Inning: 1 Kansas City Tetsuya Aoki pitching. Yonel Hurtado singles to center field. Clem Thornton flies out to the right fielder. Lave Bowa singles to left field. Yonel Hurtado advances to third on the hit. Freddy Perry grounds out to the third baseman. Yonel Hurtado scores. Lave Bowa advances to second on the play. Bob Tartabull flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Birdie Lake pitching. Elmer Guevara grounds out to the shortstop. Ed McNair grounds out to the third baseman. John Chapman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Lovelace hits a home run. Yariel Duvergel flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Lindaman singles to left field. Birdie Lake lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yonel Hurtado grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hal Bolden strikes out. George Eggert doubles to center field. Wattie Hurst grounds out to the pitcher. Emil Tauscher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Clem Thornton grounds out to the third baseman. Lave Bowa singles to left field. Freddy Perry doubles to center field. Lave Bowa scores. Bob Tartabull flies out to the right fielder. Ed Lovelace flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Duane Crist grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tetsuya Aoki reached on a fielding error by Bob Tartabull. Elmer Guevara grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tetsuya Aoki is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed McNair walks. John Chapman walks. Hal Bolden singles to right field. Elmer Guevara scores. Ed McNair scores. John Chapman advances to third on the hit. George Eggert walks. Wattie Hurst reached on a 2-base fielding error by Yariel Duvergel. John Chapman scores. Hal Bolden scores. Emil Tauscher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Yariel Duvergel hits a home run. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Birdie Lake singles to left field. Yonel Hurtado strikes out. Clem Thornton doubles to right field. Lave Bowa walks. Harry Shotton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Freddy Perry grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Birdie Lake is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Duane Crist walks. Harry Shotton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Elmer Guevara reached on a 2-base fielding error by Yonel Hurtado. Duane Crist scores. Ed McNair walks. John Chapman strikes out. Hal Bolden walks. George Eggert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bob Tartabull strikes out. Ed Lovelace strikes out. Yariel Duvergel singles to center field. Lefty Lindaman singles to center field. Yariel Duvergel advances to third on the hit. Birdie Lake flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Wattie Hurst flies out to the left fielder. Emil Tauscher grounds out to the shortstop. Duane Crist grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Yonel Hurtado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clem Thornton singles to center field. Lave Bowa grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Del Young is pinch hitting for Harry Shotton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Del Young triples. Elmer Guevara strikes out. Ed McNair singles to left field. Del Young scores. John Chapman pops out to the first baseman. Hal Bolden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Pat Trosky pitching. Freddy Perry strikes out. Bob Tartabull flies out to the center fielder. Ed Lovelace flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota George Eggert singles to left field. Wattie Hurst flies out to the left fielder. Emil Tauscher singles to center field. George Eggert aggressively advances to third on the hit. Kazuhide Niinuma 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. Duane Crist strikes out. John Shannon is pinch hitting for Pat Trosky. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Shannon doubles to center field. George Eggert scores. Elmer Guevara singles to right field. Emil Tauscher scores. John Shannon scores. Ed McNair hits a home run. Elmer Guevara scores. Ishod Wair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Chapman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Kerr pitching. Yariel Duvergel pops out to the shortstop. Lefty Lindaman grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Beltran is pinch hitting for Ishod Wair. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bill Beltran grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gerry Clark pitching. Hal Bolden hits a home run. George Eggert flies out to the right fielder. Wattie Hurst doubles to left field. Emil Tauscher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wattie Hurst advances to third on the play. Duane Crist grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yonel Hurtado grounds out to the third baseman. Clem Thornton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Lave Bowa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Merl Lajeskie improves in range Merl Lajeskie improves in range Frank Dunn improves in arm Merl Lajeskie did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Ballard did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Pladson improves in arm Al Thomas improves in arm Dave Ussat did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chick Daniels did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty