Win: Burt Clinton (3-1) Loss: Gil Loaiza (0-2)
Save: Paul Felderman (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Gil Loaiza pitching. Tim Lyons walks. George Kilduff strikes out. Shawn Doheny flies out to the center fielder. Carroll Diaz singles to right field. Tim Lyons advances to third on the hit. Joe Kinslow strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Walt Richert pitching. Red Maddox walks. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Jim Kane singles past the second baseman. John Ward walks. Walt Jones grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Red Maddox is out at home. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi reached on a fielding error by Marty Anderson. Jim Kane scores. Boom-Boom Grubb grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rickey McCloskey singles to center field. Moonlight Blyzka hits a home run. Rickey McCloskey scores. Marty Anderson pops out to the second baseman. Walt Richert strikes out. Tim Lyons singles to right field. George Kilduff singles to center field. Tim Lyons advances to third on the hit. Shawn Doheny hits a home run. Tim Lyons scores. George Kilduff scores. Jeff Lopez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carroll Diaz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chuck Leverett flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Lopez singles to center field. Red Maddox pops out to the third baseman. Tarrik Quinn reached on a fielding error by Joe Kinslow. Jim Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Joe Kinslow flies out to the left fielder. Rickey McCloskey walks. Moonlight Blyzka flies out to the right fielder. Marty Anderson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rickey McCloskey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City John Ward singles to center field. Walt Jones grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Ward is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi singles to center field. Walt Jones advances to third on the hit. Boom-Boom Grubb strikes out. Chuck Leverett strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Walt Richert strikes out. Tim Lyons grounds out to the second baseman. George Kilduff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jeff Lopez strikes out. Red Maddox walks. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Jim Kane flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Shawn Doheny flies out to the center fielder. Carroll Diaz doubles to center field. Joe Kinslow doubles to center field. Carroll Diaz scores. Rickey McCloskey walks. Moonlight Blyzka walks. Masaharu Yoshida comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marty Anderson pops out to the catcher. Walt Richert pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City John Ward strikes out. Walt Jones singles past the shortstop. Burt Clinton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Walt Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Boom-Boom Grubb walks. Chuck Leverett doubles to right field. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi scores. Masaharu Yoshida flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tim Lyons doubles to left field. George Kilduff hits an infield single to the pitcher. Shawn Doheny strikes out. Carroll Diaz strikes out. Joe Kinslow grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Red Maddox strikes out. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Jim Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Rickey McCloskey walks. Moonlight Blyzka singles to left field. Marty Anderson flies out to the right fielder. Marty Durham is pinch hitting for Burt Clinton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Marty Durham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rickey McCloskey advances to third on the play. Moonlight Blyzka advances to second on the play. Tim Lyons flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Paul Felderman pitching. John Ward strikes out. Walt Jones lines out to the shortstop. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi walks. Boom-Boom Grubb pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota George Kilduff hits a home run. Darrell Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shawn Doheny grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Art Latham is pinch hitting for Carroll Diaz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Art Latham strikes out. Joe Kinslow pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chuck Leverett singles to right field. Darrell Taylor lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Red Maddox strikes out. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rickey McCloskey grounds out to the pitcher. Sal MacCormack is pinch hitting for Moonlight Blyzka. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sal MacCormack pops out to the first baseman. Marty Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jim Kane grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Dixie Guinn is pinch hitting for John Ward. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dixie Guinn grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Beltre improves in arm Jack Elko did not respond to coaching in velocity Turk Yount did not respond to coaching in velocity Chief Zardon improves in contact_vs_lefty Kevin Spencer did not respond to coaching in velocity Ricky Goossen improves in contact_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rudy Thornton did not respond to coaching in control Bip Conine did not respond to coaching in speed Gracie Bolger improves in contact_vs_righty Irv Baldwin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Valdes did not respond to coaching in velocity Red Sprowl improves in contact_vs_righty