Win: Koji Kuroda (2-3) Loss: Joe Alperman (1-3)
Save: Yogi Merlino (1)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Joe Alperman pitching. Petie Kirkwood singles to right field. John Gwosdz strikes out. Kevin Pickering strikes out. Bill Mulligan singles to center field. Petie Kirkwood advances to third on the hit. Frank Skeels flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Koji Kuroda pitching. Bobby Lin strikes out. Julio Dagres grounds out to the second baseman. Pinky Lerian grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Sammy Halladay strikes out. Jon Zubal strikes out. Matt Saberhagen walks. Koji Kuroda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Toca pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Lane flies out to the left fielder. Dutch Crossin pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Petie Kirkwood walks. John Gwosdz flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Pickering grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Petie Kirkwood advances to second on the play. Bill Mulligan walks. Frank Skeels flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Deke Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Tyler Sands singles to left field. Joe Alperman fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Joe Alperman singles to center field. Tyler Sands advances to third on the hit. Bobby Lin grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Alperman advances to second on the play. Julio Dagres pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Sammy Halladay strikes out. Jon Zubal hits an infield single to the pitcher. Matt Saberhagen grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pinky Lerian walks. John Toca singles to center field. Pinky Lerian advances to third on the hit. Bobby Lane flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Pinky Lerian scores. Dutch Crossin flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Deke Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Koji Kuroda strikes out. Petie Kirkwood singles to right field. John Gwosdz grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tyler Sands pops out to the third baseman. Joe Alperman grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Lin triples. Julio Dagres reached on a fielding error by Koji Kuroda. Bobby Lin scores. Julio Dagres steals second. Pinky Lerian strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Kevin Pickering flies out to the right fielder. Bill Mulligan walks. Frank Skeels strikes out. Passed ball. Bill Mulligan advances to second. Sammy Halladay hits a home run. Bill Mulligan scores. Jon Zubal singles to left field. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Toca flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Lane grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch Crossin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dane Doolan is pinch hitting for Koji Kuroda. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dane Doolan singles to center field. Petie Kirkwood singles to left field. Dane Doolan advances to third on the hit. Bake Callison 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. John Gwosdz walks. Kevin Pickering grounds out to the second baseman. Dane Doolan scores. Petie Kirkwood advances to third on the play. John Gwosdz advances to second on the play. Bill Mulligan flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Petie Kirkwood scores. Frank Skeels triples. John Gwosdz scores. Sammy Halladay grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jay Wasinger pitching. Deke Miller strikes out. Tyler Sands grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Craig McNamara is pinch hitting for Bake Callison. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Craig McNamara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mark McNeese pitching. Jon Zubal flies out to the right fielder. Matt Saberhagen grounds out to the catcher. Jay Wasinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill May enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Gwosdz at CF. Bobby Lin grounds out to the third baseman. Julio Dagres strikes out. Pinky Lerian flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Petie Kirkwood strikes out. Bill May pops out to the shortstop. Kevin Pickering strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yogi Merlino comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. John Toca flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Lane singles to center field. Dutch Crossin singles to center field. Bobby Lane advances to third on the hit. Deke Miller singles past the second baseman. Bobby Lane scores. Dutch Crossin advances to third on the hit. Tyler Sands singles to center field. Dutch Crossin scores. Deke Miller advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Eddie Jones is pinch hitting for Mark McNeese. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Deke Miller is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kip Sexton improves in arm John Youngblood improves in power_vs_righty Danny Judson improves in power_vs_lefty Tom McCaffery improves in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Chance Bednar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Phil Wolfe did not respond to coaching in arm Charlie Mann improves in power_vs_lefty Jason Hayes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty