Win: Ken Berry (2-5) Loss: Steve Jones (1-6)
Save: Robert Ritchie (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ken Berry pitching. Bruce McCauley flies out to the left fielder. Joe Yingling singles to center field. Bobby Poffenberger singles to center field. Joe Yingling advances to third on the hit. Alan Campbell grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Yingling scores. Bobby Poffenberger advances to second on the play. Brooks Denny strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Steve Jones pitching. Ollie Black flies out to the left fielder. Otto Oldham singles to right field. Claude Fisher strikes out. Art Sularz grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Otto Oldham is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Pat Osborn pops out to the first baseman. Frank Listach strikes out. Bruce Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jesse Newman singles to right field. John Oquist flies out to the left fielder. Bill Kvasnak flies out to the center fielder. George Knerr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Steve Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce McCauley flies out to the left fielder. Joe Yingling grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ken Berry grounds out to the pitcher. Ollie Black grounds out to the shortstop. Otto Oldham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bobby Poffenberger grounds out to the second baseman. Alan Campbell pops out to the second baseman. Brooks Denny grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Claude Fisher singles to left field. Art Sularz walks. Jesse Newman pops out to the shortstop. John Oquist grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Claude Fisher advances to third on the play. Art Sularz advances to second on the play. Bill Kvasnak grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pat Osborn grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Listach strikes out. Bruce Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City George Knerr singles to right field. Ken Berry lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Ollie Black grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! George Knerr advances to third on the play. Otto Oldham doubles to right field. George Knerr scores. Claude Fisher triples. Otto Oldham scores. Art Sularz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Steve Jones strikes out. Bruce McCauley flies out to the left fielder. Joe Yingling grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jesse Newman flies out to the left fielder. John Oquist flies out to the left fielder. Bill Kvasnak walks. George Knerr grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bobby Poffenberger singles past the third baseman. Alan Campbell singles to right field. Brooks Denny flies out to the center fielder. Pat Osborn pops out to the first baseman. Frank Listach grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Berry singles to center field. Ollie Black singles to right field. Otto Oldham flies out to the left fielder. Claude Fisher grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ollie Black is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Art Sularz triples. Ken Berry scores. Claude Fisher scores. Raymond J. Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jesse Newman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bruce Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Roy Smith is pinch hitting for Raymond J. Johnson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roy Smith walks. Bruce McCauley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kiki Baldwin pitching. John Oquist grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Kvasnak flies out to the center fielder. George Knerr lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Robert Ritchie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Yingling walks. Bobby Poffenberger strikes out. Joe Yingling steals second. Alan Campbell singles to right field. Joe Yingling scores. Brooks Denny pops out to the second baseman. Alan Campbell steals second. Pat Osborn walks. Frank Listach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Mike Hammer did not respond to coaching in velocity Brent Marsh did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Parsons did not respond to coaching in speed French Cruller improves in power_vs_righty John Schueler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dad Morgan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pietro Pranzo did not respond to coaching in control Mike Hammer did not respond to coaching in control Paul Sharrott did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Lutz did not respond to coaching in control Brent Marsh did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Skeeter Townsend did not respond to coaching in speed Rob Thies did not respond to coaching in speed Pete Stafford improves in velocity Pete Stafford did not respond to coaching in control Jack Hulse did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bobby Crews improves in contact_vs_lefty David Miranda improves in power_vs_lefty Pete Gillespie did not respond to coaching in control Pat Barbeau improves in contact_vs_lefty John Cappuzzello did not respond to coaching in arm David Miranda did not respond to coaching in 2B