Win: Rudy Busby Loss: Ray Tutwiler
Save: Jorge Grilli
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ray Tutwiler pitching. Tim James flies out to the left fielder. Ira Blomdahl flies out to the right fielder. Alito Jack flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Rudy Busby pitching. Tige Montejo flies out to the center fielder. Bert Brady flies out to the right fielder. Ben Cohen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Al Rhodes flies out to the right fielder. Gerald Magnuson walks. Steve Hernandez doubles to center field. Tim Driscoll singles to left field. Gerald Magnuson scores. Steve Hernandez scores. Terrence Woody strikes out. Rudy Busby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Frank Patterson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jocko Hoffman grounds out to the pitcher. Jim McDonald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tim James walks. Ira Blomdahl grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tim James is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Alito Jack flies out to the center fielder. Ira Blomdahl steals second. Al Rhodes hits an infield single to the shortstop. Gerald Magnuson reached on a fielding error by Ray Tutwiler. Ira Blomdahl scores. Steve Hernandez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gerald Magnuson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Jim Clemens singles to center field. Francisco Witek flies out to the center fielder. Ray Tutwiler lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tige Montejo lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tim Driscoll strikes out. Terrence Woody grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Busby walks. Tim James singles to center field. Ira Blomdahl pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Bert Brady singles to left field. Ben Cohen flies out to the right fielder. Frank Patterson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Alito Jack grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Rhodes flies out to the center fielder. Gerald Magnuson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Jocko Hoffman singles to left field. Jocko Hoffman gets picked off first. Jim McDonald singles to center field. Jim Clemens doubles to right field. Jim McDonald uses his aggressiveness and scores. Francisco Witek grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Clemens advances to third on the play. Ray Tutwiler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Steve Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Tim Driscoll grounds out to the second baseman. Terrence Woody strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Tige Montejo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Brady grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Cohen hits a home run. Frank Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Rudy Busby strikes out. Tim James triples. Gail Rittwage 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. Ira Blomdahl walks. Alito Jack grounds out to the shortstop. Tim James scores. Ira Blomdahl advances to second on the play. Al Rhodes walks. Gerald Magnuson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Jocko Hoffman strikes out. Jim McDonald grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Clemens hits an infield single to the pitcher. Francisco Witek flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Steve Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Driscoll walks. Terrence Woody strikes out. Jim Polli is pinch hitting for Rudy Busby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Polli hits an infield single to the pitcher. Tim James walks. Ira Blomdahl flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Boston Jorge Grilli pitching. Jerry Lum enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Hernandez at LF. Charley Jones is pinch hitting for Gail Rittwage. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Charley Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Tige Montejo flies out to the right fielder. Bert Brady strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ken Birmingham pitching. Alito Jack doubles to right field. Al Rhodes hits a home run. Alito Jack scores. Isaac Vest comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gerald Magnuson flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Lum strikes out. Tim Driscoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Ben Cohen singles to left field. Frank Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Jocko Hoffman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ben Cohen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim McDonald strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10 Boston total runners LOB: 4