Win: Chip Faulkner (4-7) Loss: Jim Mogridge (7-7)
Save: Jack Nottebart (29)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Mike Dressen pitching. Yuji Omiya grounds out to the shortstop. Kyle Reese grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Regalado singles to left field. Jeff Viau is hit by a pitch. Randy Sveum strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Lloyd Gosger pitching. Ikuo Inokawa singles past the shortstop. Ikuo Inokawa steals second. Mark Colbert strikes out. Les Mierkowicz pops out to the first baseman. Bill Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ron Agnew singles to left field. John Strickland strikes out. Charlie Bankhead flies out to the left fielder. Lloyd Gosger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Scrappy Stanton pops out to the shortstop. Jimmy Doyle grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rennie Stennett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Yuji Omiya grounds out to the shortstop. Kyle Reese grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Regalado singles to right field. Pat Regalado steals second. Jeff Viau flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Max Fishel strikes out. Mike Dressen doubles to left field. Ikuo Inokawa grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Colbert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Randy Sveum pops out to the first baseman. Ron Agnew grounds out to the second baseman. John Strickland grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Les Mierkowicz flies out to the center fielder. Bill Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Scrappy Stanton singles to right field. Scrappy Stanton steals second. Jimmy Doyle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Charlie Bankhead flies out to the right fielder. Lloyd Gosger flies out to the center fielder. Yuji Omiya flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rennie Stennett walks. Max Fishel flies out to the center fielder. Mike Dressen lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ikuo Inokawa doubles to left field. Rennie Stennett scores. Mark Colbert pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Kyle Reese strikes out. Pat Regalado grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Viau singles to center field. Randy Sveum grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jeff Viau is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Les Mierkowicz flies out to the right fielder. Bill Blair pops out to the catcher. Scrappy Stanton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ron Agnew singles to center field. John Strickland walks. Ken Benavides 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. Charlie Bankhead lines out to the first baseman. Ted Crooke is pinch hitting for Lloyd Gosger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ted Crooke grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Strickland is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yuji Omiya flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Chip Faulkner pitching. Jimmy Doyle grounds out to the second baseman. Rennie Stennett grounds out to the third baseman. Max Fishel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Kyle Reese singles to center field. Pat Regalado flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Viau grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Kyle Reese advances to second on the play. Randy Sveum walks. Ron Agnew grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Hammonds is pinch hitting for Ken Benavides. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bob Hammonds singles to center field. Bob Hammonds is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ikuo Inokawa pops out to the second baseman. Mark Colbert walks. Les Mierkowicz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jim Mogridge pitching. John Strickland flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Bankhead walks. Ryan Baker is pinch hitting for Chip Faulkner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ryan Baker singles to center field. Charlie Bankhead advances to third on the hit. Yuji Omiya walks. Kyle Reese grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Bankhead scores. Ryan Baker advances to third on the play. Yuji Omiya advances to second on the play. Pat Regalado reached on a fielding error by Rennie Stennett. Ryan Baker scores. Jeff Viau grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jack Nottebart pitching. Bill Blair flies out to the left fielder. Scrappy Stanton singles to center field. Jimmy Doyle strikes out. Rennie Stennett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 11 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Hoffman improves in arm Todd Anderson improves in range Bob Burk improves in arm Harry Files did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Burk improves in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Walt Covington did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Brian McAuley did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Nieto improves in velocity Walt Covington improves in contact_vs_lefty