Win: Stan Slagle (5-3) Loss: Adam Pico (1-4)
Save: Eric Belliard (20)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dana Housie pitching. Jack Allen hits a home run. Don Shallock strikes out. Rich Vargas singles to right field. George Maddux walks. Clyde Jones pops out to the first baseman. Tony Greene flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lenny Rivera pitching. Bob Westfield singles to center field. Babe Kurosaki strikes out. Steve Kampouris singles to center field. Clint Mizell flies out to the right fielder. Paul Bench strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Gallagher pops out to the first baseman. Bert Crawford pops out to the shortstop. Lenny Rivera walks. Jack Allen hits a home run. Lenny Rivera scores. Don Shallock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ernesto Lalana singles to left field. Ernesto Lalana steals second. Carl Bartley pops out to the first baseman. Ernesto Lalana is out trying to steal third. Ed Demeter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rich Vargas strikes out. George Maddux strikes out. Clyde Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dana Housie singles to center field. Bob Westfield pops out to the third baseman. Babe Kurosaki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dana Housie advances to second on the play. Steve Kampouris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tony Greene singles to right field. Bill Gallagher grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bert Crawford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clint Mizell walks. Paul Bench singles to center field. Clint Mizell advances to third on the hit. Ernesto Lalana singles past the second baseman. Clint Mizell scores. Carl Bartley singles to center field. Paul Bench scores. Ernesto Lalana is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Ed Demeter grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lenny Rivera strikes out. Jack Allen singles to center field. Don Shallock walks. Rich Vargas grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jack Allen is out at third base. George Maddux grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Dana Housie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Westfield walks. Babe Kurosaki flies out to the center fielder. Steve Kampouris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Clyde Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Greene walks. Bill Gallagher flies out to the center fielder. Bert Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Clint Mizell triples. The defense is playing the corners in. Paul Bench strikes out. The defense is playing the corners in. Ernesto Lalana grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carl Bartley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lenny Rivera lines out to the third baseman. Jack Allen grounds out to the shortstop. Don Shallock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ed Demeter walks. Rick Ratliff is pinch hitting for Dana Housie. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Rick Ratliff singles to center field. Bob Westfield walks. Babe Kurosaki walks. Ed Demeter scores. Stan Slagle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Kampouris walks. Rick Ratliff scores. Clint Mizell grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Westfield scores. Babe Kurosaki advances to third on the play. Steve Kampouris advances to second on the play. Paul Bench flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Babe Kurosaki scores. Ernesto Lalana grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Koenig pitching. Marcos Noriega enters the game as a defensive replacement for Paul Bench at LF. Rich Vargas singles to center field. Rich Vargas steals second. George Maddux strikes out. Clyde Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Vargas advances to third on the play. Tony Greene triples. Rich Vargas scores. Bill Gallagher grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Carl Bartley grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Demeter grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Franco is pinch hitting for Jim Koenig. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Franco grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Adam Pico pitching. Bert Crawford strikes out. Jose Moran is pinch hitting for Stan Slagle. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jose Moran singles to left field. Jack Allen strikes out. Don Shallock singles to right field. Jose Moran advances to third on the hit. Rich Vargas hits a home run. Jose Moran scores. Don Shallock scores. Chico Bluege comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Maddux singles to right field. Clyde Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Eric Belliard pitching. Bob Westfield walks. Babe Kurosaki grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Steve Kampouris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Walter Castilla did not respond to coaching in range Walter Castilla improves in power_vs_lefty Bud Zitzmann improves in speed Walter Castilla did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dusty White did not respond to coaching in speed Tomotaka Ishimoto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Colin Hockette did not respond to coaching in velocity Sumpter Blaylock improves in power_vs_lefty Rob Tamargo improves in SS