Win: Carlos Howard (4-4) Loss: Tony Williams (2-9)
Save: Kazuhide Niinuma (21)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tony Williams pitching. Clem Thornton strikes out. Lave Bowa singles to center field. Freddy Perry flies out to the left fielder. Ed Lovelace singles past the shortstop. Lave Bowa advances to third on the hit. Bob Boone strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Carlos Howard pitching. Charlie Thuman singles to right field. John Shannon strikes out. Ed McNair strikes out. George Eggert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull hits a home run. Sandy Hernandez singles to center field. Bob Tartabull walks. Carlos Howard lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clem Thornton flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Sandy Hernandez scores. Lave Bowa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Arthur Blair doubles past the center fielder. Duane Crist singles to right field. John Chapman flies out to the right fielder. Walter Ferens flies out to the right fielder. Tony Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Freddy Perry flies out to the center fielder. Ed Lovelace grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Boone singles to center field. Reggie Tartabull strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Charlie Thuman grounds out to the shortstop. John Shannon strikes out. Ed McNair singles to right field. George Eggert grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed McNair is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Sandy Hernandez singles to center field. Bob Tartabull grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Carlos Howard singles to center field. Clem Thornton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Arthur Blair walks. Duane Crist singles to right field. John Chapman pops out to the shortstop. Walter Ferens grounds out to the third baseman. Arthur Blair advances to third on the play. Duane Crist advances to second on the play. Tony Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lave Bowa grounds out to the pitcher. Freddy Perry flies out to the center fielder. Ed Lovelace hits a home run. Bob Boone lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Charlie Thuman singles to right field. John Shannon strikes out. Ed McNair grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Thuman advances to second on the play. George Eggert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman. Sandy Hernandez walks. Sandy Hernandez steals second. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Carlos Howard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Arthur Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Duane Crist strikes out. John Chapman lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Clem Thornton flies out to the left fielder. Lave Bowa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Freddy Perry singles to center field. Ed Lovelace doubles to center field. Freddy Perry uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Shotton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Boone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Emil Tauscher is pinch hitting for Walter Ferens. Emil Tauscher walks. Wally Thompson is pinch hitting for Harry Shotton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wally Thompson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Emil Tauscher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Thuman strikes out. John Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Charlie Propst pitching. Reggie Tartabull singles past the first baseman. Reggie Tartabull steals second. Sandy Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Bob Tartabull singles to right field. Reggie Tartabull scores. Carlos Howard fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Carlos Howard lines out to the third baseman. Clem Thornton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ed McNair singles to center field. Lew Matthias is pinch hitting for George Eggert. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lew Matthias singles to left field. Ed McNair advances to third on the hit. Arthur Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Ed McNair scores. Lew Matthias advances to second on the play. George Flanagan 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. Duane Crist pops out to the second baseman. John Chapman walks. Emil Tauscher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Lave Bowa flies out to the left fielder. Freddy Perry singles to center field. Ed Lovelace hits a home run. Freddy Perry scores. Rube Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Boone walks. Reggie Tartabull triples. Bob Boone scores. Sandy Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Reggie Tartabull scores. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Del Young is pinch hitting for Rube Johnson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Del Young singles to center field. Charlie Thuman flies out to the center fielder. John Shannon walks. Ed McNair singles to right field. Lew Matthias hits an infield single to the pitcher. Del Young scores. Arthur Blair singles to left field. John Shannon scores. Ed McNair scores. Duane Crist singles to center field. Lew Matthias scores. Arthur Blair advances to third on the hit. Kazuhide Niinuma comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. John Chapman singles to center field. Arthur Blair scores. Duane Crist advances to third on the hit. Emil Tauscher walks. Del Young singles to left field. Duane Crist scores. Charlie Thuman grounds out to the shortstop. John Chapman scores. Emil Tauscher advances to third on the play. Del Young advances to second on the play. John Shannon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 12
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Burg did not respond to coaching in range Merl Lajeskie improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Ballard improves in contact_vs_righty Gerry Clark did not respond to coaching in endurance Bruno Milosevich did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jot McNamara did not respond to coaching in control Rusty Staehle improves in range Luis Kolb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rusty Staehle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty