Win: Herman Phillips (5-3) Loss: Chuck Heving (4-3)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Chuck Heving pitching. Elmer Aldred flies out to the right fielder. Rafael Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Johnnie Gwosdz singles past the second baseman. Dude Cooper singles to right field. Johnnie Gwosdz advances to third on the hit. Hank Crowder singles to center field. Johnnie Gwosdz scores. Jerry Springer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Herman Phillips pitching. Kevin Leiter grounds out to the third baseman. Edgard Abrego grounds out to the shortstop. Neill Simmons strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Don Reis grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Shopay singles to right field. Herman Phillips lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Elmer Aldred walks. Rafael Crawford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Dick Grim grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Ceccarelli grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Connie Loftus grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Johnnie Gwosdz strikes out. Dude Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hank Crowder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Daryl Orme strikes out. Tom Kenney hits an infield single to the shortstop. Chuck Heving lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Tom Kenney forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Kevin Leiter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jerry Springer strikes out. Don Reis grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Shopay singles to left field. Herman Phillips strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Edgard Abrego strikes out. Neill Simmons strikes out. Dick Grim walks. Tom Ceccarelli grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dick Grim is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Elmer Aldred hits a home run. Rafael Crawford reached on a 2-base throwing error by Daryl Orme. Johnnie Gwosdz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rafael Crawford advances to third on the play. Dude Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Rafael Crawford scores. Hank Crowder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Connie Loftus flies out to the right fielder. Daryl Orme singles to right field. Daryl Orme steals second. Tom Kenney grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Heving flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jerry Springer strikes out. Don Reis grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Shopay strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Kevin Leiter flies out to the center fielder. Edgard Abrego flies out to the left fielder. Neill Simmons walks. Dick Grim flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Herman Phillips grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Elmer Aldred grounds out to the shortstop. Rafael Crawford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Tom Ceccarelli doubles to center field. Connie Loftus flies out to the left fielder. Daryl Orme lines out to the shortstop. Tom Kenney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Johnnie Gwosdz singles to left field. Dude Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Hank Crowder flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Springer grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Johnnie Gwosdz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Pete Ventura enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hank Crowder at LF. Chuck Heving singles to left field. Kevin Leiter flies out to the left fielder. Edgard Abrego grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chuck Heving is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Neill Simmons flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Don Reis singles to left field. Frank Shopay strikes out. Shigefumi Wada is pinch hitting for Herman Phillips. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Shigefumi Wada walks. Elmer Aldred hits a home run. Don Reis scores. Shigefumi Wada scores. Yuri Malenchenko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rafael Crawford grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Johnnie Gwosdz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Joe Barrett pitching. Dick Grim grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Ceccarelli flies out to the left fielder. Connie Loftus pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Carlos Twombly improves in arm Ray Hitt improves in control Jesus Bankhead did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ralph Curd did not respond to coaching in speed Jesus Bankhead did not respond to coaching in C
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lynn Cross improves in power_vs_righty Midre Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Salomon Foutz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Lynn Cross improves in contact_vs_lefty