Win: Denny McLain (8-10) Loss: Harry Slaughter (12-15)
Save: Bill Baez (31)
Inning: 1 Boston Dan Garber pitching. Kent Ramsey strikes out. Clete Gregory walks. Scotch Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Tommy See pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Harry Slaughter pitching. Curt Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Oulliber grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Clint Lillard flies out to the center fielder. Robin Jorgensen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Armando Ramirez hits a home run. Alex Potter doubles to left field. Harry Slaughter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Izzy Morales flies out to the left fielder. Merritt Hancock strikes out. Tom Montalvo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Kent Ramsey pops out to the second baseman. Clete Gregory flies out to the left fielder. Scotch Nichols singles to center field. Tommy See grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Fred Tuttle strikes out. Kent Davison walks. Dan Garber lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Curt Smith walks. Mike Oulliber strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Clint Lillard walks. Clint Lillard is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Robin Jorgensen singles to center field. Armando Ramirez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Bell flies out to the left fielder. Izzy Morales singles to right field. Merritt Hancock walks. Tom Montalvo flies out to the center fielder. Fred Tuttle singles to left field. Izzy Morales scores. Merritt Hancock advances to third on the hit. Kent Davison singles to center field. Merritt Hancock scores. Fred Tuttle advances to third on the hit. Dan Garber singles to left field. Fred Tuttle scores. Kent Davison advances to third on the hit. Heinie Florence comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curt Smith hits an infield single to the third baseman. Kent Davison scores. Mike Oulliber walks. Joe Bell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Boston Alex Potter singles to right field. Heinie Florence lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Alex Potter forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Kent Ramsey strikes out. Clete Gregory strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Izzy Morales singles to right field. Merritt Hancock strikes out. Tom Montalvo hits a home run. Izzy Morales scores. Bill Harris comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Tuttle grounds out to the pitcher. Kent Davison singles past the first baseman. Dan Garber strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Scotch Nichols pops out to the second baseman. Tommy See flies out to the right fielder. Clint Lillard hits an infield single to the pitcher. Robin Jorgensen walks. Clint Lillard steals third. Armando Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Curt Smith flies out to the left fielder. Mike Oulliber strikes out. Joe Bell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Alex Potter pops out to the second baseman. Bill Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Kent Ramsey singles to center field. Clete Gregory singles past the second baseman. Kent Ramsey advances to third on the hit. Scotch Nichols strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Izzy Morales hits an infield single to the pitcher. Merritt Hancock grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Izzy Morales is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Montalvo walks. Fred Tuttle grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Tom Montalvo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kent Davison grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Seiichiro Ishikawa enters the game as a defensive replacement for Curt Smith at SS. Tommy See pops out to the third baseman. Clint Lillard flies out to the left fielder. Robin Jorgensen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dan Garber strikes out. Seiichiro Ishikawa grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Oulliber grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Armando Ramirez hits a home run. Luis Carnivale comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Potter strikes out. Mike Semproch is pinch hitting for Bill Harris. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Semproch singles to right field. Kent Ramsey walks. Bill Baez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Clete Gregory flies out to the center fielder. Scotch Nichols grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kent Ramsey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners left on base: 10 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Buzz LaRue improves in range Mike Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm Mike Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Leifield improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Leifield did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Morris improves in speed Carl Ogrodowski did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tom Brown improves in range Rafael Garboza did not respond to coaching in control