Win: Lep Wills (21-5) Loss: Steve Scott (13-10)
Save: John Williams (17)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Steve Scott pitching. Ken Sasaki walks. Ken Sasaki is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Guy Chouneau grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Darcy hits a home run. Bill Cliburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lep Wills pitching. Spider Holliday grounds out to the third baseman. Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Casey Spooner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Archie Christenbury flies out to the left fielder. Freddy Wood singles to right field. Jerry Allen strikes out. Mike Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Cecil Vickers lines out to the shortstop. Randy Pattison strikes out. Count Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Lep Wills grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Sasaki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Guy Chouneau strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Red Garcia reached on a fielding error by Guy Chouneau. Red Garcia steals second. Monty Rothel grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Scott flies out to the right fielder. Spider Holliday walks. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Baltimore Carlos Darcy strikes out. Bill Cliburn flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Archie Christenbury pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Casey Spooner pops out to the second baseman. Cecil Vickers flies out to the right fielder. Randy Pattison pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Freddy Wood singles to left field. Jerry Allen flies out to the center fielder. Mike Davis grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Freddy Wood is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lep Wills singles to left field. Mike Davis advances to third on the hit. Ken Sasaki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Count Johnston singles to right field. Red Garcia grounds out to the pitcher. Count Johnston advances to second on the play. Monty Rothel strikes out. Steve Scott strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Guy Chouneau flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Darcy pops out to the third baseman. Bill Cliburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Spider Holliday flies out to the right fielder. Shigeru Takahashi singles past the shortstop. Casey Spooner grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Shigeru Takahashi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Cecil Vickers singles to center field. Casey Spooner advances to third on the hit. Randy Pattison flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Archie Christenbury grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Freddy Wood flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Allen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Count Johnston strikes out. Red Garcia pops out to the second baseman. Monty Rothel singles to center field. Jack Adkins is pinch hitting for Steve Scott. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jack Adkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Garland Rozema pitching. Mike Davis walks. Lep Wills lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ken Sasaki flies out to the right fielder. Guy Chouneau grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Spider Holliday grounds out to the shortstop. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the third baseman. Casey Spooner grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Carlos Darcy singles to center field. Carlos Darcy steals second. Bill Cliburn flies out to the right fielder. Archie Christenbury strikes out. Eddie Escarrega is pinch hitting for Freddy Wood. Eddie Escarrega hits a home run. Carlos Darcy scores. Manny Lewallyn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Allen singles past the second baseman. Mike Davis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jerry Allen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ted Friberg enters the game as a defensive replacement for Eddie Escarrega at C. John Williams 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. Cecil Vickers pops out to the first baseman. Randy Pattison grounds out to the second baseman. Count Johnston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 5 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Mike Davis is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Valdez did not respond to coaching in range Frank Elvira did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Crouch improves in speed Bill Hutto improves in contact_vs_righty Cris Halliday improves in speed Frank Reid did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Cuyler did not respond to coaching in control Limb Harter improves in contact_vs_lefty Buddy Maisel did not respond to coaching in control Joe Otis improves in arm Luke Seeds did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Hansen did not respond to coaching in velocity