Win: Kazuhide Niinuma (9-3) Loss: Bert Nye (7-17)
Save: George Flanagan (50)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bert Nye pitching. Yonel Hurtado strikes out. Freddy Perry pops out to the shortstop. Angel Gill strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Dave Campusano pitching. Elmer Guevara flies out to the left fielder. John Chapman flies out to the center fielder. Hal Bolden hits a home run. George Eggert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Lovelace flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Chambers singles to right field. Bob Tartabull pops out to the first baseman. Ed Templeton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Oscar Chambers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Doc Bool reached on a fielding error by Oscar Chambers. Duane Crist pops out to the second baseman. John Shannon singles to left field. Doc Bool advances to third on the hit. Frank Nelson strikes out. Bert Nye strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Beltran grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Campusano strikes out. Yonel Hurtado grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Elmer Guevara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Chapman flies out to the center fielder. Hal Bolden hits a home run. George Eggert hits a home run. Doc Bool grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Freddy Perry flies out to the center fielder. Angel Gill singles to left field. Ed Lovelace singles to center field. Angel Gill advances to third on the hit. Oscar Chambers flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Angel Gill scores. Bob Tartabull grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Lovelace is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Duane Crist strikes out. John Shannon strikes out. Frank Nelson lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Templeton flies out to the right fielder. Bill Beltran doubles to left field. Dave Campusano strikes out. Yonel Hurtado doubles to center field. Bill Beltran scores. Freddy Perry singles to center field. Yonel Hurtado scores. Freddy Perry is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bert Nye flies out to the left fielder. Elmer Guevara singles to left field. Elmer Guevara steals second. John Chapman walks. Hal Bolden grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Angel Gill flies out to the center fielder. Ed Lovelace walks. Oscar Chambers flies out to the center fielder. Bob Tartabull flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota George Eggert flies out to the center fielder. Doc Bool grounds out to the third baseman. Duane Crist flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ed Templeton flies out to the right fielder. Bill Beltran reached on a fielding error by John Shannon. Reggie Tartabull is pinch hitting for Dave Campusano. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Beltran is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Kazuhide Niinuma pitching. John Shannon strikes out. Frank Nelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Nye grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Yonel Hurtado hits a home run. Harry Shotton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Freddy Perry singles to center field. Angel Gill walks. Ed Lovelace singles to center field. Freddy Perry scores. Rube Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Oscar Chambers singles to center field. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Lave Bowa is pinch hitting for Ed Templeton. Lave Bowa grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Elmer Guevara grounds out to the second baseman. John Chapman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Bolden grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Beltran flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Lindaman is pinch hitting for Kazuhide Niinuma. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Lefty Lindaman singles to right field. Lefty Lindaman steals second. Yonel Hurtado singles past the first baseman. Lefty Lindaman scores. Freddy Perry grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota George Flanagan pitching. George Eggert strikes out. Doc Bool walks. Del Young is pinch hitting for Duane Crist. Del Young strikes out. John Shannon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Ballard improves in arm Harry Breeden did not respond to coaching in control Snipe Arnovich did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Juice Mott did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Arlie Holloman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Neal Tinning improves in arm Jackie Schulz did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Ussat improves in contact_vs_lefty