Win: Mark McNeese (5-5) Loss: Joe Dean (6-8)
Save: Davyne McKay (27)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Bill Wingo pitching. Frank Land grounds out to the second baseman. Bill May grounds out to the second baseman. Don Remmerswaal hits a home run. Bill Mulligan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Koji Kuroda pitching. Bobby Lin doubles to center field. Julio Dagres strikes out. Pinky Lerian grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Lin advances to third on the play. John Toca grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Petie Kirkwood grounds out to the pitcher. John Gwosdz strikes out. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bobby Lane grounds out to the second baseman. Dutch Crossin flies out to the right fielder. Deke Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Sammy Halladay strikes out. Koji Kuroda grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Land singles to center field. Bill May flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tyler Sands strikes out. Bill Wingo strikes out. Bobby Lin singles to right field. Julio Dagres flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Don Remmerswaal grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Mulligan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Petie Kirkwood singles to right field. John Gwosdz lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pinky Lerian flies out to the left fielder. John Toca grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Lane flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Matt Saberhagen flies out to the left fielder. Sammy Halladay walks. Koji Kuroda lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Sammy Halladay forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Frank Land grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Koji Kuroda is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dutch Crossin strikes out. Deke Miller walks. Tyler Sands hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Wingo fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Wingo lines out to the first baseman. Bobby Lin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bill May strikes out. Don Remmerswaal strikes out. Bill Mulligan singles to left field. Petie Kirkwood doubles to center field. Bill Mulligan uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Gwosdz singles to center field. Petie Kirkwood scores. Matt Saberhagen pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Julio Dagres grounds out to the shortstop. Pinky Lerian grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Toca flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Sammy Halladay singles to center field. Sammy Halladay steals second. The catcher fields the ball and Sammy Halladay is thrown out at third. Frank Land pops out to the third baseman. Bill May flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bobby Lane doubles to left field. Dutch Crossin strikes out. Deke Miller pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Lane steals third. Tyler Sands grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Don Remmerswaal walks. Bill Mulligan strikes out. Petie Kirkwood strikes out. John Gwosdz singles to center field. Mark McNeese 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 walks. Sammy Halladay pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Wieand 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 is pinch hitting for Mark McNeese. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Craig McNamara singles to right field. Bobby Lin triples. Craig McNamara scores. Joe Dean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Julio Dagres flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bobby Lin scores. Pinky Lerian walks. John Toca hits a home run. Pinky Lerian scores. Otis Altrock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Lane singles to center field. Dutch Crossin flies out to the right fielder. Deke Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Davyne McKay pitching. Frank Skeels is pinch hitting for Otis Altrock. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Skeels pops out to the first baseman. Frank Land flies out to the left fielder. Bill May flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Frank Land is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Cohen did not respond to coaching in velocity John Cohen did not respond to coaching in control John Youngblood did not respond to coaching in speed Tom McCaffery did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jason Hayes improves in power_vs_righty C.K. May did not respond to coaching in range Lew Jackson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty