Win: Taka Minatogawa (8-6) Loss: Steve Stubing (5-6)
Inning: 1 Toronto Taka Minatogawa pitching. Dick Gornicki strikes out. Bones Brown reached on a fielding error by Tony Whisenant. John Miller grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Steve Stubing pitching. Frank Washburn grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Shields flies out to the right fielder. Jim Oates walks. Steve Kampouris pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Zak Johnson reached on a fielding error by Nick Nichols. Oris Kearse flies out to the center fielder. Zak Johnson steals second. Bill Kiser strikes out. Bryan Sanders strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Nick Nichols grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Franco hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tony Whisenant doubles to left field. Bob Franco uses his aggressiveness and scores. Fred Furcal strikes out. Taka Minatogawa singles to left field. Frank Washburn singles to left field. Tony Whisenant scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Dave Shields grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Toronto Cal Jefferson grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Stubing strikes out. Dick Gornicki singles to right field. Bones Brown grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dick Gornicki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jim Oates grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Steve Kampouris singles to left field. Steve Kampouris steals second. Nick Nichols singles to right field. Steve Kampouris scores. Bob Franco singles past the third baseman. Nick Nichols advances to third on the hit. Tony Whisenant singles to center field. Nick Nichols scores. Bob Franco advances to third on the hit. Fred Furcal singles to left field. Bob Franco scores. Taka Minatogawa pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Frank Washburn hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dave Shields grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Toronto John Miller hits an infield single to the third baseman. Zak Johnson singles past the shortstop. John Miller advances to third on the hit. Zak Johnson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Oris Kearse grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Kiser singles to right field. John Miller scores. Bill Kiser steals second. Bryan Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jim Oates flies out to the center fielder. Steve Kampouris grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Nick Nichols flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Cal Jefferson strikes out. Charlie Sunday is pinch hitting for Steve Stubing. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Charlie Sunday grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Gornicki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ben Brooks pitching. Bob Franco walks. Bob Franco is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tony Whisenant pops out to the second baseman. Fred Furcal singles in front of the left fielder. Taka Minatogawa grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Fred Furcal is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Bones Brown walks. Bones Brown gets picked off first. John Miller strikes out. Zak Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Frank Washburn singles to right field. Dave Shields strikes out. Jim Oates walks. Steve Kampouris strikes out. Nick Nichols flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Toronto Oris Kearse singles to right field. Bill Kiser grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Oris Kearse is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bryan Sanders grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bob Franco singles to left field. Tony Whisenant singles to center field. Bob Franco advances to third on the hit. Fred Furcal grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bob Franco scores. Gene Wakefield comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Taka Minatogawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Cal Jefferson hits a home run. Aaron Mercer is pinch hitting for Gene Wakefield. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Aaron Mercer pops out to the second baseman. Dick Gornicki flies out to the left fielder. Bones Brown singles to right field. John Miller singles past the third baseman. Bones Brown advances to third on the hit. Zak Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota George Whitfield pitching. Frank Washburn grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dave Shields strikes out. Jim Oates flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto Oris Kearse lines out to the pitcher. Bill Kiser strikes out. Bryan Sanders singles to right field. Jeff Ivie 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 1st. Cal Jefferson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bryan Sanders is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Toronto total runners left on base: 6 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Tony Whisenant (8).GIDP - Fred Furcal. Baserunning: SB - Steve Kampouris (8).CS - Bob Franco (3). Fielding: E - Nick Nichols, Tony Whisenant.
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Duff Lima did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Eddie Judd did not respond to coaching in speed Brian Steinbach improves in speed Joe Wallace improves in power_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rob Tamargo improves in arm Jose Adams did not respond to coaching in speed Armando Templeton did not respond to coaching in control Clint Mizell improves in power_vs_lefty Carl Bartley did not respond to coaching in SS