Win: Steve Williams (11-10) Loss: Les Grove (8-20)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Les Grove pitching. Herman Shean strikes out. Hugh Veryzer strikes out. Jun Otsu flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Steve Williams pitching. Bennie Jackson strikes out. John Mathewson grounds out to the third baseman. Yadiel Bartolome hits a home run. Rodmy Perez singles past the second baseman. Bobby Lovelace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota John Odwell triples. Joe Stanhouse singles in front of the center fielder. John Odwell scores. Dee Williams grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Wally Creek grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Masaru Nishizawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex McClure strikes out. Bill Bokelmann grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Rudy Jacobs singles to center field. Steve Williams lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Herman Shean flies out to the right fielder. Hugh Veryzer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Les Grove strikes out. Bennie Jackson strikes out. John Mathewson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jun Otsu triples. John Odwell walks. John Odwell gets picked off first. Joe Stanhouse strikes out. Dee Williams hits a home run. Jun Otsu scores. Wally Creek singles past the second baseman. Rudy Jacobs singles to right field. Wally Creek advances to third on the hit. Steve Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Yadiel Bartolome singles to center field. Yadiel Bartolome is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rodmy Perez flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Lovelace doubles to left field. Masaru Nishizawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Herman Shean singles to left field. Hugh Veryzer flies out to the right fielder. Jun Otsu grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alex McClure flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bokelmann grounds out to the third baseman. Les Grove flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota John Odwell singles to right field. Joe Stanhouse singles to right field. John Odwell advances to third on the hit. Dee Williams singles to center field. John Odwell scores. Joe Stanhouse advances to third on the hit. Libe Murtaugh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wally Creek grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Stanhouse scores. Dee Williams advances to second on the play. Rudy Jacobs singles to right field. Dee Williams scores. Rudy Jacobs steals second. Steve Williams flies out to the center fielder. Herman Shean strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bennie Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. John Mathewson strikes out. Yadiel Bartolome pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hugh Veryzer grounds out to the shortstop. Jun Otsu walks. John Odwell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jun Otsu is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Stanhouse walks. Dee Williams hits a home run. John Odwell scores. Joe Stanhouse scores. Wally Creek hits an infield single to the shortstop. Rudy Jacobs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rodmy Perez singles to left field. Bobby Lovelace walks. Masaru Nishizawa singles to center field. Rodmy Perez scores. Bobby Lovelace advances to third on the hit. Alex McClure flies out to the right fielder. Bill Bokelmann grounds out to the second baseman. Masaru Nishizawa advances to second on the play. Gary Bayless is pinch hitting for Libe Murtaugh. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gary Bayless walks. Bennie Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Bowling pitching. Charlie Stanley is pinch hitting for Steve Williams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Charlie Stanley flies out to the left fielder. Herman Shean grounds out to the third baseman. Hugh Veryzer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Roy Mitchell pitching. John Mathewson flies out to the left fielder. Yadiel Bartolome strikes out. Rodmy Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Joe Terry is pinch hitting for Jun Otsu. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Terry flies out to the left fielder. John Odwell grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Sodd is pinch hitting for Joe Stanhouse. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Sodd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bobby Lovelace walks. Masaru Nishizawa pops out to the third baseman. Alex McClure flies out to the left fielder. Billy Foster is pinch hitting for Bill Bokelmann. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Billy Foster flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Scott did not respond to coaching in velocity Blackie Hardy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bret Liefer improves in contact_vs_righty Gerry Nold improves in arm Gene Brown improves in range Gerry Nold improves in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Leroy Babe did not respond to coaching in control Charley Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity John Alicea improves in arm Leroy Babe did not respond to coaching in control Leroy Babe did not respond to coaching in control Billy Blackburn did not respond to coaching in arm