Win: Billy Fansler (11-7) Loss: Rene Davis (10-5)
Save: Bill Virgil (12)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Rene Davis pitching. Pat Regalado pops out to the shortstop. Kyle Reese lines out to the second baseman. Jeff Viau hits a home run. Randy Sveum walks. Jim Kostro grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Randy Sveum is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Billy Fansler pitching. Tanyon Valdez walks. Chuck Conigliaro flies out to the left fielder. Tanyon Valdez steals second. Esty Leip strikes out. Rennie Stennett singles to center field. Tanyon Valdez scores. Paul Beltre grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota John Strickland walks. Charlie Bankhead strikes out. David Jordan pops out to the shortstop. Billy Fansler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bevo Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Bob Hammonds singles to center field. Bill Blair singles to center field. Rene Davis lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tanyon Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pat Regalado grounds out to the third baseman. Kyle Reese reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tanyon Valdez. Jeff Viau flies out to the right fielder. Randy Sveum strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Chuck Conigliaro grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Esty Leip strikes out. Rennie Stennett singles to right field. Paul Beltre grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rennie Stennett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jim Kostro walks. John Strickland strikes out. Charlie Bankhead singles to left field. Jim Kostro advances to third on the hit. David Jordan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Kostro scores. Charlie Bankhead advances to second on the play. Billy Fansler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bevo Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Hammonds walks. Bill Blair singles to right field. Rene Davis lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tanyon Valdez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pat Regalado grounds out to the second baseman. Kyle Reese strikes out. Jeff Viau flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chuck Conigliaro grounds out to the shortstop. Esty Leip grounds out to the second baseman. Rennie Stennett hits a home run. Paul Beltre grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Randy Sveum grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Kostro doubles to center field. John Strickland singles to center field. Jim Kostro scores. Charlie Bankhead grounds out to the catcher. John Strickland advances to second on the play. David Jordan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bevo Rodriguez strikes out. Bob Hammonds grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Blair lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Billy Fansler singles to center field. Pat Regalado grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Billy Fansler is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kyle Reese strikes out. Jeff Viau singles to center field. Pat Regalado advances to third on the hit. Randy Sveum strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rene Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Tanyon Valdez singles past the shortstop. Tanyon Valdez steals second. Tanyon Valdez steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Chuck Conigliaro grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Esty Leip grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jim Kostro strikes out. John Strickland strikes out. Charlie Bankhead grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Johnny Dean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Rennie Stennett flies out to the right fielder. Paul Beltre flies out to the left fielder. Bevo Rodriguez singles to right field. Bob Hammonds strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Danny Voss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. David Jordan pops out to the third baseman. Joe Cross is pinch hitting for Johnny Dean. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Joe Cross walks. Pat Regalado grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Virgil pitching. Bill Blair grounds out to the pitcher. Les Mierkowicz is pinch hitting for Danny Voss. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Les Mierkowicz strikes out. Tanyon Valdez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Yerkes did not respond to coaching in speed Ron Agnew improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Files did not respond to coaching in speed Bert Brazle improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Mathes improves in RF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Berkman did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Colbert did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Harley Hopkins did not respond to coaching in control Harley Hopkins did not respond to coaching in control