Win: Bobby Hildebrand (2-4) Loss: Jack Moore (5-3)
Save: George Brice (25)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Willard Howard pitching. Amos Fain strikes out. Hosken Gerner grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Booles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Baltimore Ken Maksudian pitching. Eric Briley grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hipolito Stieb doubles past the third baseman. Jim Tipton walks. Masaharu Niihari singles to left field. The defense is playing the infield in. Steve Ratliff strikes out. Tony Carroll grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Reggie McCarthy lines out to the third baseman. Pat Oliver grounds out to the shortstop. Brett Shreve grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Omar Lewis strikes out. Jeison Veloz singles to left field. Willard Howard lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Eric Briley walks. Hipolito Stieb flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pat Mahady grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Engel strikes out. Ken Maksudian grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Jim Tipton grounds out to the third baseman. Masaharu Niihari walks. Steve Ratliff strikes out. Tony Carroll walks. Omar Lewis singles to left field. Masaharu Niihari scores. Tony Carroll advances to third on the hit. Jeison Veloz singles to right field. Tony Carroll scores. Willard Howard strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Amos Fain strikes out. Hosken Gerner pops out to the first baseman. Dave Booles doubles to center field. Reggie McCarthy walks. Pat Oliver strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Baltimore Eric Briley flies out to the right fielder. Hipolito Stieb flies out to the left fielder. Jim Tipton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Brett Shreve grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Mahady grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Engel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Masaharu Niihari flies out to the center fielder. Steve Ratliff flies out to the center fielder. Tony Carroll walks. Omar Lewis hits a home run. Tony Carroll scores. Jeison Veloz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ken Maksudian strikes out. Amos Fain walks. Hosken Gerner doubles to center field. Amos Fain uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dave Booles walks. Reggie McCarthy grounds out to the shortstop. Hosken Gerner advances to third on the play. Dave Booles advances to second on the play. Pat Oliver doubles to center field. Hosken Gerner scores. Dave Booles scores. Brett Shreve grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Willard Howard grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Briley strikes out. Hipolito Stieb lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Pat Mahady grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Engel grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Vail is pinch hitting for Ken Maksudian. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Sam Vail walks. Amos Fain doubles to center field. Sam Vail uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bobby Hildebrand comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hosken Gerner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Jack Moore pitching. Jim Tipton flies out to the right fielder. Masaharu Niihari strikes out. Steve Ratliff strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dave Booles grounds out to the third baseman. Reggie McCarthy pops out to the third baseman. Pat Oliver pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Tony Carroll hits a home run. Omar Lewis pops out to the shortstop. Jeison Veloz flies out to the right fielder. Len Chouneau is pinch hitting for Bobby Hildebrand. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Len Chouneau grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota George Brice pitching. Brett Shreve flies out to the left fielder. Pat Mahady lines out to the shortstop. Bob Engel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4 Baltimore total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Reggie McCarthy is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Boyd improves in arm Johnny Cook did not respond to coaching in range Rube Cotter improves in velocity Doug Hillis did not respond to coaching in range
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John McNally did not respond to coaching in velocity Lee Cordova did not respond to coaching in velocity John McNally did not respond to coaching in control Paul Bennett improves in contact_vs_righty