Inning: 1 Kansas City Ray Andrews pitching. Tom Sanchez flies out to the center fielder. Kid Hale strikes out. Hoyt Hoblitzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bob Bennett pitching. Bernardo Kalahan flies out to the right fielder. Dick Bichette walks. Joe Polcovich walks. Yasmani Tamayo walks. Lee Harris singles to center field. Dick Bichette scores. Joe Polcovich scores. Yasmani Tamayo is out trying to steal third. Dave Lupien pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tarrik Smith grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rafael Stark singles to center field. Kris Dingman flies out to the center fielder. Rafael Stark is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Gary Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff May flies out to the center fielder. Ray Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Steve Brooks reached on a fielding error by Dick Bichette. Bobby Barton singles to left field. Bob Bennett fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bob Bennett singles to center field. Tom Sanchez strikes out. Kid Hale strikes out. Hoyt Hoblitzel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bernardo Kalahan grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Bichette grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Polcovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tarrik Smith strikes out. Rafael Stark grounds out to the pitcher. Kris Dingman singles to center field. Steve Brooks strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Yasmani Tamayo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lee Harris flies out to the center fielder. Dave Lupien triples. Gary Martin grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bobby Barton grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Bennett grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Sanchez singles to left field. Kid Hale doubles to center field. Tom Sanchez scores. Hoyt Hoblitzel singles in front of the center fielder. Tarrik Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jeff May singles to right field. Ray Andrews pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Bernardo Kalahan walks. Bill Kraly 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 1st. Dick Bichette hits an infield single to the second baseman. Joe Polcovich walks. Jeff May scores. Yasmani Tamayo strikes out. Lee Harris walks. Bernardo Kalahan scores. Dave Lupien flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Rafael Stark grounds out to the pitcher. Kris Dingman flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brooks flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gary Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff May walks. Ray Andrews lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bernardo Kalahan walks. Dick Bichette pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bobby Barton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Henry Smith is pinch hitting for Bill Kraly. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Henry Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Sanchez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Sherman Dietzel pitching. Joe Polcovich pops out to the first baseman. Yasmani Tamayo lines out to the shortstop. Lee Harris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Arthur Swindell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dick Bichette at SS. Kid Hale walks. Kid Hale is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hoyt Hoblitzel singles to center field. Tarrik Smith strikes out. Rafael Stark grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dave Lupien strikes out. Gary Martin bunts for a base hit. Jeff May singles to center field. Gary Martin advances to third on the hit. Curt Brito is pinch hitting for Ray Andrews. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Curt Brito flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Gary Martin scores. Cy Plympton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff May steals second. Bernardo Kalahan reached on a fielding error by Tarrik Smith. Arthur Swindell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Morse pitching. Kris Dingman singles past the shortstop. Steve Brooks grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kris Dingman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bobby Barton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Steve Brooks is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Randy Bogle is pinch hitting for Cy Plympton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Randy Bogle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Eric Sterling improves in speed Bill Nealon improves in speed Red Moeller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Oddibe Barthelson improves in power_vs_lefty Rankin Cabrera improves in contact_vs_righty George Benedict did not respond to coaching in velocity Blix Lisenbee did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Kirby improves in range Al Pence did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Redmond did not respond to coaching in control Al Pence did not respond to coaching in velocity Scott Rondeau did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Redmond improves in velocity