Win: Steve Bonds (4-5) Loss: Bob Burke (3-4)
Save: Ray Paige (21)
Inning: 1 Minnesota P.J. Hoch pitching. Vance Doyle grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Baird grounds out to the pitcher. Yoshihisa Takahashi walks. Joe Ernaga singles to left field. Yoshihisa Takahashi advances to third on the hit. Hoyt Lake singles to left field. Yoshihisa Takahashi scores. Joe Ernaga advances to third on the hit. Mike Wood bunts for a base hit. Joe Ernaga scores. Tom Hillegas pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Chicago Steve Bonds pitching. Frank Guisto flies out to the center fielder. Ed Merullo strikes out. Mickey Spillane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bob Earley strikes out. Steve Bonds strikes out. Vance Doyle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Kamari Strickland flies out to the right fielder. Lou Schreiber grounds out to the shortstop. John Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Paul Baird grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshihisa Takahashi singles to left field. Joe Ernaga strikes out. Hoyt Lake strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Frank Slattery pops out to the third baseman. Harold Knox grounds out to the second baseman. P.J. Hoch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Wood singles to left field. Tom Hillegas flies out to the left fielder. Bob Earley grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Wood is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Steve Bonds grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Earley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Frank Guisto singles to center field. Ed Merullo flies out to the right fielder. Mickey Spillane singles to center field. Frank Guisto advances to third on the hit. Kamari Strickland flies out to the center fielder. Lou Schreiber singles to right field. Frank Guisto scores. Mickey Spillane advances to third on the hit. John Jackson walks. Frank Slattery pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Minnesota Vance Doyle walks. Paul Baird strikes out. Yoshihisa Takahashi flies out to the right fielder. Joe Ernaga strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Harold Knox doubles to left field. P.J. Hoch lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Guisto flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Harold Knox scores. Ed Merullo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hoyt Lake grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Wood grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Hillegas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Mickey Spillane grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Kamari Strickland grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Schreiber grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bob Earley strikes out. Steve Bonds strikes out. Orlin Norton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Vance Doyle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago John Jackson pops out to the first baseman. Frank Slattery pops out to the shortstop. Harold Knox singles to left field. Dewey Duckworth is pinch hitting for Orlin Norton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dewey Duckworth flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bob Burke pitching. Paul Baird walks. Yoshihisa Takahashi singles to left field. Paul Baird advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Joe Ernaga flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Paul Baird scores. Hoyt Lake pops out to the shortstop. Mike Wood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Frank Guisto singles to center field. Ed Merullo walks. Henry Bowie 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. Mickey Spillane flies out to the center fielder. Kamari Strickland strikes out. Lou Schreiber flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tetsuro Tamura is pinch hitting for Tom Hillegas. Tetsuro Tamura doubles to right field. Bob Earley triples. Tetsuro Tamura scores. Joe Quinn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dainier Vassell is pinch hitting for Henry Bowie. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dainier Vassell singles to right field. Bob Earley scores. Dainier Vassell steals second. Vance Doyle hits a home run. Dainier Vassell scores. Jeremy Barr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Baird grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Grissom is pinch hitting for Yoshihisa Takahashi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mickey Grissom singles to center field. Joe Ernaga grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Grissom advances to second on the play. Hoyt Lake strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Dion Zdeb pitching. John Jackson hits a home run. Frank Slattery flies out to the right fielder. Harold Knox walks. Verle Anderson is pinch hitting for Jeremy Barr. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Verle Anderson singles to left field. Harold Knox advances to third on the hit. Ray Paige comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank Guisto singles to left field. Harold Knox scores. Verle Anderson advances to third on the hit. Ed Merullo strikes out. Mickey Spillane singles past the third baseman. Verle Anderson scores. Frank Guisto advances to third on the hit. Kamari Strickland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Chicago total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bobby Jones did not respond to coaching in control Dick Platt did not respond to coaching in control Leo Niehaus improves in range Russ Cole did not respond to coaching in velocity
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Northrup did not respond to coaching in control George Northrup did not respond to coaching in velocity Fritz Kucab improves in speed Julio Felder improves in range Clarence Brazill improves in LF