Inning: 1 Minnesota Nobuo Chikada pitching. Jobon Kawamura singles to center field. Dave Misse strikes out. Toshio Kajima grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jobon Kawamura is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tim Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Neil Smith pitching. Harry Scott doubles to center field. Raleigh Ryan singles to center field. Harry Scott scores. John Delgado reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jobon Kawamura. Slim Kinkade is hit by a pitch. Mike Kinder walks. Raleigh Ryan scores. Sherman Wilkins grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. John Delgado scores. Slim Kinkade advances to third on the play. Catfish Roker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bud Rodas pops out to the shortstop. Don Stearns flies out to the left fielder. Joe Sackinsky singles to right field. Jack Gonzales hits a home run. Joe Sackinsky scores. Neil Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bugs Schuster singles to center field. Nobuo Chikada fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Nobuo Chikada strikes out. Harry Scott hits a home run. Bugs Schuster scores. Raleigh Ryan walks. Raleigh Ryan is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Delgado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jobon Kawamura strikes out. Dave Misse strikes out. Toshio Kajima singles to center field. Tim Smith walks. Bud Rodas lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Slim Kinkade walks. Slim Kinkade steals second. Mike Kinder hits a home run. Slim Kinkade scores. Johnnie Holtgrave comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sherman Wilkins grounds out to the pitcher. Catfish Roker hits an infield single to the second baseman. Bugs Schuster triples. Catfish Roker scores. Nobuo Chikada grounds out to the second baseman. Bugs Schuster scores. George Young comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Scott doubles to center field. Raleigh Ryan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Don Stearns grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Sackinsky walks. Jack Gonzales triples. Joe Sackinsky scores. George Young strikes out. Jobon Kawamura pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City John Delgado singles to left field. Slim Kinkade flies out to the left fielder. Mike Kinder strikes out. Sherman Wilkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Dave Misse grounds out to the shortstop. Toshio Kajima walks. Tim Smith pops out to the second baseman. Bud Rodas singles to center field. Toshio Kajima advances to third on the hit. Bud Rodas is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Catfish Roker walks. Bugs Schuster grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Catfish Roker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Nobuo Chikada lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Scott strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Don Stearns pops out to the shortstop. Joe Sackinsky flies out to the right fielder. Jack Gonzales flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Raleigh Ryan grounds out to the third baseman. John Delgado singles to left field. Slim Kinkade walks. Mike Kinder doubles to center field. John Delgado scores. Slim Kinkade uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sherman Wilkins walks. Catfish Roker grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Sherman Wilkins is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bugs Schuster flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johan Brazill is pinch hitting for Harry Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johan Brazill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Keith Irwin is pinch hitting for Jobon Kawamura. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Keith Irwin triples. Dave Misse grounds out to the third baseman. Toshio Kajima bunts for a base hit. Keith Irwin scores. Dutch Medina is pinch hitting for Tim Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dutch Medina grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Toshio Kajima is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bob Perlman pitching. Nobuo Chikada grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Scott singles to center field. Harry Scott steals second. Bud Rodas throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Raleigh Ryan flies out to the left fielder. John Delgado singles to left field. Harry Scott scores. John Delgado steals second. Slim Kinkade singles to left field. John Delgado scores. Emil Swindell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Kinder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bud Rodas singles to right field. Archie Hooper is pinch hitting for Don Stearns. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Archie Hooper flies out to the left fielder. Joe Sackinsky pops out to the third baseman. Jack Gonzales hits a home run. Bud Rodas scores. Emil Swindell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Carlos Shipley is pinch hitting for Sherman Wilkins. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carlos Shipley strikes out. Catfish Roker strikes out. Bugs Schuster strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Keith Irwin strikes out. Dave Misse grounds out to the third baseman. Toshio Kajima hits a home run. Dutch Medina singles to center field. Bud Rodas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Harry Scott 2 (20), Mike Kinder (17).3B - Bugs Schuster (3).HR - Harry Scott (11), Mike Kinder (11).GIDP - Sherman Wilkins.HBP - Slim Kinkade (1). Baserunning: SB - Harry Scott (6), John Delgado (13), Slim Kinkade (5).CS - Raleigh Ryan (4).
Game Notes John Delgado is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: 'Dandy' Dan Daniels did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Guglielmo Grigio improves in control Jake Styles did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gene Peel did not respond to coaching in endurance Thomas More did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ken Chapman improves in contact_vs_righty Eddie Evans did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill McCall improves in velocity Eddie Salmucci improves in velocity Ken Chapman did not respond to coaching in LF