Inning: 1 Minnesota Joe Alperman pitching. Petie Kirkwood flies out to the left fielder. Bill May grounds out to the pitcher. Kevin Pickering flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Koji Kuroda pitching. Bobby Lin flies out to the right fielder. Julio Dagres strikes out. Pinky Lerian grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Don Remmerswaal grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Land walks. John Gwosdz grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Frank Land is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dane Doolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Toca flies out to the left fielder. Craig McNamara walks. Tyler Sands grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Craig McNamara advances to second on the play. Deke Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Matt Saberhagen flies out to the right fielder. Koji Kuroda flies out to the left fielder. Petie Kirkwood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City C.K. May walks. Joe Alperman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bobby Lin grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Dagres grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill May reached on a fielding error by Joe Alperman. Kevin Pickering doubles to center field. Don Remmerswaal grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Land flies out to the right fielder. John Gwosdz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pinky Lerian flies out to the right fielder. John Toca grounds out to the second baseman. Craig McNamara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Dane Doolan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Koji Kuroda walks. Petie Kirkwood singles to right field. Koji Kuroda advances to third on the hit. Bill May flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tyler Sands singles past the shortstop. Deke Miller singles to center field. Tyler Sands advances to third on the hit. C.K. May flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Tyler Sands scores. Joe Alperman lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bobby Lin walks. Julio Dagres strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Kevin Pickering reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pinky Lerian. Don Remmerswaal flies out to the right fielder. Frank Land hits a home run. Kevin Pickering scores. John Gwosdz singles to left field. John Gwosdz steals second. Dane Doolan grounds out to the shortstop. Terrence McQueen 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 2nd. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pinky Lerian pops out to the third baseman. John Toca singles to right field. Craig McNamara walks. Tyler Sands flies out to the center fielder. Deke Miller grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Craig McNamara is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Koji Kuroda strikes out. Petie Kirkwood strikes out. Bill May flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City C.K. May hits a home run. Jim Hough is pinch hitting for Terrence McQueen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Hough strikes out. Bobby Lin grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Dagres walks. Pinky Lerian walks. John Toca strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bake Callison pitching. Kevin Pickering flies out to the right fielder. Don Remmerswaal doubles to center field. Frank Land strikes out. John Gwosdz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Dean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Craig McNamara flies out to the left fielder. Tyler Sands singles to right field. Deke Miller singles to center field. Tyler Sands advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. C.K. May is hit by a pitch. The defense is playing the infield in. Eddie Jones is pinch hitting for Bake Callison. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Eddie Jones strikes out. Bobby Lin strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Davyne McKay pitching. Dane Doolan strikes out. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Frank Skeels is pinch hitting for Joe Dean. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Frank Skeels doubles to left field. Petie Kirkwood grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Otis Altrock pitching. Julio Dagres singles to right field. Julio Dagres steals second. Pinky Lerian singles to left field. Julio Dagres scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Kansas City total runners left on base: 11
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Derrick Golvin improves in speed Bill Staller improves in power_vs_lefty Will Serna did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Lees improves in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jose Bailey improves in contact_vs_lefty Jason Hayes improves in range Phil Wolfe did not respond to coaching in arm Sandy Wise did not respond to coaching in speed