Win: Roy Hurtado (3-1) Loss: Don Crumpler (0-4)
Save: David Murray (1)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Don Crumpler pitching. George Butcher is hit by a pitch. Rick Hildebrand flies out to the center fielder. Roy Murray grounds out to the pitcher. George Butcher advances to second on the play. Ace Griffin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Roy Hurtado pitching. John Wyrostek strikes out. Doug Barrios grounds out to the third baseman. George Brown grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Frank Lazor strikes out. Dave Appleton flies out to the left fielder. Yuset Rivera grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Nino Ackley strikes out. Dick Poloni strikes out. Nate McCall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jo-Jo McGraw singles to left field. Roy Hurtado lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Butcher walks. Rick Hildebrand singles to center field. Jo-Jo McGraw scores. George Butcher advances to third on the hit. Roy Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Hildebrand advances to second on the play. Ace Griffin grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Maurice Karow lines out to the second baseman. Gee Sorrell flies out to the left fielder. Don Crumpler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Frank Lazor walks. Dave Appleton flies out to the center fielder. Yuset Rivera strikes out. Jo-Jo McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City John Wyrostek grounds out to the third baseman. Doug Barrios walks. George Brown strikes out. Nino Ackley reached on a fielding error by Yuset Rivera. Dick Poloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Roy Hurtado strikes out. George Butcher singles to center field. Rick Hildebrand walks. Steve Ferguson 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. Roy Murray singles to left field. George Butcher scores. Rick Hildebrand advances to third on the hit. Ace Griffin strikes out. Frank Lazor strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nate McCall singles to center field. Maurice Karow strikes out. Gee Sorrell flies out to the right fielder. Steve Ferguson reached on a fielding error by Roy Hurtado. John Wyrostek reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ace Griffin. Nate McCall scores. Doug Barrios strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dave Appleton grounds out to the second baseman. Yuset Rivera grounds out to the shortstop. Jo-Jo McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City George Brown flies out to the center fielder. Nino Ackley walks. Dick Poloni singles to left field. Nate McCall walks. Maurice Karow flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Nino Ackley is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Roy Hurtado strikes out. George Butcher grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Hildebrand singles to center field. Roy Murray lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gee Sorrell grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Ferguson strikes out. John Wyrostek pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ken Dede is pinch hitting for Ace Griffin. Ken Dede hits a home run. Frank Lazor grounds out to the shortstop. George Platt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Dave Appleton grounds out to the second baseman. Yuset Rivera walks. Marty Hutton is pinch running for Yuset Rivera on 1st base. Jo-Jo McGraw singles to center field. Marty Hutton advances to third on the hit. Roy Hurtado reached on a fielding error by Dick Poloni. Marty Hutton scores. George Butcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Al Prendergast enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ken Dede at SS. Doug Barrios grounds out to the pitcher. George Brown pops out to the first baseman. Nino Ackley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rick Hildebrand strikes out. Roy Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Al Prendergast walks. Frank Lazor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Al Prendergast is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City David Murray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dick Poloni singles to left field. Nate McCall grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Dick Poloni is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Maurice Karow singles to right field. Gee Sorrell singles to right field. Nate McCall scores. George Platt lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Wyrostek pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Kenny Putnam did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Foor did not respond to coaching in range Ed Foor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Owen Kress did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: D+ Improvements: Pasqual Dean did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Nischwitz did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie Smith did not respond to coaching in control Red McNamara did not respond to coaching in velocity