Inning: 1 Minnesota Ginger Mendoza pitching. Miguel Driscoll grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Blake triples. Gary Austin grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Blake scores. Dan Belden lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Eddie Bisland pitching. John Stahl grounds out to the second baseman. Slick Johnson walks. Johnny Barkley hits an infield single to the shortstop. Goldie Shelby grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bruce Hart singles to left field. Mike Vail grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Rosselli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Merritt grounds out to the shortstop. George Barnes strikes out. Mateo Perez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tommy Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Bisland singles to right field. Miguel Driscoll doubles to center field. Joe Blake flies out to the left fielder. Gary Austin hits a home run. Eddie Bisland scores. Miguel Driscoll scores. Dan Belden flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City U.L. Distefano grounds out to the shortstop. Ginger Mendoza grounds out to the second baseman. John Stahl strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bruce Hart flies out to the center fielder. Mike Vail grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Rosselli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Slick Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Barkley walks. Goldie Shelby walks. Ed Merritt strikes out. George Barnes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tommy Lee singles to center field. Eddie Bisland fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eddie Bisland flies out to the left fielder. Miguel Driscoll singles to center field. Joe Blake singles to center field. Gary Austin grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Lee scores. Miguel Driscoll advances to third on the play. Joe Blake advances to second on the play. Bobby Bay comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Belden strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mateo Perez strikes out. U.L. Distefano singles to center field. Billy Grich is pinch hitting for Bobby Bay. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Billy Grich grounds into a force play to the second baseman. U.L. Distefano is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Billy Grich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rankin Rettger pitching. Bruce Hart grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Vail strikes out. Jim Rosselli flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Stahl doubles to center field. Slick Johnson walks. Johnny Barkley pops out to the second baseman. Goldie Shelby singles to right field. John Stahl scores. Slick Johnson advances to third on the hit. Ed Merritt walks. George Barnes grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Slick Johnson is out at home. Mateo Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tommy Lee flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Bisland lines out to the third baseman. Miguel Driscoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City U.L. Distefano grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Gettinger is pinch hitting for Rankin Rettger. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Dan Gettinger reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Blake. John Stahl flies out to the left fielder. Slick Johnson hits a home run. Dan Gettinger scores. Johnny Barkley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Woody Vidro pitching. Joe Blake grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gary Austin lines out to the third baseman. Dan Belden grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frank Key enters the game as a defensive replacement for Miguel Driscoll at CF. Fran Malinosky enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Blake at RF. Jackie Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Goldie Shelby hits a home run. Ed Merritt grounds out to the second baseman. George Barnes lines out to the shortstop. Mateo Perez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bruce Hart strikes out. Mike Vail reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ed Merritt. Jim Rosselli flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Morgan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. U.L. Distefano singles to right field. Denny Brown is pinch hitting for Woody Vidro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Denny Brown hits a home run. U.L. Distefano scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - John Stahl (14).HR - Slick Johnson (3), Goldie Shelby (22), Denny Brown (5).GIDP - Goldie Shelby. Baserunning: CS - Billy Grich (5). Fielding: E - Ed Merritt.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Sandy Barragan did not respond to coaching in velocity Buddy Barnicle improves in range Bill Fabrique did not respond to coaching in control Ron Black did not respond to coaching in arm Johnny Romano did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cesar Rosso improves in arm Norm Jeanes improves in control Haden Rivera did not respond to coaching in velocity Rickey Nevers did not respond to coaching in control Joe Kranepool did not respond to coaching in 2B