Win: Joe Wertz (15-13) Loss: Chick Costello (13-10)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Chick Costello pitching. Greg Oliva grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Baird singles to right field. Yoshihisa Takahashi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Joe Wertz pitching. Hub Bubser flies out to the center fielder. Coonie McMillan pops out to the third baseman. Mark Barnhart grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Ernaga strikes out. Hoyt Lake grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Wood walks. Jackson Serad walks. Bob Earley singles to center field. Mike Wood scores. Jackson Serad advances to third on the hit. Joe Wertz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Billy Thuman grounds out to the third baseman. Tommy Gil flies out to the right fielder. Chris Blemker walks. Keith Izquierdo pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Greg Oliva walks. Paul Baird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Oliva advances to second on the play. Yoshihisa Takahashi strikes out. Joe Ernaga flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Matt Caraway strikes out. Chick Costello grounds out to the third baseman. Hub Bubser flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hoyt Lake hits a home run. Mike Wood reached on a fielding error by Chick Costello. Jackson Serad walks. Bob Earley flies out to the center fielder. Joe Wertz lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Oliva walks. Paul Baird strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Boston Coonie McMillan grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Barnhart walks. Mark Barnhart steals second. Billy Thuman triples. Mark Barnhart scores. Tommy Gil flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Billy Thuman is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Yoshihisa Takahashi singles to right field. Joe Ernaga hits a home run. Yoshihisa Takahashi scores. Sonny Monchak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hoyt Lake pops out to the second baseman. Mike Wood pops out to the shortstop. Jackson Serad strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Chris Blemker singles to left field. Keith Izquierdo singles past the shortstop. Matt Caraway doubles to left field. Chris Blemker scores. Sonny Monchak strikes out. Hub Bubser grounds out to the pitcher. Coonie McMillan walks. Mark Barnhart flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bob Earley singles to left field. Joe Wertz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Oliva reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sonny Monchak. Bob Earley scores. Paul Baird walks. Yoshihisa Takahashi flies out to the right fielder. Joe Ernaga strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Billy Thuman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tommy Gil singles to center field. Chris Blemker singles to right field. Tommy Gil advances to third on the hit. Keith Izquierdo strikes out. Matt Caraway pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hoyt Lake grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Wood pops out to the third baseman. Jackson Serad grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Sonny Monchak singles to right field. Hub Bubser strikes out. Coonie McMillan flies out to the center fielder. Mark Barnhart pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bob Earley grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Wertz grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Oliva singles to center field. Paul Baird singles to left field. Yoshihisa Takahashi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Billy Thuman singles to right field. Tommy Gil grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Thuman advances to second on the play. Dion Zdeb 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. Chris Blemker walks. Keith Izquierdo flies out to the center fielder. Matt Caraway flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jose Semproch 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. Joe Ernaga walks. Hoyt Lake hits a home run. Joe Ernaga scores. Jack Valdes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Wood walks. Jackson Serad grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Wood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Earley strikes out. Frank Pickering is pinch hitting for Dion Zdeb. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Pickering flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Bill Philley pitching. Roy Rogers is pinch hitting for Jack Valdes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Roy Rogers singles to left field. Hub Bubser singles to left field. Roy Rogers advances to third on the hit. Coonie McMillan strikes out. Mark Barnhart pops out to the first baseman. Billy Thuman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 11 Boston total runners LOB: 11
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Keith McMillon did not respond to coaching in control Jonathan Murphy improves in speed Tim Grimsley improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Knapp did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ken Jones improves in speed Paul Hetki did not respond to coaching in endurance Danny Parker did not respond to coaching in velocity Craig Javier did not respond to coaching in SS