Inning: 1 Minnesota Jack Lee pitching. Tris Valentin grounds out to the third baseman. Bill May strikes out. Matt Saberhagen walks. Mike Pape singles to left field. Frank Land grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tim Pose pitching. Pinky Lerian strikes out. Craig McNamara flies out to the center fielder. C.K. May pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Neil Holmes flies out to the center fielder. Pinky Curtis pops out to the first baseman. Connie Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tommy LaVita grounds out to the second baseman. Julio Dagres flies out to the center fielder. John Toca flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tim Pose strikes out. Tris Valentin singles to center field. Bill May grounds out to the second baseman. Tris Valentin advances to second on the play. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Deke Miller singles to right field. Greg Bennett strikes out. Jack Lee lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pinky Lerian singles to right field. Deke Miller is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Pape pops out to the second baseman. Frank Land strikes out. Neil Holmes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Craig McNamara grounds out to the second baseman. C.K. May grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy LaVita grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pinky Curtis pops out to the shortstop. Connie Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Pose grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Julio Dagres strikes out. John Toca grounds out to the shortstop. Deke Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tris Valentin strikes out. Bill May walks. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Mike Pape grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Greg Bennett flies out to the center fielder. Ky Lin is pinch hitting for Jack Lee. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ky Lin strikes out. Pinky Lerian strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Joe Tepsic pitching. Frank Land flies out to the right fielder. Neil Holmes flies out to the right fielder. Pinky Curtis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Craig McNamara singles to left field. C.K. May grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Craig McNamara is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tommy LaVita grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rex McCarver is pinch hitting for Connie Johnson. Rex McCarver singles to left field. Brian Guardado is pinch hitting for Tim Pose. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Brian Guardado singles to center field. Rex McCarver advances to third on the hit. Tris Valentin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rex McCarver scores. Bill May flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Fred Cardoni pitching. Rey Hausman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rex McCarver at C. Julio Dagres flies out to the left fielder. John Toca flies out to the right fielder. Deke Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Matt Saberhagen singles to right field. Mike Pape singles to left field. Frank Land grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Matt Saberhagen advances to third on the play. Neil Holmes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Hands comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Greg Bennett walks. Hanson DeMarre is pinch hitting for Joe Tepsic. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hanson DeMarre walks. Pinky Lerian strikes out. Craig McNamara singles to left field. Greg Bennett scores. Hanson DeMarre advances to third on the hit. Ernie Henneman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. C.K. May walks. Tommy LaVita hits a ground ball to the third baseman. The third baseman throws home. Hanson DeMarre scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 1
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Mulligan improves in arm Joe Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Vic McKechnie did not respond to coaching in arm Chris Schattinger improves in contact_vs_righty Sammy Halladay did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bake Barragan did not respond to coaching in arm Luis Storie did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Northrup did not respond to coaching in speed Gene Archer improves in contact_vs_lefty