Win: Earl Leiper (14-6) Loss: Art Staton (20-6)
Save: Jim Wertz (43)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Art Staton pitching. Curly Hunt doubles to left field. Terry Keenan singles to center field. Curly Hunt scores. Mike Patterson hits a home run. Terry Keenan scores. Everett Thompson doubles to center field. Dean Rhodes pops out to the third baseman. Rangel Aguila grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Earl Leiper pitching. Jim McCrea strikes out. Bernie Palmer pops out to the shortstop. Frank Ross walks. Curt Beckwith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Ross is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Harry Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Leiper flies out to the left fielder. Curly Hunt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnny Escobar singles to center field. Tom Stone strikes out. Steve Steirer lines out to the second baseman. Wilcy Rincon walks. Art Staton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Terry Keenan flies out to the center fielder. Mike Patterson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Everett Thompson singles to right field. Dean Rhodes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim McCrea pops out to the second baseman. Bernie Palmer flies out to the left fielder. Frank Ross doubles to center field. Curt Beckwith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Rangel Aguila flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Kazuyoshi Oshimoto flies out to the right fielder. Harry Ramirez singles to right field. Earl Leiper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Escobar singles to left field. Tom Stone strikes out. Steve Steirer strikes out. Wilcy Rincon walks. Art Staton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Curly Hunt flies out to the left fielder. Terry Keenan walks. Mike Patterson walks. Everett Thompson pops out to the third baseman. Dean Rhodes strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim McCrea singles to center field. Jim McCrea is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bernie Palmer walks. Frank Ross singles to center field. Bernie Palmer advances to third on the hit. Curt Beckwith flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bernie Palmer scores. Johnny Escobar singles to center field. Tom Stone grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Escobar is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rangel Aguila grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto lines out to the second baseman. Harry Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Steve Steirer pops out to the shortstop. Wilcy Rincon singles to left field. Art Staton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim McCrea walks. Bernie Palmer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Earl Leiper pops out to the first baseman. Curly Hunt flies out to the left fielder. Terry Keenan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Ross strikes out. Curt Beckwith grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Johnny Escobar grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Larry Scantlebury comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mike Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Everett Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Dean Rhodes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Herb Baldwin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tom Stone singles to right field. Steve Steirer singles to center field. Wilcy Rincon flies out to the left fielder. Nyls Simon is pinch hitting for Larry Scantlebury. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Nyls Simon grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ray Metzler pitching. Rangel Aguila strikes out. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto lines out to the shortstop. Wally Hoffman is pinch hitting for Harry Ramirez. Wally Hoffman singles to center field. Brian Irvin is pinch hitting for Herb Baldwin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Brian Irvin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jim Wertz pitching. Eddie Collins enters the game as a defensive replacement for Wally Hoffman at 1B. Jim McCrea singles to left field. Bernie Palmer strikes out. Frank Ross grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim McCrea is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Curt Beckwith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Ross is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12