Win: Dick Criger Loss: Pete Mapel
Save: Duvier Charles
Inning: 1 Minnesota Orlando Melo pitching. Ray Boles strikes out. Marlin Arroyo strikes out. Dave Booles strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Shinpei Oshima pitching. Homer Dressler grounds out to the third baseman. Hirohisa Nishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Bressler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jose Echevarria walks. Joe Simon grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Echevarria advances to second on the play. Butch DeCinces grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Pye flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Jeff Farley strikes out. Jim Herring flies out to the left fielder. Mickey Ripken hits a home run. Silver Cary strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bobby Andrews flies out to the left fielder. Shinpei Oshima flies out to the center fielder. Ray Boles lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Omar McPhee singles to left field. Orlando Melo lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Homer Dressler flies out to the center fielder. Hirohisa Nishi singles to center field. Omar McPhee uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Bressler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Marlin Arroyo flies out to the right fielder. Dave Booles flies out to the center fielder. Jose Echevarria grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Jeff Farley flies out to the left fielder. Jim Herring grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Ripken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Simon singles to center field. Butch DeCinces flies out to the right fielder. Jack Pye hits a home run. Joe Simon scores. Bobby Andrews strikes out. Shinpei Oshima grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Silver Cary strikes out. Omar McPhee strikes out. Orlando Melo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ray Boles doubles to center field. Marlin Arroyo flies out to the center fielder. Dave Booles grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Echevarria walks. Joe Simon pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Homer Dressler strikes out. Hirohisa Nishi hits a home run. Joe Bressler grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Farley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Butch DeCinces grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jack Pye flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Andrews flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Jim Herring strikes out. Mickey Ripken hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ross Nunamaker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Silver Cary flies out to the left fielder. Omar McPhee grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mickey Ripken is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Phil Castle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Boyle is pinch hitting for Ross Nunamaker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Joe Boyle singles to right field. Ray Boles pops out to the second baseman. Marlin Arroyo grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Boyle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave Booles triples. Marlin Arroyo scores. Dick Criger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Echevarria grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Pete Mapel pitching. Dick Criger grounds out to the shortstop. Homer Dressler singles to right field. Hirohisa Nishi triples. Homer Dressler scores. Joe Bressler singles to left field. Hirohisa Nishi scores. Jeff Farley strikes out. Jim Herring grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Bressler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Duvier Charles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Simon strikes out. Butch DeCinces strikes out. Jack Pye grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4 Boston total runners left on base: 3