Win: Tom McGowan (8-11) Loss: Growler George (13-6)
Save: Tom Lewis (31)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Growler George pitching. Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Pete Clarkson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Steinecke walks. Cecil Vickers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Seattle Tom McGowan pitching. Ed Shifflett pops out to the third baseman. Chad Moses bunts for a base hit. Chad Moses steals second. Chad Moses gets picked off second (1-6). Andre Everett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Spider Holliday singles to right field. Spider Holliday steals second. Phil Gray doubles to left field. Spider Holliday scores. Red Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Doherty singles to center field. Phil Gray scores. Tom McGowan lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shigeru Takahashi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Seattle Jim Cramer singles to center field. Broderick Heltzel pops out to the second baseman. Eddie Picciuto flies out to the center fielder. Ricky Coffman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pete Clarkson strikes out. Mike Steinecke walks. Mike Steinecke steals second. Passed ball. Mike Steinecke advances to third. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Spider Holliday strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Seattle Chet Shirley singles to center field. Growler George lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Chet Shirley forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Ed Shifflett grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Phil Gray walks. Red Garcia grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Phil Gray is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tim Doherty doubles to center field. Red Garcia uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tom McGowan grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Doherty advances to third on the play. Shigeru Takahashi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Seattle Chad Moses strikes out. Andre Everett flies out to the right fielder. Jim Cramer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pete Clarkson strikes out. Mike Steinecke walks. Cecil Vickers doubles to left field. Mike Steinecke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Spider Holliday pops out to the first baseman. Phil Gray grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Seattle Broderick Heltzel grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Picciuto grounds out to the second baseman. Ricky Coffman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Shigeru Takahashi. Chet Shirley triples. Ricky Coffman scores. Growler George flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Red Garcia grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Doherty flies out to the right fielder. Tom McGowan flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Ed Shifflett strikes out. Chad Moses walks. Chad Moses steals second. Andre Everett strikes out. Jim Cramer doubles to left field. Chad Moses scores. Broderick Heltzel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Clarkson hits an infield single to the second baseman. Mike Steinecke grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pete Clarkson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cecil Vickers singles to right field. Mike Steinecke advances to third on the hit. Hector Carmichael comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Spider Holliday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Seattle Eddie Picciuto singles to left field. Eddie Picciuto steals second. Ricky Coffman singles to center field. Eddie Picciuto scores. Ricky Coffman steals second. Chet Shirley walks. Bill Porterfield is pinch hitting for Hector Carmichael. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Porterfield lines out to the second baseman. Ed Shifflett flies out to the center fielder. Chad Moses flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Sean Seaton pitching. Phil Gray strikes out. Red Garcia strikes out. Tim Doherty singles to right field. Tom McGowan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tim Doherty is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Seattle Andre Everett singles to right field. Jim Cramer grounds out to the shortstop. Andre Everett advances to second on the play. Broderick Heltzel flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Picciuto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Pete Clarkson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Steinecke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Seattle Tom Lewis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ricky Coffman walks. Chet Shirley strikes out. Kunikazu Hirose is pinch hitting for Sean Seaton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ricky Coffman steals second. Kunikazu Hirose flies out to the center fielder. Ed Shifflett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Seattle total runners LOB: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kazuhisa Hatakeyama did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Preston Mills did not respond to coaching in velocity Claude Schaffer improves in arm Joe Otis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ted McLaughlin did not respond to coaching in control Dee Williams improves in power_vs_lefty Casey Spooner did not respond to coaching in 3B
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Clarke did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Johnny Montoyo did not respond to coaching in velocity Kim Whisenton did not respond to coaching in control Hugh Carpenter did not respond to coaching in speed Kim Whisenton did not respond to coaching in velocity Kim Whisenton did not respond to coaching in velocity