Inning: 1 Kansas City Roy Sisk pitching. Eddie Lamline grounds out to the shortstop. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Jim Koehler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bob Lancaster pitching. Frank Polivka pops out to the shortstop. Roy Moeller singles to right field. Herm Schalk grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Roy Moeller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Kiki Norman hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Ward singles to left field. Mike Shuba walks. Connie Brinkman flies out to the center fielder. Bob Lancaster flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Carroll Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Aaron Robinson singles to right field. Mike Doby strikes out. Moonlight Blyzka walks. Roy Sisk flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Eddie Lamline grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tarrik Quinn triples. Jim Koehler grounds out to the shortstop. Tarrik Quinn scores. Jim Gomez singles to center field. Kiki Norman singles to center field. John Ward grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kiki Norman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Polivka flies out to the left fielder. Roy Moeller strikes out. Herm Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Shuba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Connie Brinkman grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Lancaster grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Carroll Diaz hits a home run. Aaron Robinson strikes out. Mike Doby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Eddie Lamline singles to center field. Tarrik Quinn walks. Jim Koehler walks. Jim Gomez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Aaron Robinson. Eddie Lamline scores. Tarrik Quinn scores. Kiki Norman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jim Koehler scores. Jim Gomez advances to third on the play. John Ward singles to left field. Jim Gomez scores. Mike Shuba grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Ward is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Connie Brinkman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Moonlight Blyzka flies out to the left fielder. Roy Sisk strikes out. Frank Polivka grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Lancaster flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Lamline singles to left field. Tarrik Quinn singles to center field. Eddie Lamline advances to third on the hit. Jim Koehler flies out to the right fielder. Jim Gomez reached on a fielding error by Carroll Diaz. Eddie Lamline scores. Kiki Norman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Roy Moeller strikes out. Herm Schalk flies out to the right fielder. Bill Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dave Schlitzer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. John Ward flies out to the center fielder. Mike Shuba flies out to the right fielder. Connie Brinkman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Carroll Diaz singles to left field. Aaron Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Carroll Diaz steals second. Mike Doby singles to left field. Carroll Diaz scores. Moonlight Blyzka grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Lancaster walks. Eddie Lamline grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bob Lancaster is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tarrik Quinn reached on a fielding error by Aaron Robinson. Jim Koehler singles to left field. Eddie Lamline scores. Jim Gomez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Joe Kinslow is pinch hitting for Dave Schlitzer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Kinslow hits a home run. Frank Polivka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Roy Moeller pops out to the first baseman. Herm Schalk singles past the first baseman. Bill Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rudy Busby pitching. Kiki Norman flies out to the center fielder. John Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Shuba flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Carroll Diaz strikes out. Aaron Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Doby walks. Dave Siebert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Moonlight Blyzka singles to left field. Mike Doby advances to third on the hit. Topper Carney is pinch hitting for Rudy Busby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Topper Carney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Rudy Busby is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rudy Thornton did not respond to coaching in velocity Jorge Andrews did not respond to coaching in velocity John Gionfriddo improves in range Frank Peploski improves in range Rudy Thornton did not respond to coaching in velocity George Johnston improves in contact_vs_righty George Jeanes did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Alan Miller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jay Ruskin improves in velocity Walt Richert did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Jonnard did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Paul Felderman did not respond to coaching in velocity Sal MacCormack did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Shawn Doheny did not respond to coaching in 3B