Inning: 1 Minnesota Rick Loane pitching. Pete Ventura walks. Rafael Crawford grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Pete Ventura is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dude Cooper singles to left field. Rafael Crawford advances to third on the hit. Joe Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Rafael Crawford scores. Dude Cooper advances to second on the play. Jesus Bankhead flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Gus Becker pitching. Lee Biggs singles to right field. Lee Biggs is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Gary Langsford triples. Mark Canavan grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Langsford scores. Nick Castellanos singles to center field. Willie Zacher walks. Nick Castellanos is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Toby Smith lines out to the first baseman. Shigefumi Wada hits an infield single to the shortstop. Joe Brett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shigefumi Wada advances to second on the play. Gus Becker pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ryan Higgins flies out to the center fielder. Papa Watson strikes out. Patsy Wheat grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pete Ventura strikes out. Rafael Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Dude Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rick Loane strikes out. Lee Biggs flies out to the left fielder. Gary Langsford hits a home run. Mark Canavan doubles to right field. Nick Castellanos walks. Willie Zacher singles past the first baseman. Mark Canavan scores. Nick Castellanos advances to third on the hit. Ryan Higgins singles to center field. Nick Castellanos scores. Willie Zacher advances to third on the hit. Papa Watson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Garcia pops out to the third baseman. Jesus Bankhead grounds out to the third baseman. Toby Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Patsy Wheat grounds out to the catcher. Herman Phillips comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Rick Loane grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Biggs singles to center field. Gary Langsford singles to center field. Lee Biggs advances to third on the hit. Mark Canavan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Shigefumi Wada flies out to the left fielder. Joe Brett grounds out to the shortstop. Herman Phillips reached on a fielding error by Rick Loane. Pete Ventura grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nick Castellanos strikes out. Willie Zacher strikes out. Ryan Higgins singles to right field. Ryan Higgins is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rafael Crawford flies out to the center fielder. Dude Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Joe Garcia singles to center field. Jesus Bankhead doubles to left field. Joe Garcia uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lyle Rhem comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Toby Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Papa Watson flies out to the center fielder. Patsy Wheat walks. Lyle Rhem lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lee Biggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Shigefumi Wada strikes out. Joe Brett strikes out. Wander Franco is pinch hitting for Herman Phillips. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wander Franco flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Nate Williams pitching. Gary Langsford flies out to the left fielder. Mark Canavan flies out to the right fielder. Nick Castellanos doubles to left field. Willie Zacher flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Pete Ventura walks. Rafael Crawford grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dude Cooper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Shields is pinch hitting for Ryan Higgins. Bill Shields doubles to left field. Papa Watson flies out to the center fielder. Patsy Wheat doubles to center field. Bill Shields scores. Boyd Miller is pinch hitting for Lyle Rhem. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Boyd Miller grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lee Biggs singles to center field. Patsy Wheat scores. John Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Langsford singles to right field. Lee Biggs advances to third on the hit. Mark Canavan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Joe Prim pitching. Joe Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Jesus Bankhead grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Toby Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Mark Canavan (25), Nick Castellanos (23), Bill Shields (15), Patsy Wheat (13).3B - Gary Langsford (3).HR - Gary Langsford (20). Baserunning: CS - Lee Biggs (6), Nick Castellanos (3), Ryan Higgins (7). Fielding: E - Rick Loane.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Collins did not respond to coaching in range Carlos Twombly improves in speed Charlie Burns improves in contact_vs_lefty Mark Alba improves in power_vs_lefty Frank Collins did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chuck Kubiszyn improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Bowen did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Williams improves in arm Sonny Perez did not respond to coaching in endurance