Win: Frank Olivo (1-0) Loss: Wallace Lidle (0-2)
Save: John Vinson (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Wallace Lidle pitching. Alan Shea doubles to right field. Ted Graves flies out to the left fielder. Fred Brabender flies out to the left fielder. Tsutomu Shimizu singles to left field. Alan Shea scores. Tsutomu Shimizu steals second. Steve Dede singles to center field. Tsutomu Shimizu is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Frank Olivo pitching. Jack Brito pops out to the first baseman. Andy Smith singles to center field. Connie McDonald flies out to the center fielder. Hank Townsend flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hideyuki Inoue flies out to the right fielder. Bud Hoblitzel grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Porter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Yasuo Katayama grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Orengo flies out to the center fielder. Jack K Scoffic strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Olivo singles to center field. Alan Shea walks. Ted Graves strikes out. Fred Brabender hits a home run. Frank Olivo scores. Alan Shea scores. Tsutomu Shimizu strikes out. Steve Dede lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Jody Pettitte doubles to left field. Wallace Lidle fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Wallace Lidle grounds out to the second baseman. Jody Pettitte advances to third on the play. Jack Brito grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jody Pettitte scores. Andy Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hideyuki Inoue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud Hoblitzel flies out to the right fielder. Jose Porter walks. Frank Olivo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Connie McDonald grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Townsend grounds out to the third baseman. Yasuo Katayama flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Alan Shea strikes out. Ted Graves singles to center field. Fred Brabender grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ted Graves is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Fred Brabender is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jim Orengo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jack K Scoffic flies out to the left fielder. Jody Pettitte strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tsutomu Shimizu grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Dede flies out to the center fielder. Hideyuki Inoue singles to left field. Bud Hoblitzel flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Dave Heath is pinch hitting for Wallace Lidle. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Dave Heath flies out to the left fielder. Jack Brito strikes out. Andy Smith singles to center field. Andy Smith is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Art Gardiner pitching. Jose Porter reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack K Scoffic. Frank Olivo lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Jose Porter is thrown out at third. Alan Shea singles to center field. Ted Graves reached on a fielding error by Jack Brito. Fred Brabender strikes out. Tsutomu Shimizu grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Baltimore Connie McDonald strikes out. Hank Townsend singles to center field. Yasuo Katayama hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jim Orengo strikes out. Jack K Scoffic strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Steve Dede grounds out to the second baseman. Hideyuki Inoue lines out to the second baseman. Bud Hoblitzel lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Jody Pettitte singles to center field. John Vinson 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 1st. Spider Daniels is pinch hitting for Art Gardiner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Spider Daniels strikes out. Jack Brito grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bob Robbins pitching. Jose Porter flies out to the right fielder. John Vinson flies out to the left fielder. Alan Shea grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Andy Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Connie McDonald grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Townsend strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Baltimore total runners LOB: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Fosnow improves in range George Guindon did not respond to coaching in control Wally Clancy did not respond to coaching in range Don Butland did not respond to coaching in control Rube Stuper did not respond to coaching in velocity Wally Clancy improves in range
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Howie Greenfield improves in contact_vs_lefty Rod Gagne improves in velocity Rod Gagne improves in velocity Otto Golvin improves in range Freddy Blomberg did not respond to coaching in endurance Troy Harris did not respond to coaching in control