Win: Hidekazu Sato (1-0) Loss: Brickhouse Brown (0-1)
Save: Dave Shuman (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Hidekazu Sato pitching. Tanyon Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Esty Leip grounds out to the pitcher. Don Uchrinscko pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Brickhouse Brown pitching. Kyle Reese strikes out. Jim Kostro flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Viau grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chuck Conigliaro grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Beltre grounds out to the pitcher. Rennie Stennett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Randy Sveum grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Regalado grounds out to the second baseman. John Strickland walks. Charlie Bankhead singles to center field. Ron Agnew doubles past the center fielder. John Strickland scores. Hidekazu Sato strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ikuo Inokawa walks. Masataka Takeshita grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Brickhouse Brown pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Kyle Reese pops out to the second baseman. Jim Kostro walks. Jeff Viau lines out to the shortstop. Randy Sveum flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tanyon Valdez doubles to center field. Esty Leip flies out to the center fielder. Don Uchrinscko pops out to the shortstop. Tanyon Valdez steals third. Chuck Conigliaro grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Pat Regalado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Strickland doubles to right field. Charlie Bankhead flies out to the right fielder. Ron Agnew grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Paul Beltre singles to left field. Rennie Stennett strikes out. Ikuo Inokawa lines out to the first baseman. Masataka Takeshita doubles to right field. Paul Beltre uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brickhouse Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Shooty Lombardi is pinch hitting for Hidekazu Sato. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Shooty Lombardi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kyle Reese pops out to the first baseman. Jim Kostro singles to left field. Jeff Viau singles to left field. Randy Sveum singles to left field. Jim Kostro scores. Pat Regalado singles in front of the center fielder. Jeff Viau scores. John Strickland grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Sid Lynch pitching. Tanyon Valdez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Esty Leip strikes out. Don Uchrinscko singles past the third baseman. Don Uchrinscko steals second. Chuck Conigliaro grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Charlie Bankhead flies out to the left fielder. Ron Agnew singles to left field. Ted Eisenstat is pinch hitting for Sid Lynch. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ted Eisenstat grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ron Agnew is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kyle Reese grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ted Eisenstat is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rudy Howard pitching. Paul Beltre doubles to right field. Rennie Stennett walks. Ikuo Inokawa grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Paul Beltre advances to third on the play. Masataka Takeshita pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Kostro pops out to the first baseman. Jeff Viau flies out to the right fielder. Randy Sveum singles to right field. Randy Sveum steals second. Jim Mogridge 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. Pat Regalado doubles to right field. Randy Sveum scores. John Strickland singles to right field. Pat Regalado scores. Charlie Bankhead grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Strickland is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Hammonds is pinch hitting for Jim Mogridge. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bob Hammonds reached on a fielding error by Randy Sveum. Tanyon Valdez strikes out. Esty Leip singles to right field. Don Uchrinscko singles to left field. Chuck Conigliaro flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Hammonds scores. Bill Virgil comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Paul Beltre grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Esty Leip is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Joe Berkman pitching. Ron Agnew grounds out to the second baseman. David Jordan is pinch hitting for Bill Virgil. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. David Jordan strikes out. Kyle Reese flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Dave Shuman pitching. Rennie Stennett flies out to the center fielder. Ikuo Inokawa flies out to the right fielder. Masataka Takeshita flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Tanyon Valdez is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Harley Hopkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Thurman Spradlin improves in power_vs_righty Bobby Kiefer improves in speed Dave Stanley did not respond to coaching in velocity
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ted Crooke improves in arm Gilberto Mathews did not respond to coaching in control Ken Gumpert improves in contact_vs_lefty Mahlon Hogan improves in power_vs_righty Tom Mathes did not respond to coaching in RF