Win: Chris Boland (2-0) Loss: Vern Howard (0-1)
Save: Rick Hoover (1)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Sheldon Simon pitching. Jim Hawkes pops out to the catcher. Hosken Gerner pops out to the catcher. Dave Booles singles to right field. Bobby Andrews grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Booles is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Anaheim Dave Edwards pitching. Rube Klein grounds out to the shortstop. Al Blair singles to center field. Bill Wolverton singles to left field. Al Blair advances to third on the hit. Bill Wheelock singles to right field. Al Blair scores. Garry Hoerst reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dave Booles. Bill Wolverton scores. Denny Lamanno strikes out. Al Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ray Boles singles to left field. Amos Fain triples. Ray Boles scores. Mike Wasdell walks. Brett Shreve grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Amos Fain scores. Dave Edwards singles to left field. Jim Hawkes walks. Hosken Gerner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Anaheim Steve Host singles to left field. Sheldon Simon fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Sheldon Simon flies out to the center fielder. Rube Klein grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dave Booles singles past the second baseman. Bobby Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Ray Boles singles to left field. Dave Booles advances to third on the hit. Amos Fain singles to right field. Dave Booles scores. Ray Boles advances to third on the hit. Dave Nelson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Wasdell grounds out to the pitcher. Amos Fain advances to second on the play. Brett Shreve grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Anaheim Al Blair singles to center field. Bill Wolverton singles to left field. Bill Wheelock lines out to the second baseman. Garry Hoerst pops out to the third baseman. Denny Lamanno flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dave Edwards singles to left field. Jim Hawkes strikes out. Hosken Gerner pops out to the second baseman. Dave Booles singles to right field. Dave Edwards advances to third on the hit. Bobby Andrews doubles to center field. Dave Edwards scores. Dave Booles uses his aggressiveness and scores. Henry Keating comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Boles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Anaheim Al Hernandez strikes out. Steve Host strikes out. Henry Keating strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Amos Fain pops out to the first baseman. Mike Wasdell pops out to the third baseman. Brett Shreve grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Anaheim Rube Klein flies out to the center fielder. Al Blair walks. Bill Wolverton singles to right field. Al Blair advances to third on the hit. Bill Wheelock singles to right field. Al Blair scores. Bill Wolverton advances to third on the hit. Garry Hoerst grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Wolverton scores. Bill Wheelock advances to second on the play. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Denny Lamanno grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Creepy Smyres is pinch hitting for Dave Edwards. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Creepy Smyres grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Hawkes flies out to the center fielder. Hosken Gerner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Anaheim Vern Howard pitching. Al Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Steve Host doubles to center field. Dick Higginson is pinch hitting for Henry Keating. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dick Higginson walks. Rube Klein grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Host advances to third on the play. Dick Higginson advances to second on the play. Al Blair flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Chris Boland pitching. Dave Booles grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Andrews grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Boles lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Anaheim Bill Wolverton doubles to right field. Bill Wolverton steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Wheelock singles to right field. Bill Wolverton scores. Garry Hoerst doubles to center field. Bill Wheelock uses his aggressiveness and scores. Denny Lamanno flies out to the center fielder. Al Hernandez singles to left field. Garry Hoerst scores. Steve Host walks. Masashi Kondo is pinch hitting for Chris Boland. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Masashi Kondo pops out to the shortstop. Milo Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rube Klein grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Steve Host is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rick Hoover pitching. Amos Fain grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Wasdell grounds out to the second baseman. Brett Shreve grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Anaheim Al Blair grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Wolverton singles to right field. Bill Wheelock singles to left field. Garry Hoerst grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Wolverton advances to third on the play. Bill Wheelock advances to second on the play. Denny Lamanno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jerry Potts is pinch hitting for Milo Gardner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jerry Potts strikes out. Jim Hawkes grounds out to the shortstop. Hosken Gerner singles to right field. Dave Booles walks. Bobby Andrews walks. Ray Boles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9 Anaheim total runners left on base: 11
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Bonham did not respond to coaching in velocity Reggie McCarthy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ken Maksudian improves in control Pat Oliver did not respond to coaching in speed Reggie McCarthy improves in 1B
Anaheim Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Otanez did not respond to coaching in control Ryan Staller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Troy Burns did not respond to coaching in velocity Troy Burns did not respond to coaching in velocity