Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Alberts pitching. Frank Ford flies out to the left fielder. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Lundbom pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Brook Veres pitching. Johnny Hook flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Martinez singles to center field. Beiker Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tanka Jahari strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer bunts for a base hit. Terry Brewington grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Fluhrer advances to second on the play. Rod Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Loren Bramhall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Brook Veres grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Ford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Alberts singles to center field. Johnny Hook doubles to left field. Clarence Ayers strikes out. Bill Martinez walks. Beiker Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bombo Mertz singles to left field. Chris Lundbom pops out to the third baseman. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura singles to left field. Carlos Chiamparino walks. Loren Bramhall grounds out to the third baseman. Koichi Nakamura advances to third on the play. Carlos Chiamparino advances to second on the play. Ron Gertenrich pops out to the second baseman. Dick Alberts strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Terry Brewington walks. Rod Smith grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Johnny Hook grounds out to the second baseman. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Martinez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Brook Veres strikes out. Frank Ford triples. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Chris Lundbom flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Beiker Miller singles to left field. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Loren Bramhall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tanka Jahari strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Terry Brewington walks. Rod Smith grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Terry Brewington is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich singles to center field. Dick Alberts 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. Cupid Ross 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. Clarence Ayers reached on a fielding error by Cupid Ross. Bill Martinez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Cardenas is pinch hitting for Cupid Ross. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnny Cardenas hits a home run. Frank Ford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Bombo Mertz singles to center field. Chris Lundbom 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. Tanka Jahari grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chris Lundbom is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Watty Downs pitching. Beiker Miller strikes out. Koichi Nakamura doubles to center field. Carlos Chiamparino pops out to the first baseman. Loren Bramhall singles to left field. Koichi Nakamura uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ron Gertenrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer pops out to the catcher. Terry Brewington walks. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Masaki Yamanaka grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Terry Brewington is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Chuck Cook is pinch hitting for Joe Sundberg. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chuck Cook grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hook singles to center field. Johnny Hook steals second. Clarence Ayers singles to left field. Johnny Hook scores. Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jeff Schick improves in contact_vs_righty Arnie Magadan did not respond to coaching in velocity Ramon Hertz did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Balas did not respond to coaching in velocity Calvin Craig improves in power_vs_righty Nigel Joseph improves in contact_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Youngs improves in power_vs_lefty Pete Ferens did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ryan Reed improves in speed Jerry Bailor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roy Layana improves in range Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in 3B