Win: Gaylen Hickey (4-18) Loss: Masanori Cooper (11-15)
Save: Dan Robinson (12)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Masanori Cooper pitching. Larry Barry walks. Don Reis walks. Rafael Crawford grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Larry Barry advances to third on the play. Dude Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Gaylen Hickey pitching. Lee Biggs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ryan Higgins grounds out to the third baseman. Patsy Wheat flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Garcia strikes out. Jesus Bankhead grounds out to the shortstop. Toby Smith singles to center field. Joe Brett grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Toby Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gary Langsford walks. Kerry Crump singles past the shortstop. Gary Langsford advances to third on the hit. Willie Zacher strikes out. Papa Watson walks. George Evans flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gary Langsford scores. Masanori Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Gaylen Hickey singles to center field. Larry Barry grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Don Reis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lee Biggs grounds out to the pitcher. Ryan Higgins grounds out to the second baseman. Patsy Wheat grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Rafael Crawford walks. Dude Cooper walks. Joe Garcia walks. Jesus Bankhead grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rafael Crawford scores. Dude Cooper advances to third on the play. Toby Smith singles to left field. Dude Cooper scores. Joe Brett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Gary Langsford pops out to the shortstop. Kerry Crump grounds out to the third baseman. Willie Zacher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gaylen Hickey grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Barry pops out to the shortstop. Don Reis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Papa Watson pops out to the shortstop. George Evans grounds out to the shortstop. Masanori Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rafael Crawford strikes out. Dude Cooper grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Lee Biggs flies out to the left fielder. Ryan Higgins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Patsy Wheat flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jesus Bankhead singles to center field. Toby Smith doubles to left field. Jesus Bankhead uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Brett grounds out to the second baseman. Toby Smith advances to third on the play. Gaylen Hickey singles to right field. Toby Smith scores. Tom Horsey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Barry walks. Don Reis grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Larry Barry is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rafael Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gary Langsford singles to right field. Kerry Crump grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Willie Zacher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dude Cooper strikes out. Joe Garcia strikes out. Jesus Bankhead reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gary Langsford. Toby Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Pete Ventura enters the game as a defensive replacement for Larry Barry at LF. Wander Franco enters the game as a defensive replacement for Toby Smith at 3B. Papa Watson singles to center field. George Evans strikes out. Mark Canavan is pinch hitting for Tom Horsey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark Canavan walks. Lee Biggs pops out to the shortstop. Ryan Higgins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bobby Westbrook pitching. Joe Brett flies out to the center fielder. Robby MacRobello is pinch hitting for Gaylen Hickey. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Robby MacRobello strikes out. Pete Ventura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Dan Robinson pitching. Patsy Wheat grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Langsford grounds out to the third baseman. Kerry Crump walks. Willie Zacher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Lee Biggs is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Don Brookens did not respond to coaching in control Ed Hubbell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Collins improves in power_vs_lefty Frank Carty did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Collins did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gil Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm Elmer Gladden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Bowen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jamie Howry did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Bowen did not respond to coaching in 2B