Win: Dann Butcher (1-0) Loss: Steve Breckinridge (9-11)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Hideo Shimada pitching. Count Johnston walks. Spider Holliday flies out to the right fielder. Casey Spooner grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ed Wall pitching. Kurt Grover grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Sheridan strikes out. Phil Thorpe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Yo-Yo Catalanotto strikes out. Rudy Jacobs walks. Rudy Jacobs steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Alex Petty grounds out to the second baseman. Rudy Jacobs scores. Dee Williams singles to center field. Randy Pattison walks. Ed Wall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Flood flies out to the center fielder. Larry Houser flies out to the right fielder. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Count Johnston grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Spider Holliday grounds out to the third baseman. Casey Spooner singles to right field. Yo-Yo Catalanotto singles to right field. Casey Spooner advances to third on the hit. Rudy Jacobs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Emmett Bair walks. Jim Colangelo doubles past the third baseman. Hideo Shimada strikes out. Kurt Grover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Sheridan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Alex Petty strikes out. Dee Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Pattison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Phil Thorpe hits a home run. Bill Flood strikes out. Larry Houser strikes out. Billy Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ed Wall grounds out to the shortstop. Count Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Spider Holliday grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Emmett Bair flies out to the center fielder. Jim Colangelo strikes out. Hideo Shimada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Casey Spooner strikes out. Yo-Yo Catalanotto singles to right field. Yo-Yo Catalanotto is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rudy Jacobs hits a home run. Alex Petty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kurt Grover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Sheridan strikes out. Phil Thorpe doubles to center field. Bill Flood triples. Phil Thorpe scores. Larry Houser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dee Williams walks. Randy Pattison grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dee Williams is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ralph Klawitter is pinch hitting for Ed Wall. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ralph Klawitter grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Randy Pattison is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Count Johnston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Stefan Kimble pitching. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Emmett Bair flies out to the right fielder. Jim Colangelo walks. Hideo Shimada strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Spider Holliday singles to right field. Casey Spooner singles to right field. Yo-Yo Catalanotto flies out to the right fielder. Rudy Jacobs grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kurt Grover grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Sheridan flies out to the left fielder. Phil Thorpe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Alex Petty strikes out. Dee Williams singles to right field. Dann Butcher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Randy Pattison strikes out. Shigeru Takahashi is pinch hitting for Stefan Kimble. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shigeru Takahashi doubles to left field. Dee Williams is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Breckinridge pitching. Bill Flood flies out to the center fielder. Larry Houser doubles past the center fielder. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Larry Houser advances to third on the play. Emmett Bair singles to center field. Larry Houser scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Dagres did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Dagres did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jimmy Smith improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Stanhouse improves in power_vs_righty Milt Trotter improves in speed Milt Trotter improves in contact_vs_lefty Herman Shean did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Thomas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Yeniet Perez improves in range Jack Gabler improves in control Dave English did not respond to coaching in control Steve Bourgeois did not respond to coaching in control Bill Propst did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty