Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Christmas pitching. Kiki Norman flies out to the center fielder. Tarrik Quinn flies out to the left fielder. Jim Koehler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Taku Teramae pitching. Frank Polivka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Kinslow strikes out. Roy Moeller reached on a fielding error by Paul Ogden. Herm Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rex Steevens grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Shuba pops out to the first baseman. Paul Ogden walks. Jim Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Carroll Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Bob Smith walks. Reggie Flannery strikes out. Moonlight Blyzka singles to right field. Bob Smith advances to third on the hit. Joe Christmas pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Gomez flies out to the right fielder. Taku Teramae pops out to the first baseman. Kiki Norman walks. Tarrik Quinn walks. Jim Koehler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Polivka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Kinslow doubles to center field. Roy Moeller singles to left field. Joe Kinslow scores. Herm Schalk flies out to the center fielder. Carroll Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rex Steevens singles to center field. Rex Steevens steals second. Mike Shuba walks. Paul Ogden grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rex Steevens is out at third base. Jim Kane walks. Jim Gomez flies out to the right fielder. Taku Teramae singles to left field. Mike Shuba scores. Paul Ogden scores. Kiki Norman walks. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bob Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Reggie Flannery flies out to the left fielder. Moonlight Blyzka grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Koehler walks. Rex Steevens flies out to the center fielder. Mike Shuba singles to right field. Jim Koehler advances to third on the hit. Paul Ogden grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Christmas strikes out. Frank Polivka grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Kinslow grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Kane walks. Jim Gomez walks. Taku Teramae lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Jim Gomez advances to second on the play. Jim Gomez advances to second on the play. Kiki Norman strikes out. Tarrik Quinn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Roy Moeller singles to left field. Roy Moeller steals second. Herm Schalk flies out to the left fielder. Carroll Diaz strikes out. Bob Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Koehler pops out to the shortstop. Rex Steevens grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Shuba singles to right field. Dave Schlitzer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Ogden flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Reggie Flannery singles to left field. Marty Durham is pinch hitting for Moonlight Blyzka. Marty Durham grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Reggie Flannery is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. George Kilduff is pinch hitting for Dave Schlitzer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Kilduff flies out to the left fielder. Frank Polivka grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Marty Durham is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Luis Floyd pitching. Larry Knoblauch enters the game as a defensive replacement for Marty Durham at C. Jim Kane flies out to the left fielder. Jim Gomez strikes out. Taku Teramae strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Joe Kinslow singles to left field. Roy Moeller singles to right field. Joe Kinslow advances to third on the hit. Fillepe Ross 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. Herm Schalk triples. Joe Kinslow scores. Roy Moeller scores. Carroll Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Herm Schalk scores. Bob Smith walks. Dave Siebert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reggie Flannery doubles to center field. Bob Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Larry Knoblauch singles to right field. Reggie Flannery scores. Bob Flinn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Luis Floyd lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Larry Knoblauch forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Frank Polivka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Luis Floyd is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Kiki Norman walks. Tarrik Quinn pops out to the shortstop. Jim Koehler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Ward improves in speed George Griffin did not respond to coaching in control Steve Valdes did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Jones did not respond to coaching in speed Dixie Guinn improves in contact_vs_lefty Alex Rios did not respond to coaching in velocity
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rickey McCloskey improves in speed Lefty Hoak did not respond to coaching in control Dutch Ellingsen did not respond to coaching in control Bud Romanick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Paul Felderman improves in endurance Luis Charlton did not respond to coaching in range Marty Anderson did not respond to coaching in 2B