Inning: 1 Minnesota Bob Miles pitching. Makoto Kaneyoshi lines out to the second baseman. Sloppy Jones singles past the second baseman. Herschel Justice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Sloppy Jones advances to second on the play. Allen Nichols is hit by a pitch. Dick Kamm strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ken Easterday pitching. Hal Dashiell strikes out. Jimmy Perkins singles to center field. Ivan Johnson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hanson Grimes grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Beckmann strikes out. Steve Cooper singles to left field. Ken Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gail Whisenant reached on a fielding error by Paul Beckmann. Bruce Taylor strikes out. Hardin Hemus flies out to the center fielder. Gail Whisenant steals second. Chris Grilli singles to left field. Gail Whisenant scores. Roy Cardona pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Makoto Kaneyoshi pops out to the shortstop. Sloppy Jones lines out to the third baseman. Herschel Justice strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bob Miles flies out to the right fielder. Hal Dashiell grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Perkins reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sloppy Jones. Ivan Johnson singles to center field. Jimmy Perkins scores. Ivan Johnson steals second. Gail Whisenant flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Allen Nichols doubles to left field. Dick Kamm flies out to the center fielder. Hanson Grimes strikes out. Paul Beckmann flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bruce Taylor singles to left field. Hardin Hemus flies out to the center fielder. Chris Grilli pops out to the first baseman. Roy Cardona strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Steve Cooper flies out to the center fielder. Ken Easterday grounds out to the pitcher. Makoto Kaneyoshi singles to left field. Sloppy Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bob Miles singles past the second baseman. Hal Dashiell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Miles is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hal Dashiell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jimmy Perkins pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Herschel Justice flies out to the center fielder. Allen Nichols strikes out. Dick Kamm strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ivan Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Gail Whisenant strikes out. Bruce Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hanson Grimes grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Beckmann pops out to the first baseman. Steve Cooper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Hardin Hemus flies out to the center fielder. Chris Grilli grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Cardona lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Glenn Carter enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bruce Taylor at 1B. Charlie Picciuto is pinch hitting for Ken Easterday. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Charlie Picciuto strikes out. Makoto Kaneyoshi flies out to the left fielder. Sloppy Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Alexander pitching. Bob Miles grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Dashiell singles to center field. Hal Dashiell steals second. Jimmy Perkins is hit by a pitch. Ivan Johnson hits a home run. Hal Dashiell scores. Jimmy Perkins scores. Al Harris comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gail Whisenant strikes out. Glenn Carter pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Herschel Justice walks. Bill Lewis is pinch hitting for Allen Nichols. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Lewis strikes out. Dick Kamm singles to right field. Herschel Justice advances to third on the hit. Hanson Grimes grounds out to the third baseman. Herschel Justice scores. Dick Kamm advances to second on the play. Steve Hertz 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. Paul Beckmann doubles to right field. Dick Kamm scores. Steve Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 3
Batting:HR - Ivan Johnson (2).GIDP - Ivan Johnson.HBP - Jimmy Perkins (1). Baserunning: SB - Hal Dashiell (1), Ivan Johnson (2), Gail Whisenant (4).CS - Hal Dashiell (1).
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roy Barfield did not respond to coaching in control Hub Anderson improves in arm Hub Anderson did not respond to coaching in arm Roy Barfield did not respond to coaching in control Jerry McGeary did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Meador improves in power_vs_lefty Derrek Maisel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Howard did not respond to coaching in velocity Matt Jones did not respond to coaching in range