Win: Lefty Jones (8-20) Loss: Dave Wilie (6-10)
Save: Billy Curtis (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dave Wilie pitching. Alex Noren flies out to the right fielder. Howie Colbrunn flies out to the right fielder. Mike Browne strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lefty Jones pitching. Charlie Hemphill singles to center field. Steve Danning pops out to the shortstop. Al Rhyne walks. Pete Burns walks. Ruben Schulter pops out to the third baseman. Bobby Larkin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Juan Doran singles to left field. Harry Bolling singles to right field. Matt Baker pops out to the first baseman. Tony Lathers strikes out. Rich Odenwald grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Matias Duggan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Heinie Herring singles to right field. Dave Wilie lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lefty Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Alex Noren walks. Howie Colbrunn walks. Mike Browne singles to center field. Alex Noren scores. Howie Colbrunn advances to third on the hit. Juan Doran strikes out. Harry Bolling singles to center field. Howie Colbrunn scores. Mike Browne advances to third on the hit. Matt Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Charlie Hemphill pops out to the second baseman. Steve Danning walks. Al Rhyne flies out to the center fielder. Pete Burns pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tony Lathers flies out to the right fielder. Rich Odenwald singles to right field. Lefty Jones lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Noren grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ruben Schulter singles to center field. Bobby Larkin strikes out. Matias Duggan grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Howie Colbrunn grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Browne doubles to right field. Juan Doran singles to center field. Mike Browne scores. Harry Bolling walks. Matt Baker singles to center field. Juan Doran scores. Harry Bolling advances to third on the hit. Darren Sundra comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Lathers singles to right field. Harry Bolling scores. Rich Odenwald grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matt Baker advances to third on the play. Tony Lathers advances to second on the play. Lefty Jones singles to left field. Matt Baker scores. Alex Noren flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Heinie Herring singles to center field. Lloyd King is pinch hitting for Darren Sundra. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Lloyd King flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Hemphill grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Heinie Herring is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve Danning strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Charlie Goetz pitching. Howie Colbrunn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Browne flies out to the right fielder. Juan Doran grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Al Rhyne grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Burns pops out to the catcher. Ruben Schulter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Harry Bolling strikes out. Matt Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Lathers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bobby Larkin singles to left field. Matias Duggan singles to left field. Heinie Herring strikes out. Kyle Reuss is pinch hitting for Charlie Goetz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Kyle Reuss hits an infield single to the catcher. Charlie Hemphill singles to right field. Bobby Larkin scores. Matias Duggan scores. Steve Danning singles to center field. Kyle Reuss scores. Charlie Hemphill advances to third on the hit. Andy Clark 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. Al Rhyne grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Heinie Decker pitching. Rich Odenwald strikes out. Pete Walker is pinch hitting for Andy Clark. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pete Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Noren singles to center field. Howie Colbrunn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Billy Curtis pitching. Pete Burns strikes out. Ruben Schulter singles to center field. Bobby Larkin flies out to the right fielder. Matias Duggan walks. Heinie Herring grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ruben Schulter is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mike Browne flies out to the right fielder. Juan Doran walks. Harry Bolling singles to left field. Doc Culmer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Matt Baker singles to left field. Tony Lathers flies out to the left fielder. Rich Odenwald flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Johnny Moore is pinch hitting for Doc Culmer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Johnny Moore strikes out. Charlie Hemphill flies out to the right fielder. Steve Danning walks. Al Rhyne lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Cotton Flythe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Quinones improves in arm Derrick Lopat did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Quinones did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Clyde Danforth did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Quinones did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mark Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Flack improves in speed Mark Flack improves in speed Hank Graves did not respond to coaching in control Bill Kimmick did not respond to coaching in control Pat Webb did not respond to coaching in control