Win: Eiji Nakamura (12-8) Loss: Harry Silverio (6-11)
Save: Phil Howard (20)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Harry Silverio pitching. Kid Hale flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Hurdle hits a home run. Hoyt Hoblitzel strikes out. Frank Servais strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Eiji Nakamura pitching. Bernardo Kalahan strikes out. Dave Lupien strikes out. Lee Harris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Luis Rodriguez singles to left field. Shane Judnich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Luis Rodriguez advances to second on the play. Tarrik Smith strikes out. Harry Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Charley Owen flies out to the center fielder. Curt Brito strikes out. Roy Hegman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Eiji Nakamura pops out to the second baseman. Kid Hale flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jimmy Hurdle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Joe Polcovich grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jeff May pops out to the third baseman. Harry Silverio grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Hoyt Hoblitzel singles to right field. Frank Servais singles to right field. Luis Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Shane Judnich hits a home run. Hoyt Hoblitzel scores. Frank Servais scores. Tarrik Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bernardo Kalahan grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Lupien flies out to the left fielder. Lee Harris singles past the second baseman. Charley Owen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lee Harris is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Eiji Nakamura singles to center field. Kid Hale strikes out. Eiji Nakamura is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jimmy Hurdle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Curt Brito reached on a fielding error by Tarrik Smith. Roy Hegman flies out to the right fielder. Joe Polcovich hits a home run. Curt Brito scores. Jeff May grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Silverio grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Hoyt Hoblitzel strikes out. Frank Servais strikes out. Luis Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bernardo Kalahan pops out to the first baseman. Dave Lupien singles to left field. Lee Harris grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Morse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shane Judnich flies out to the right fielder. Tarrik Smith strikes out. Harry Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Charley Owen grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Curt Brito strikes out. Roy Hegman singles past the third baseman. Joe Polcovich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Eiji Nakamura strikes out. Kid Hale walks. Jimmy Hurdle strikes out. Hoyt Hoblitzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jeff May hits an infield single to the pitcher. Joe Pressnell is pinch hitting for Frank Morse. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Joe Pressnell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeff May is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Broberg 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 1st. Joe Pressnell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bernardo Kalahan grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bronson Avrea pitching. Frank Servais singles to center field. Frank Servais steals second. Luis Rodriguez pops out to the third baseman. Shane Judnich singles to left field. Frank Servais scores. Tarrik Smith strikes out. Shane Judnich steals second. Harry Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Phil Howard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dave Lupien flies out to the right fielder. Lee Harris strikes out. Charley Owen pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 3 Minnesota total runners LOB: 2
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ron Marrow did not respond to coaching in control Randy Bogle did not respond to coaching in speed Lafayette Nippert did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Earl Baines did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Blix Lisenbee did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Lafayette Nippert did not respond to coaching in arm Randy Bogle did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Steven McCarthy did not respond to coaching in velocity Stuffy Nicholson improves in contact_vs_lefty Hugh Codiroli improves in control Steven McCarthy did not respond to coaching in velocity Brad White did not respond to coaching in speed Brad White improves in contact_vs_lefty