Win: Atley Taylor (13-10) Loss: Nelson McLeland (8-11)
Save: Kazuhiro Inagaki (35)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Atley Taylor pitching. Johnny Hook grounds out to the pitcher. Clarence Ayers flies out to the center fielder. Bill Martinez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Nelson McLeland pitching. Frank Ford doubles to center field. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer singles to right field. Frank Ford scores. Tanka Jahari singles to center field. Rod Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Beiker Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino singles to center field. Loren Bramhall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Terry Brewington doubles to center field. Johnny Morman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Brewington advances to third on the play. Atley Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jim Gainey flies out to the center fielder. Nelson McLeland strikes out. Johnny Hook flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ford strikes out. Chris Lundbom pops out to the shortstop. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clarence Ayers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Beiker Miller singles past the shortstop. Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tanka Jahari grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Smith doubles to center field. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino flies out to the left fielder. Loren Bramhall flies out to the right fielder. Jim Gainey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Johnny Morman flies out to the left fielder. Atley Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Frank Ford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Nelson McLeland grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Hook grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Ayers pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chris Lundbom walks. Johnny Fluhrer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Tanka Jahari flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bill Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Beiker Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rod Smith flies out to the center fielder. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Brewington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Loren Bramhall walks. Jim Gainey singles to left field. Loren Bramhall is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Chuck Cook is pinch hitting for Nelson McLeland. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Chuck Cook flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Sundberg pitching. Johnny Morman flies out to the right fielder. Atley Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Johnny Hook grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clarence Ayers doubles to left field. Kazuhiro Inagaki 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. Bill Martinez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clarence Ayers advances to third on the play. Beiker Miller walks. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bernie Mitchell did not respond to coaching in arm Creighton Masterson did not respond to coaching in control Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in control Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Paul Garagozzo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty 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: Roy Dealy did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Busby improves in contact_vs_righty Hiromi Nagai did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Gordie Bowman improves in arm Clise Baldschun did not respond to coaching in velocity Clise Baldschun did not respond to coaching in velocity