Win: Steve Williams (5-2) Loss: Rube Brown (5-3)
Save: Steve Breckinridge (12)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Rube Brown pitching. Count Johnston grounds out to the second baseman. Hiroshi Igawa flies out to the right fielder. Casey Spooner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Steve Williams pitching. Billy Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Lee Decker grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Larry Houser singles to center field. Larry Houser steals second. Bruce Loucks flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Alex Petty doubles to right field. Rudy Jacobs grounds out to the shortstop. Dee Williams strikes out. Ralph Klawitter hits a home run. Alex Petty scores. Randy Pattison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Colangelo singles to left field. Jim Colangelo steals second. Ken Schriver strikes out. Kurt Grover singles to center field. Jim Colangelo scores. Harvey Boggs flies out to the left fielder. Rube Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Steve Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Count Johnston pops out to the shortstop. Hiroshi Igawa hits an infield single to the shortstop. Casey Spooner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Billy Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Decker grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Larry Houser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Alex Petty strikes out. Rudy Jacobs pops out to the second baseman. Dee Williams singles to right field. Ralph Klawitter walks. Randy Pattison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bruce Loucks singles to center field. Bruce Loucks is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Colangelo grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Schriver flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Steve Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Count Johnston grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hiroshi Igawa doubles past the third baseman. Casey Spooner singles to center field. Hiroshi Igawa scores. Alex Petty grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Casey Spooner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Kurt Grover flies out to the left fielder. Harvey Boggs strikes out. Rube Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rudy Jacobs flies out to the right fielder. Dee Williams strikes out. Ralph Klawitter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Billy Blackburn walks. Billy Blackburn steals second. Lee Decker strikes out. Larry Houser flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Loucks strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Randy Pattison strikes out. Steve Williams strikes out. Count Johnston singles to center field. Hiroshi Igawa walks. Casey Spooner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Colangelo singles to right field. Jim Colangelo steals second. Ken Schriver doubles to left field. Jim Colangelo scores. Kurt Grover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Schriver advances to third on the play. Harvey Boggs flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ken Schriver scores. Rube Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Alex Petty grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy Jacobs singles to left field. Dee Williams flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Klawitter singles to left field. Rudy Jacobs advances to third on the hit. Randy Pattison hits a home run. Rudy Jacobs scores. Ralph Klawitter scores. Sid Waszgis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yo-Yo Catalanotto is pinch hitting for Steve Williams. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Yo-Yo Catalanotto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Stefan Kimble pitching. Ed Dagres enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ralph Klawitter at CF. Billy Blackburn walks. Lee Decker walks. Larry Houser lines out to the first baseman. Bruce Loucks strikes out. Jim Colangelo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Count Johnston singles to right field. Hiroshi Igawa strikes out. Count Johnston steals second. Casey Spooner flies out to the right fielder. Alex Petty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Breckinridge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ken Schriver grounds out to the shortstop. Kurt Grover strikes out. Harvey Boggs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Deacon Kircher did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hideo Tokumoto did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Stanhouse did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Terry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hugh Veryzer improves in range Steve Ferrazzi did not respond to coaching in endurance Herman Shean did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Brainerd did not respond to coaching in speed Bryan Finney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Brainerd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Lon Moeller did not respond to coaching in velocity Koji Saito did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bennie Jackson improves in power_vs_righty