Inning: 1 Minnesota Pop Torres pitching. Johnny Hook singles to right field. Clarence Ayers grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Hook is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Martinez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Lee Bouchee pitching. Frank Ford singles to right field. Bombo Mertz flies out to the right fielder. Chris Lundbom flies out to the left fielder. Frank Ford steals second. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Beiker Miller strikes out. Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Gainey pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Rod Smith walks. Masaki Yamanaka singles to center field. Rod Smith advances to third on the hit. Terry Brewington walks. Pop Torres grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota George Neighbors flies out to the left fielder. Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Bouchee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Chris Lundbom pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Johnny Hook flies out to the left fielder. Clarence Ayers doubles to right field. Bill Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Beiker Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Tanka Jahari walks. Rod Smith strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tanka Jahari is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Gainey doubles past the first baseman. George Neighbors singles to center field. Jim Gainey scores. Ron Gertenrich hits an infield single to the pitcher. Lee Bouchee lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Hook grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Terry Brewington flies out to the center fielder. Pop Torres grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Ford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Clarence Ayers strikes out. Bill Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Beiker Miller grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bombo Mertz strikes out. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura singles to right field. Jim Gainey pops out to the second baseman. George Neighbors singles to right field. Koichi Nakamura advances to third on the hit. Ron Gertenrich walks. Lee Bouchee grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tanka Jahari strikes out. Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Johnny Hook strikes out. Clarence Ayers singles in front of the left fielder. Bill Martinez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Clarence Ayers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Beiker Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Terry Brewington strikes out. Johnny Cardenas is pinch hitting for Pop Torres. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Johnny Cardenas grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Ford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Kazuhiro Inagaki pitching. Koichi Nakamura singles to right field. Jim Gainey singles to center field. George Neighbors strikes out. Ron Gertenrich walks. Lee Bouchee grounds out to the third baseman. Koichi Nakamura scores. Jim Gainey advances to third on the play. Ron Gertenrich advances to second on the play. Johnny Hook singles to center field. Jim Gainey scores. Cupid Ross comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clarence Ayers doubles past the right fielder. Ron Gertenrich scores. Johnny Hook uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Martinez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bombo Mertz lines out to the shortstop. Chris Lundbom singles to center field. Johnny Fluhrer is hit by a pitch. 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 shortstop. Johnny Fluhrer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tanka Jahari steals second. Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Lee Bouchee is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gordie Legett improves in arm Roy Layana did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in velocity Gene Buchanan did not respond to coaching in range Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in speed Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fritz Shinnick did not respond to coaching in velocity Fritz Shinnick did not respond to coaching in control Roy Dealy improves in control Jeff Schick improves in power_vs_righty