Win: Yandy Lavandera (8-8) Loss: Julio Salkeld (5-4)
Save: Bob Shilling (25)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Julio Salkeld pitching. Fred Blackwell grounds out to the shortstop. Jennys Soriano strikes out. Yoshiro Kitano walks. Mike Marquis singles to center field. Yoshiro Kitano advances to third on the hit. Vance Spencer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Yandy Lavandera pitching. Randy Bonin pops out to the first baseman. Mike Alvarez hits a home run. Cad Hoffman strikes out. John Konetchy walks. Marty White strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Deacon Bentley doubles to center field. Mike Barrett pops out to the second baseman. Hiroki Eto flies out to the left fielder. Yandy Lavandera grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Ellis Frisbee flies out to the left fielder. Rich Ashnor strikes out. Tom Fisher grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Fred Blackwell grounds out to the third baseman. Jennys Soriano grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshiro Kitano walks. Yoshiro Kitano steals second. Mike Marquis singles past the first baseman. Yoshiro Kitano scores. Vance Spencer walks. Deacon Bentley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Julio Salkeld lines out to the third baseman. Randy Bonin hits a home run. Mike Alvarez singles to right field. Cad Hoffman strikes out. John Konetchy grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Alvarez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Barrett pops out to the shortstop. Hiroki Eto walks. Yandy Lavandera lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Blackwell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Marty White strikes out. Ellis Frisbee flies out to the center fielder. Rich Ashnor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jennys Soriano grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshiro Kitano flies out to the center fielder. Mike Marquis hits a home run. Vance Spencer triples. Bob Brown 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. Deacon Bentley singles to center field. Vance Spencer scores. Mike Barrett grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Deacon Bentley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Tom Fisher strikes out. Bob Brown strikes out. Randy Bonin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hiroki Eto doubles to left field. Yandy Lavandera lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Blackwell lines out to the shortstop. Jennys Soriano singles to center field. Hiroki Eto scores. Jeff Borowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshiro Kitano grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jennys Soriano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Mike Alvarez walks. Cad Hoffman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. John Konetchy doubles past the center fielder. Marty White flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Marquis flies out to the right fielder. Vance Spencer walks. Deacon Bentley singles to right field. Vance Spencer advances to third on the hit. Mike Barrett strikes out. Dave Scott comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Hiroki Eto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Ellis Frisbee strikes out. Rich Ashnor strikes out. Tom Fisher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yandy Lavandera grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Fred Blackwell walks. Jennys Soriano walks. Yoshiro Kitano walks. Mike Marquis grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Adam Crouch is pinch hitting for Dave Scott. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Adam Crouch grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Bonin grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Alvarez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Leo Locker pitching. Vance Spencer reached on a fielding error by John Konetchy. Deacon Bentley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mike Barrett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Bob Shilling comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cad Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. John Konetchy flies out to the right fielder. Marty White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 12 Boston total runners LOB: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Grover Konetchy did not respond to coaching in control Wes Purdin did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Brady improves in power_vs_lefty Yasunori Uehara did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Vaughn did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Kingdon improves in power_vs_lefty Gary Kahl did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chris Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty