Inning: 1 Minnesota Dave Rodriguez pitching. Karl Fields walks. Karl Fields steals second. Carl Hernandez pops out to the second baseman. Bert Dunham strikes out. Bill DeMiller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City John Batten pitching. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Matos grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Gene Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Josh Nieman grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Ragland pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Charlie Willis grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Bayne grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota John Harris strikes out. John Batten flies out to the center fielder. Karl Fields flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Ratliff grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hod Schemer grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carl Hernandez grounds out to the pitcher. Bert Dunham grounds out to the shortstop. Bill DeMiller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Alex Coluccio grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Matos grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Graham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Josh Nieman pops out to the shortstop. Mike Harris pops out to the first baseman. Dan Ragland grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Charlie Willis is hit by a pitch. Jim Littlejohn strikes out. Mike Bayne grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota John Harris singles to center field. John Batten fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Batten grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Karl Fields grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Ratliff grounds out to the third baseman. Hod Schemer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Carl Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman. Bert Dunham walks. Bill DeMiller singles to right field. Bert Dunham advances to third on the hit. Josh Nieman walks. Mike Harris walks. Bert Dunham scores. Dan Ragland doubles to center field. Bill DeMiller scores. Josh Nieman scores. Mike Harris uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bobby Casanova comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Harris strikes out. John Batten strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Coluccio hits a home run. Jeff Matos lines out to the third baseman. Gene Graham flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Willis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Karl Fields flies out to the left fielder. Carl Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Bert Dunham doubles to center field. Bill DeMiller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn strikes out. Mike Bayne hits a home run. Ed Ratliff singles to left field. Hod Schemer singles to left field. Ed Ratliff advances to third on the hit. Ron Reisling 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. Jim Kilgus is pinch hitting for Bobby Casanova. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Kilgus flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Ratliff scores. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Russ Kern pitching. Josh Nieman walks. Mike Harris grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Josh Nieman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Red Zuber is pinch hitting for Dan Ragland. Mike Harris is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Red Zuber strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tommy Hosley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Red Zuber at 3B. Bob Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jeff Matos grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Graham doubles to center field. Charlie Willis walks. Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Graham advances to third on the play. Charlie Willis advances to second on the play. Mike Bayne singles to left field. Gene Graham scores. Charlie Willis scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners left on base: 1
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Fowlkes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roger Southworth did not respond to coaching in control Joe Bowler improves in power_vs_righty Ramon Ruether improves in contact_vs_righty George Fowlkes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Roger Southworth improves in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Tomney did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in control Joe Gray did not respond to coaching in control Don Ramos did not respond to coaching in control Sean Hanning did not respond to coaching in velocity Tiny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in velocity