jay Brewster singles to left field. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Juan Schmidt hits a home run. Jay Brewster scores. Reid Nicholson strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Marty Cruz singles to center field. Placido Beck pops out to the first baseman. Marty Cruz is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cupid Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Otie Shepherd strikes out. Orval Martin walks. Garry Braun lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Nobuyuki Miwa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Walt Poat singles to center field. Lamar Textor flies out to the center fielder. Walt Poat steals second. Eric Kroll flies out to the right fielder. Harry Romero 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 1st. Bobby Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jay Brewster singles to center field. Jay Brewster steals second. Varney Crutcher flies out to the right fielder. Juan Schmidt singles to center field. Jay Brewster scores. Reid Nicholson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ian McNulty grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Martin strikes out. Marty Cruz singles to right field. Placido Beck doubles to left field. Cupid Grace pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck strikes out. Otie Shepherd walks. Passed ball. Otie Shepherd advances to second. Orval Martin flies out to the right fielder. Irv Barthelson is pinch hitting for Harry Romero. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Otie Shepherd steals third. Irv Barthelson singles to left field. Otie Shepherd scores. Billy Macias comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nobuyuki Miwa hits a home run. Irv Barthelson scores. Jay Brewster flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jack Barton pitching. Walt Poat grounds out to the second baseman. Lamar Textor flies out to the left fielder. Carl McElveen is pinch hitting for Eric Kroll. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carl McElveen walks. Bobby Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hugo Mercer is pinch hitting for Varney Crutcher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hugo Mercer flies out to the center fielder. Juan Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Gregg Haldeman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Householder is pinch hitting for Reid Nicholson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Buddy Householder doubles to right field. Yusaku Okamoto is pinch hitting for Ross Rohr-Beck. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Yusaku Okamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ian McNulty flies out to the left fielder. Mike Benitez is pinch hitting for Gregg Haldeman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Benitez strikes out. Marty Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 10 Kansas City total runners left on base: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tom Kellum improves in contact_vs_lefty Lee Ward improves in velocity John Clemens did not respond to coaching in arm Eddie Baldwin did not respond to coaching in speed George Cooper improves in power_vs_righty George Cooper did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny McKeithan improves in speed Bobby Rooney did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Art Knicely improves in contact_vs_lefty Lefty Morley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Danny McKeithan improves in range Jess Berry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty