Win: Fritz Shinnick (2-3) Loss: Brad Mooney (1-1)
Save: Atley Taylor (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jose Bosio pitching. Frank Ford walks. Masaki Yamanaka grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Rod Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Johnny Fluhrer walks. Keita Arakane grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Brook Veres pitching. Roy Layana flies out to the left fielder. Bill Martinez grounds out to the shortstop. Loren Bramhall singles to right field. Tom Stanicek hits a home run. Loren Bramhall scores. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chauncey Klinger strikes out. Gordie Bowman strikes out. Cesar Brumley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Chuck Cook walks. Sandy Melton grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Cook advances to second on the play. Clarence Ayers strikes out. Jose Bosio singles to right field. Chuck Cook is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Brook Veres grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Rod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Roy Layana flies out to the right fielder. Bill Martinez grounds out to the pitcher. Loren Bramhall singles to center field. Tom Stanicek grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Keita Arakane walks. Chauncey Klinger pops out to the third baseman. Gordie Bowman grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Chuck Cook walks. Sandy Melton singles to right field. Chuck Cook advances to third on the hit. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Cook scores. Sandy Melton advances to second on the play. Jose Bosio walks. Roy Layana pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Cesar Brumley flies out to the right fielder. Brook Veres reached on a 2-base fielding error by Sandy Melton. Frank Ford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brook Veres advances to third on the play. Masaki Yamanaka pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Loren Bramhall singles to center field. Tom Stanicek strikes out. Loren Bramhall steals second. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the left fielder. Keita Arakane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Chuck Cook hits a home run. Bill Hernandez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sandy Melton strikes out. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Bosio singles past the third baseman. Roy Layana grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jose Bosio is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Chauncey Klinger grounds out to the third baseman. Gordie Bowman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chuck Cook. Cesar Brumley grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Brewington is pinch hitting for Bill Hernandez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Terry Brewington singles to right field. Gordie Bowman scores. Frank Ford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Fritz Shinnick pitching. Bill Martinez strikes out. Loren Bramhall strikes out. Tom Stanicek strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka singles past the third baseman. Rod Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Masaki Yamanaka advances to second on the play. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the third baseman. Keita Arakane singles to left field. Masaki Yamanaka scores. Chauncey Klinger grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Cook pops out to the second baseman. Sandy Melton lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Johnny Hook enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Stanicek at CF. Jim Gainey enters the game as a defensive replacement for Sandy Melton at LF. Brad Mooney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gordie Bowman singles to center field. Gordie Bowman steals second. Cesar Brumley singles to right field. Gordie Bowman scores. Dave Busby is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Busby flies out to the left fielder. Passed ball. Cesar Brumley advances to second. Frank Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Masaki Yamanaka hits a home run. Cesar Brumley scores. Dixie Ortiz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rod Smith doubles to left field. Johnny Fluhrer walks. Keita Arakane grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Atley Taylor pitching. Clarence Ayers singles to center field. Hank Fife is pinch hitting for Dixie Ortiz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Clarence Ayers is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hank Fife singles past the second baseman. Roy Layana strikes out. Hank Fife steals second. Bill Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Calvin Craig did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Yukinobu Aoyama did not respond to coaching in velocity Ryan Maxwell did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Hassett did not respond to coaching in control Ryan Maxwell did not respond to coaching in control Ricky Pierce did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gene Buchanan improves in range Jerry Bailor improves in range Fred Gullic did not respond to coaching in velocity Steamboat Patterson did not respond to coaching in control Gene Buchanan improves in contact_vs_righty Jerry Bailor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty