Inning: 1 Kansas City Kelly Gehringer pitching. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the third baseman. Keita Arakane flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Atley Taylor pitching. Johnny Hook grounds out to the second baseman. Clarence Ayers flies out to the center fielder. Bret Konieczny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gene Wehmeier grounds out to the third baseman. Dee Grace flies out to the left fielder. Hiromi Nagai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the shortstop. Beiker Miller flies out to the center fielder. Koichi Nakamura pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Chris Lundbom singles to left field. Atley Taylor lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Bart Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Kelly Gehringer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Keita Arakane grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Gene Wehmeier pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Johnny Hook flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Bret Konieczny singles to center field. Ron Gertenrich lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dee Grace flies out to the right fielder. Hiromi Nagai grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Beiker Miller flies out to the center fielder. Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the pitcher. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chris Lundbom lines out to the first baseman. Atley Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Bombo Mertz singles to left field. Keita Arakane singles to right field. Bombo Mertz advances to third on the hit. Johnny Fluhrer singles to right field. Bombo Mertz scores. Gene Wehmeier grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bart Frye singles to center field. Kelly Gehringer 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 doubles to left field. Bart Frye scores. Clarence Ayers walks. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Ron Gertenrich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dee Grace flies out to the center fielder. Hiromi Nagai grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Beiker Miller flies out to the center fielder. Koichi Nakamura doubles to center field. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Koichi Nakamura advances to third on the play. Bart Frye singles to center field. Koichi Nakamura scores. Kelly Gehringer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bart Frye is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chris Lundbom walks. Masaki Yamanaka is pinch hitting for Atley Taylor. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Bombo Mertz singles to right field. Chris Lundbom scores. Masaki Yamanaka advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Keita Arakane flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Masaki Yamanaka scores. Johnny Fluhrer walks. Brad Mooney 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. Gene Wehmeier flies out to the right fielder. Dee Grace pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Cupid Ross pitching. Johnny Hook doubles to right field. Clarence Ayers singles to right field. Johnny Hook scores. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Clarence Ayers steals second. Ron Gertenrich doubles to right field. Clarence Ayers scores. Kazuhiro Inagaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Beiker Miller strikes out. Koichi Nakamura singles to center field. Ron Gertenrich scores. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Hiromi Nagai singles to center field. Rod Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Chris Lundbom reached on a fielding error by Clarence Ayers. Tanka Jahari is pinch hitting for Kazuhiro Inagaki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tanka Jahari walks. Hiromi Nagai scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Bombo Mertz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rod Smith scores. Chris Lundbom advances to third on the play. Jackie Meusel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Keita Arakane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Watty Downs pitching. Bart Frye singles to left field. Chuck Cook is pinch hitting for Jackie Meusel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Gainey is pinch running for Bart Frye on 1st base. Jim Gainey steals second. Chuck Cook hits an infield single to the pitcher. Johnny Hook singles to right field. Jim Gainey scores. Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dave Busby did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ray Silva did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Hutson improves in velocity Jeff Schick improves in speed Ron Hutson improves in velocity Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dann Reiber improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Youngs improves in contact_vs_lefty Creighton Masterson did not respond to coaching in control Creighton Masterson did not respond to coaching in control Paul Garagozzo improves in arm Paul Garagozzo did not respond to coaching in range Tom Stanicek improves in 3B