Win: Dutch Ellingsen (5-8) Loss: Roy Williams (5-8)
Save: Harry Fuller (5)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Roy Williams pitching. Tim Lyons walks. George Kilduff flies out to the right fielder. Rickey McCloskey singles to center field. Tim Lyons advances to third on the hit. Shawn Doheny walks. Bill Jonnard singles to left field. Tim Lyons scores. Rickey McCloskey scores. Joe Kinslow singles to left field. Shawn Doheny scores. Bill Jonnard is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Marty Anderson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Kinslow is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dutch Ellingsen pitching. Mike Shuba grounds out to the second baseman. Dixie Guinn grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Powell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Moonlight Blyzka strikes out. Dutch Ellingsen flies out to the left fielder. Tim Lyons grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Vicente Griffin strikes out. John Ward singles to center field. Red Maddox flies out to the right fielder. Bip Conine singles to left field. John Ward advances to third on the hit. Chuck Leverett lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota George Kilduff grounds out to the second baseman. Rickey McCloskey singles to center field. Shawn Doheny strikes out. Bill Jonnard doubles to right field. Rickey McCloskey uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rudy Thornton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Kinslow grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rudy Thornton singles to left field. Mike Shuba walks. Dixie Guinn grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rudy Thornton is out at third base. Earl Powell hits a home run. Mike Shuba scores. Dixie Guinn scores. Vicente Griffin flies out to the center fielder. John Ward grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Marty Anderson walks. Moonlight Blyzka walks. Dutch Ellingsen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tim Lyons pops out to the catcher. George Kilduff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Red Maddox doubles to center field. Bip Conine grounds out to the pitcher. Chuck Leverett strikes out. Rudy Thornton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rickey McCloskey strikes out. Shawn Doheny strikes out. Bill Jonnard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Shuba strikes out. Dixie Guinn singles to left field. Earl Powell strikes out. Vicente Griffin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joe Kinslow flies out to the center fielder. Marty Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Moonlight Blyzka hits a home run. Dutch Ellingsen lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Ward flies out to the center fielder. Red Maddox singles to center field. Red Maddox is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bip Conine grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tim Lyons grounds out to the second baseman. George Kilduff grounds out to the shortstop. Rickey McCloskey reached on a fielding error by Chuck Leverett. Shawn Doheny grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rickey McCloskey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Harry Fuller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Chuck Leverett pops out to the second baseman. Rudy Thornton flies out to the center fielder. Mike Shuba strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Jonnard flies out to the left fielder. Joe Kinslow grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Marty Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dixie Guinn singles to right field. Earl Powell flies out to the center fielder. Vicente Griffin singles to center field. Dixie Guinn advances to third on the hit. John Ward flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dixie Guinn scores. Red Maddox singles to center field. Vicente Griffin advances to third on the hit. Bip Conine grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Moonlight Blyzka strikes out. Harry Fuller flies out to the right fielder. Tim Lyons hits an infield single to the first baseman. George Kilduff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chuck Leverett grounds out to the shortstop. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi is pinch hitting for Rudy Thornton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi flies out to the center fielder. Mike Shuba singles to left field. Dixie Guinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Beltre improves in power_vs_righty Curt Vidal improves in range Ricky Goossen did not respond to coaching in arm Waite Hendrickson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ricky Goossen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ricky Goossen improves in power_vs_righty Chief Zardon did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Grant Stein did not respond to coaching in velocity Irv Baldwin did not respond to coaching in speed Gil Loaiza did not respond to coaching in velocity George Hilgendorf improves in range Red Sprowl improves in contact_vs_lefty George Griffin did not respond to coaching in control Bill Todd did not respond to coaching in 2B