Win: Art Gardiner (3-1) Loss: Dick Russell (1-7)
Save: Dax Munoz (27)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Art Gardiner pitching. Tsutomu Shimizu flies out to the left fielder. Ted Graves reached on a 2-base throwing error by Andy Smith. Fred Brabender grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Graves advances to third on the play. Ike Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Dick Russell pitching. Andy Smith strikes out. Spider Daniels strikes out. Jim Orengo singles to right field. Connie McDonald pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Mike Peterson doubles to center field. Marv Wilson strikes out. Alan Shea strikes out. Ross Gharrity strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Lyn Morgan strikes out. Jack Brito singles to center field. Jack Brito steals second. Bernie Getz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Johnny Remsen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dick Russell walks. Tsutomu Shimizu flies out to the center fielder. Ted Graves singles to right field. Dick Russell is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Fred Brabender strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Art Gardiner pops out to the catcher. Andy Smith flies out to the center fielder. Spider Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ike Walker strikes out. Mike Peterson grounds out to the second baseman. Marv Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Jim Orengo singles to left field. Connie McDonald strikes out. Lyn Morgan strikes out. Jim Orengo is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Alan Shea pops out to the third baseman. Ross Gharrity flies out to the right fielder. Dick Russell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jack Brito hits a home run. Bernie Getz singles to left field. Johnny Remsen flies out to the left fielder. Art Gardiner lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Bernie Getz forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Andy Smith grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tsutomu Shimizu strikes out. Ted Graves singles to left field. Fred Brabender grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Spider Daniels grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Orengo bunts for a base hit. Connie McDonald strikes out. Lyn Morgan triples. Jim Orengo scores. Jack Brito grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ike Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mike Peterson strikes out. Marv Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Bernie Getz strikes out. Johnny Remsen grounds out to the pitcher. Art Gardiner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Alan Shea flies out to the center fielder. Ross Gharrity flies out to the center fielder. Dick Russell singles to left field. Tsutomu Shimizu singles to center field. Shane French 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. Ted Graves pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Baltimore Andy Smith flies out to the center fielder. Spider Daniels singles to center field. Jim Orengo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Spider Daniels advances to second on the play. Connie McDonald grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Dax Munoz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fred Brabender strikes out. Ike Walker flies out to the left fielder. Mike Peterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5 Baltimore total runners left on base: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Otis Connaughton improves in range Tony Gates did not respond to coaching in velocity Taisuke Tahara did not respond to coaching in velocity Reddy Kenna improves in speed Paul LaRocca did not respond to coaching in arm Bud Guindon did not respond to coaching in velocity
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mario May improves in power_vs_righty Von Babb improves in arm Charlie Montanez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ruben Valdez improves in contact_vs_righty Fritzie Selph improves in contact_vs_lefty Greg Sanchez improves in contact_vs_lefty Mario May did not respond to coaching in C