Win: Mysterious Pickering (13-7) Loss: Fred Maddox (7-4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Fred Maddox pitching. Dave Pelouze triples. Rick Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dave Pelouze scores. Hal Tyler strikes out. Lloyd Noles grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Mysterious Pickering pitching. Shawn Peters flies out to the center fielder. Art Masterson grounds out to the second baseman. Minnie Bair strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Scottie Jones walks. Wayne Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Scottie Jones advances to second on the play. Manny Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Bobb grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Lute Delis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Levis walks. Bull Lezcano flies out to the right fielder. Sam Hoeft strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mysterious Pickering flies out to the right fielder. Dave Pelouze strikes out. Rick Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ham McKain grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Maddox grounds out to the third baseman. Shawn Peters grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hal Tyler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lloyd Noles strikes out. Scottie Jones 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 Art Masterson grounds out to the shortstop. Minnie Bair flies out to the center fielder. Lute Delis singles to left field. Bill Levis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Wayne Taylor strikes out. Manny Moore hits a home run. Ralph Bobb hits a home run. Mysterious Pickering grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Pelouze grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bull Lezcano strikes out. Sam Hoeft singles to center field. Ham McKain singles to center field. Fred Maddox fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Fred Maddox grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rick Thompson lines out to the first baseman. Hal Tyler strikes out. Lloyd Noles lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Shawn Peters walks. Art Masterson walks. Minnie Bair flies out to the center fielder. Lute Delis strikes out. Bill Levis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Scottie Jones singles to right field. Wayne Taylor grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Scottie Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Manny Moore grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Wayne Taylor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ralph Bobb walks. Jack Young 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. Mysterious Pickering grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ralph Bobb is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Sadie Doherty enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hal Tyler at 3B. Billy Lewis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Manny Moore at 2B. Bull Lezcano grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Hoeft strikes out. Ham McKain strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dave Pelouze singles past the shortstop. Rick Thompson singles to right field. Dave Pelouze steals third. Rick Thompson steals second. Sadie Doherty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Pelouze scores. Rick Thompson advances to third on the play. Lloyd Noles strikes out. Scottie Jones singles to left field. Rick Thompson scores. Al Bako is pinch hitting for Wayne Taylor. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Bako flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Masashi Morinaka is pinch hitting for Jack Young. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Masashi Morinaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shawn Peters pops out to the first baseman. Art Masterson walks. Minnie Bair hits a home run. Art Masterson scores. Lute Delis flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ace Cormier pitching. Billy Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Bobb walks. Cy Tapani is pinch hitting for Mysterious Pickering. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ralph Bobb steals second. Cy Tapani walks. Dave Pelouze walks. Rick Thompson hits a home run. Ralph Bobb scores. Cy Tapani scores. Dave Pelouze scores. Sadie Doherty grounds out to the second baseman. Lloyd Noles strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Buster Dingman pitching. Bill Levis doubles to center field. Amos Varitek is pinch hitting for Bull Lezcano. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Amos Varitek pops out to the third baseman. Mike Reichert is pinch hitting for Sam Hoeft. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Reichert flies out to the center fielder. Ham McKain flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:3B - Dave Pelouze (5).HR - Rick Thompson (8), Manny Moore (11), Ralph Bobb (6).SF - Rick Thompson. Baserunning: SB - Dave Pelouze (17), Rick Thompson (16), Ralph Bobb (10).
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Art Merloni did not respond to coaching in control Dan Wallace improves in arm Art Merloni improves in control Cliff Paine did not respond to coaching in control Dan Wallace did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Don Mason improves in contact_vs_righty John McClain improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Alexander improves in speed Jose Chase did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tink Moran improves in 2B