Win: Brock Willis (3-0) Loss: Kelly Gehringer (2-1)
Save: Ed Carter (3)
Inning: 1 Boston Kelly Gehringer pitching. Sean Kimmick grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bill Wooten pops out to the first baseman. Luis Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Brock Willis pitching. Johnny Hook strikes out. Bill Mitchell lines out to the first baseman. Clarence Ayers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Eric Kelsey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bob Wills flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Jones walks. Bombo Mertz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bret Konieczny walks. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Takeshi Kondo walks. Brock Willis lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Takeshi Kondo forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Sean Kimmick strikes out. Bill Wooten flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura hits a home run. Beiker Miller grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Kelly Gehringer flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Hook triples. Bill Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Luis Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Kelsey grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Wills walks. Charlie Jones grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Wills is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clarence Ayers pops out to the third baseman. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Bombo Mertz flies out to the left fielder. Takeshi Kondo singles to center field. Brock Willis lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sean Kimmick hits a home run. Takeshi Kondo scores. Bill Wooten strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino lines out to the shortstop. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Beiker Miller walks. Beiker Miller steals second. Kelly Gehringer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Luis Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Kelsey grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Wills walks. Charlie Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Johnny Hook pops out to the first baseman. Bill Mitchell pops out to the shortstop. Clarence Ayers pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Bombo Mertz grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Takeshi Kondo walks. Brock Willis fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Brock Willis singles to center field. Takeshi Kondo advances to third on the hit. Sean Kimmick singles to left field. Takeshi Kondo scores. Bill Wooten strikes out. Luis Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bret Konieczny grounds out to the third baseman. Tsuyoshi Yoshida strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Eric Kelsey grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Wills walks. Charlie Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Wills advances to second on the play. Joe Sundberg 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. Bombo Mertz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Beiker Miller strikes out. Ed Unglaub is pinch hitting for Joe Sundberg. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Unglaub strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Tommie Hernandez pitching. Takeshi Kondo flies out to the left fielder. Merv May is pinch hitting for Brock Willis. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Merv May singles to center field. Merv May steals second. Sean Kimmick walks. Bill Wooten reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bret Konieczny. Merv May scores. Luis Davis strikes out. Eric Kelsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ed Carter pitching. Johnny Hook strikes out. Bill Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Clarence Ayers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 2
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jack Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Powell did not respond to coaching in arm Terry Carreon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Phil Beniquez did not respond to coaching in control Leon Edens did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Piatt did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in control Lee Bouchee did not respond to coaching in velocity Nelson McLeland did not respond to coaching in control John Pena did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chuck Cook did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bud Morgan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in 2B