Inning: 1 Baltimore Dave Edwards pitching. Doyt Oquist flies out to the center fielder. Hipolito Stieb singles past the shortstop. Jim Tipton triples. Hipolito Stieb scores. Jim Lear singles to left field. Jim Tipton scores. Jim Lear steals second. Steve Ratliff grounds out to the shortstop. Jeison Veloz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Frank Chappas pitching. Jim Hawkes strikes out. Jack Purdy singles to left field. Reggie McCarthy strikes out. Bob Engel doubles to left field. Jack Purdy uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sam Vail strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Eric Briley walks. Len Chouneau grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eric Briley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Chappas lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for one out, on to first for the 3-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hosken Gerner walks. Johnny Cook grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hosken Gerner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Creger grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Johnny Cook is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave Edwards pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Doyt Oquist singles to center field. Hipolito Stieb walks. Jim Tipton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Doyt Oquist advances to third on the play. Hipolito Stieb advances to second on the play. Jim Lear grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Steve Ratliff doubles to left field. Doyt Oquist scores. Hipolito Stieb scores. Jeison Veloz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jim Hawkes pops out to the second baseman. Jack Purdy flies out to the right fielder. Reggie McCarthy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Eric Briley singles to left field. Len Chouneau grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eric Briley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Chappas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Doyt Oquist walks. Hipolito Stieb singles to right field. Len Chouneau scores. Vern Howard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Tipton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hipolito Stieb is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bob Engel grounds out to the pitcher. Sam Vail doubles to left field. Hosken Gerner flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Cook pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jim Lear strikes out. Steve Ratliff walks. Steve Ratliff steals second. Jeison Veloz strikes out. Eric Briley singles to center field. Steve Ratliff is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Creger strikes out. Dave Booles is pinch hitting for Vern Howard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Dave Booles flies out to the right fielder. Jim Hawkes singles to center field. Jack Purdy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Bob Bonham pitching. Len Chouneau doubles to right field. Frank Chappas lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Doyt Oquist grounds out to the catcher. Hipolito Stieb grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Reggie McCarthy grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Engel flies out to the center fielder. Sam Vail grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Jim Tipton lines out to the third baseman. Jim Lear grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Ratliff singles to center field. Jeison Veloz singles to left field. Steve Ratliff advances to third on the hit. Eric Briley singles to center field. Steve Ratliff scores. Len Chouneau grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eric Briley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hosken Gerner singles to center field. Johnny Cook strikes out. Bill Creger grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hosken Gerner advances to second on the play. Scott Hawkes is pinch hitting for Bob Bonham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Scott Hawkes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Ray Strittmatter pitching. Frank Chappas strikes out. Omar Lewis is pinch hitting for Doyt Oquist. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Omar Lewis singles to center field. John Bailey is pinch hitting for Hipolito Stieb. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Bailey doubles to center field. Jim Tipton walks. Cal Jaeger is pinch hitting for Jim Lear. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cal Jaeger singles to center field. Omar Lewis scores. John Bailey scores. Steve Ratliff grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Tipton advances to third on the play. Cal Jaeger advances to second on the play. Jouett Breeden is pinch hitting for Jeison Veloz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jouett Breeden lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jim Hawkes grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Purdy strikes out. Reggie McCarthy singles to right field. Bob Engel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Eric Briley singles to right field. Thomas Quinlan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Len Chouneau flies out to the left fielder. Frank Chappas fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Chappas strikes out. Omar Lewis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eric Briley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Sam Vail flies out to the center fielder. Hosken Gerner grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Cook walks. Bill Creger grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Baltimore total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - John Bailey (13), Steve Ratliff (12), Len Chouneau (12).3B - Jim Tipton (7).GIDP - Frank Chappas. Baserunning: SB - Jim Lear (5), Steve Ratliff (19).
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mark Amelung improves in range Dave Hayden did not respond to coaching in velocity Lee Cordova did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Lorenzen did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Buck Barberie did not respond to coaching in speed Turner Miller improves in contact_vs_righty Storm Stember did not respond to coaching in velocity Turner Miller improves in power_vs_lefty