Win: Pat Trosky (8-4) Loss: Gerry Clark (1-1)
Save: Joe McNamara (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tetsuya Aoki pitching. Ed Lovelace grounds out to the shortstop. Lave Bowa singles to center field. Lave Bowa steals second. Freddy Perry singles to left field. Lave Bowa scores. Lefty Lindaman flies out to the right fielder. Reggie Tartabull walks. Angel Gill grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Birdie Lake pitching. Elmer Guevara pops out to the third baseman. John Chapman grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Bolden doubles to center field. George Eggert reached on a fielding error by Freddy Perry. Arthur Blair hits a home run. Hal Bolden scores. George Eggert scores. John Shannon walks. John Shannon steals second. Angel Gill throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Doc Bool grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Templeton singles to left field. Ed Templeton steals second. Bob Boone walks. Birdie Lake lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Ed Lovelace singles to center field. Ed Templeton scores. Lave Bowa flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Boone scores. Freddy Perry strikes out. Lefty Lindaman is hit by a pitch. Reggie Tartabull singles to center field. Birdie Lake scores. Ed Lovelace is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Walter Ferens grounds out to the second baseman. Tetsuya Aoki pops out to the first baseman. Elmer Guevara walks. Elmer Guevara steals second. John Chapman singles to center field. Elmer Guevara scores. Hal Bolden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Angel Gill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Templeton grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Boone pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota George Eggert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Arthur Blair walks. John Shannon walks. Doc Bool grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Birdie Lake flies out to the right fielder. Ed Lovelace pops out to the second baseman. Lave Bowa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Walter Ferens singles to center field. Tetsuya Aoki lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Elmer Guevara flies out to the left fielder. John Chapman reached on a fielding error by Reggie Tartabull. Hal Bolden walks. George Eggert grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City Freddy Perry strikes out. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Reggie Tartabull lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Arthur Blair grounds out to the second baseman. John Shannon singles to right field. John Shannon steals second. Doc Bool grounds out to the third baseman. John Shannon steals third. Walter Ferens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Angel Gill walks. Ed Templeton strikes out. Bob Boone grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Del Young is pinch hitting for Tetsuya Aoki. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Del Young pops out to the shortstop. Elmer Guevara flies out to the right fielder. John Chapman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Fred Papa pitching. Yariel Duvergel is pinch hitting for Birdie Lake. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Yariel Duvergel grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Lovelace doubles to right field. Lave Bowa flies out to the left fielder. Freddy Perry flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gerry Clark pitching. Hal Bolden grounds out to the second baseman. George Eggert grounds out to the second baseman. Arthur Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Lefty Lindaman grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman. Angel Gill singles to left field. Yonel Hurtado is pinch hitting for Ed Templeton. Angel Gill steals second. Pat Trosky comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Yonel Hurtado pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota John Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Doc Bool grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Ferens singles to center field. Ed Wiedenbauer is pinch hitting for Pat Trosky. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Wiedenbauer doubles to center field. Walter Ferens uses his aggressiveness and scores. Deacon Cruz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Elmer Guevara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe McNamara pitching. Fumikazu Hamasaki is pinch hitting for Bob Boone. Fumikazu Hamasaki strikes out. Bob Tartabull is pinch hitting for Deacon Cruz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Tartabull flies out to the center fielder. Ed Lovelace is hit by a pitch. Lave Bowa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Ballard did not respond to coaching in range Vic Kehn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Oscar Chambers did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Lafayette Lassetter did not respond to coaching in speed Dick Burg did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rusty Staehle did not respond to coaching in speed Lew Matthias did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Luis Gaetti did not respond to coaching in speed Orestes Mankowski did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty