Win: Tom Whillock (10-15) Loss: Dick Alberts (6-11)
Save: Parke Morton (10)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Tom Whillock pitching. Johnny Hook strikes out. Bill Mitchell pops out to the catcher. Clarence Ayers walks. Bret Konieczny walks. Tomas Tenace pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Dick Alberts pitching. Luis Davis flies out to the left fielder. Aaron Hamilton strikes out. Eric Kelsey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura singles to right field. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Beiker Miller walks. Dick Alberts fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dick Alberts strikes out. Johnny Hook pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Bill Wooten grounds out to the shortstop. Jimy Morton walks. Sean Kimmick strikes out. Jim Newnam flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Mitchell pops out to the shortstop. Clarence Ayers flies out to the center fielder. Bret Konieczny bunts for a base hit. Tomas Tenace singles to center field. Bret Konieczny advances to third on the hit. Koichi Nakamura flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Bill Ortiz walks. Tom Whillock lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Davis walks. Aaron Hamilton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Beiker Miller walks. Dick Alberts lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Johnny Hook grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Eric Kelsey grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Wooten pops out to the third baseman. Jimy Morton singles to center field. Jimy Morton steals second. Sean Kimmick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the pitcher. Bret Konieczny pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Jim Newnam lines out to the third baseman. Bill Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Tom Whillock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tomas Tenace hits a home run. Koichi Nakamura flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the shortstop. Beiker Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Luis Davis singles to right field. Aaron Hamilton singles to right field. Luis Davis advances to third on the hit. Eric Kelsey singles to left field. Luis Davis scores. Aaron Hamilton advances to third on the hit. Bill Wooten strikes out. Jimy Morton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Aaron Hamilton scores. Eric Kelsey advances to second on the play. Sean Kimmick doubles to left field. Eric Kelsey scores. Jim Newnam pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dick Alberts singles to center field. Johnny Hook grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Bill Mitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Bill Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Whillock strikes out. Luis Davis doubles to center field. Tommie Hernandez 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. Aaron Hamilton singles to center field. Luis Davis scores. Eric Kelsey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Clarence Ayers flies out to the right fielder. Bret Konieczny singles to center field. Tomas Tenace walks. Parke Morton 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. Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the third baseman. Bret Konieczny advances to third on the play. Tomas Tenace advances to second on the play. Carlos Chiamparino pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Bill Wooten strikes out. Jimy Morton strikes out. Sean Kimmick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Beiker Miller grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tsuyoshi Yoshida is pinch hitting for Tommie Hernandez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Hook walks. Johnny Hook is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9 Boston total runners left on base: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chuck Cook improves in range Dixie Ortiz did not respond to coaching in velocity Loren Bramhall did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Martinez improves in arm Hank Fife improves in range Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in 2B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Carreon did not respond to coaching in range Tommy Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Shellenback did not respond to coaching in control Chris Wells improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Gillespie improves in contact_vs_righty Tommy Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty