Win: Carlos Howard (14-6) Loss: Joe McNamara (5-20)
Save: Ed Lara (40)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe McNamara pitching. Lave Bowa strikes out. Lefty Lindaman flies out to the right fielder. Yariel Duvergel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Carlos Howard pitching. Hal Bolden grounds out to the third baseman. Wally Thompson pops out to the catcher. Doc Bool strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Lovelace grounds out to the third baseman. Freddy Perry doubles to left field. Angel Gill singles to left field. Freddy Perry scores. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Fumikazu Hamasaki pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Arthur Blair walks. George Kerfeld grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. John Chapman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Carlos Howard strikes out. Lave Bowa singles to right field. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Yariel Duvergel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota George Eggert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walter Ferens singles to center field. Joe McNamara lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hal Bolden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ed Lovelace pops out to the second baseman. Freddy Perry walks. Angel Gill flies out to the right fielder. Bob Tartabull walks. Fumikazu Hamasaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Wally Thompson doubles to right field. Doc Bool grounds out to the shortstop. Arthur Blair strikes out. George Kerfeld singles to right field. John Chapman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Carlos Howard flies out to the center fielder. Lave Bowa singles to center field. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Lave Bowa steals second. Yariel Duvergel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota George Eggert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walter Ferens pops out to the catcher. Joe McNamara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Lovelace strikes out. Freddy Perry strikes out. Angel Gill singles to center field. Angel Gill steals second. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hal Bolden flies out to the right fielder. Wally Thompson singles to right field. Doc Bool reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lefty Lindaman. Arthur Blair pops out to the third baseman. George Kerfeld strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Fumikazu Hamasaki flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Howard strikes out. Lave Bowa grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota John Chapman singles to center field. George Eggert grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Walter Ferens flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Yariel Duvergel strikes out. Ed Lovelace grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Hank Pratt is pinch hitting for Joe McNamara. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Hank Pratt flies out to the center fielder. Hal Bolden walks. Wally Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Hal Bolden steals second. Kazuhide Niinuma 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. Doc Bool strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rube Johnson pitching. Freddy Perry bunts for a base hit. Angel Gill strikes out. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Fumikazu Hamasaki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ed Lara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Arthur Blair pops out to the third baseman. George Kerfeld strikes out. John Chapman doubles to left field. George Eggert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Burg did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Oscar Chambers improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Boone improves in arm Russ Ellis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Russ Ellis did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Grant Higbee improves in contact_vs_righty Luis Kolb did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Wattie Hurst did not respond to coaching in speed Luis Kolb did not respond to coaching in range