Win: Masanori Rackley Loss: Chucky Noonan
Save: Roy Ganzel
Inning: 1 Minnesota Chucky Noonan pitching. Bugs Hartman strikes out. Yoshihisa Takahashi strikes out. Billy Moskiman pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Masanori Rackley pitching. Roberto Irwin pops out to the catcher. Mike Howard singles to right field. Tony Burke grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Howard is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. John Christiansen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Ernaga grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hoyt Lake grounds out to the second baseman. Izzy Stember flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Red Musial pops out to the third baseman. Katsuyuki Saito flies out to the right fielder. Eusebio Wathan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Don Hafey doubles to left field. Gerry Gomez singles past the second baseman. Don Hafey scores. Masanori Rackley lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bugs Hartman hits a home run. Gerry Gomez scores. Yoshihisa Takahashi flies out to the center fielder. Billy Moskiman walks. Billy Moskiman steals second. Joe Ernaga grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Fumio Sakurai strikes out. Chucky Noonan flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Irwin is hit by a pitch. Roberto Irwin steals second. Mike Howard singles to center field. Roberto Irwin scores. Mike Howard is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hoyt Lake flies out to the left fielder. Izzy Stember strikes out. Don Hafey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Tony Burke singles to center field. John Christiansen flies out to the left fielder. Tony Burke steals second. Red Musial singles to center field. Tony Burke scores. Katsuyuki Saito hits an infield single to the shortstop. Eusebio Wathan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Katsuyuki Saito is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fumio Sakurai strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gerry Gomez flies out to the right fielder. Masanori Rackley triples. Bugs Hartman singles past the second baseman. Masanori Rackley scores. Sport Blattner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bugs Hartman steals second. Yoshihisa Takahashi pops out to the shortstop. Billy Moskiman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Sport Blattner strikes out. Roberto Irwin strikes out. Mike Howard flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joe Ernaga strikes out. Hoyt Lake strikes out. Izzy Stember doubles to right field. Don Hafey walks. Gerry Gomez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Tony Burke grounds out to the shortstop. John Christiansen flies out to the left fielder. Red Musial hits a home run. Katsuyuki Saito grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Masanori Rackley singles to center field. Bugs Hartman strikes out. Yoshihisa Takahashi flies out to the right fielder. Billy Moskiman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Eusebio Wathan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fumio Sakurai singles to left field. Sport Blattner lays a bunt down the first base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Roberto Irwin walks. Mike Howard strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Joe Ernaga grounds out to the second baseman. Hoyt Lake walks. Izzy Stember walks. Don Hafey doubles to center field. Hoyt Lake scores. Tink Stricklett is pinch hitting for Gerry Gomez. Tink Stricklett strikes out. Masanori Rackley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Vance Doyle enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tink Stricklett at C. Tony Burke grounds out to the second baseman. John Christiansen grounds out to the second baseman. Red Musial doubles to left field. Katsuyuki Saito grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bugs Hartman strikes out. Yoshihisa Takahashi pops out to the shortstop. Billy Moskiman lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Roy Ganzel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Eusebio Wathan singles to center field. Fumio Sakurai flies out to the right fielder. Doc Rath is pinch hitting for Sport Blattner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Doc Rath flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Irwin walks. Mike Howard grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Roberto Irwin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Washington total runners LOB: 8