Win: John Lewis (1-0) Loss: Virgil Billings (0-1)
Save: Jim Stearnes (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ruben Smith pitching. Charlie Kearse flies out to the center fielder. Bert Stuffel singles to left field. Pascual Howard strikes out. Red McGowan pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Charlie Shields pitching. Gary Hale strikes out. Luis Cey flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Nieman singles to right field. George Halas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Al Green grounds out to the second baseman. Hector Dowd singles to right field. Juan Apodaca strikes out. Mike Krsnich singles to left field. Charlie Shields flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jimmy Dyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Friday grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Marshall lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Charlie Kearse grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Stuffel strikes out. Pascual Howard flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Chiffer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ruben Smith flies out to the right fielder. Gary Hale doubles to center field. Luis Cey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Red McGowan walks. Al Green grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Hector Dowd walks. Juan Apodaca flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rusty Nieman strikes out. George Halas hits a home run. Jimmy Dyer strikes out. Billy Friday doubles past the center fielder. Joe Marshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Krsnich singles to center field. Charlie Shields fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Charlie Shields grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Charlie Kearse grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Chiffer singles to left field. Jim Chiffer steals second. The catcher fields the ball and Jim Chiffer is thrown out at third. Gary Hale walks. Luis Cey strikes out. Rusty Nieman grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ruben Smith is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bert Stuffel reached on a fielding error by Billy Friday. Bert Stuffel steals second. Pascual Howard flies out to the left fielder. Red McGowan flies out to the left fielder. Al Green triples. Bert Stuffel scores. Hector Dowd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City George Halas singles to left field. Jimmy Dyer flies out to the right fielder. Billy Friday grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! George Halas is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Billy Friday steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Joe Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Juan Apodaca grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Krsnich lines out to the third baseman. Charlie Shields grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Chiffer singles to left field. Rich Claire is pinch hitting for Ruben Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Rich Claire grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Chiffer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gary Hale strikes out. Rich Claire steals second. Luis Cey walks. Rusty Nieman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill McCormick pitching. Charlie Kearse flies out to the center fielder. Bert Stuffel walks. Pascual Howard flies out to the right fielder. Red McGowan doubles to center field. Bert Stuffel uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Lewis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Green walks. Hector Dowd strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Halas walks. Virgil Billings comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jimmy Dyer singles to center field. George Halas advances to third on the hit. Billy Friday singles to left field. George Halas scores. Joe Marshall walks. Jim Chiffer flies out to the center fielder. Red Archer is pinch hitting for John Lewis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Red Archer grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Dyer scores. Billy Friday advances to third on the play. Joe Marshall advances to second on the play. Bill Russell is pinch hitting for Gary Hale. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Russell singles to right field. Billy Friday scores. Joe Marshall scores. Bob Rittwage comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jamie Herring is pinch hitting for Luis Cey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jamie Herring walks. Bill Russell steals third. Rusty Nieman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jim Stearnes pitching. Juan Apodaca flies out to the center fielder. Mike Krsnich flies out to the center fielder. John Caffyn is pinch hitting for Bob Rittwage. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Caffyn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Gary Hale (1), Billy Friday (2).HR - George Halas (2). Baserunning: SB - Bill Russell (1), Billy Friday (1), Jim Chiffer (4), Rich Claire (2). Fielding: E - Billy Friday.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Todd Lilly improves in velocity Todd Lilly did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Sadowski improves in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Craig Margoneri did not respond to coaching in control Joe Hohman improves in range Dick Treadaway did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Delhi did not respond to coaching in control Ed Smith improves in speed Mike Spiezio did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Scott Reynolds improves in contact_vs_righty Glenn Trotter did not respond to coaching in control Ramon Jacklitsch improves in arm Harry Thorpe improves in LF