Win: Howard Smith (9-9) Loss: Wally Altamirano (8-13)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Wally Altamirano pitching. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Ron Gertenrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Howard Smith pitching. Jimy Morton grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Powell grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Gillespie walks. Bill Wooten strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura singles to center field. Tomas Tenace strikes out. George Neighbors walks. Ed Unglaub pops out to the third baseman. Bart Frye grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Bill Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Aaron Hamilton grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Wells strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Howard Smith strikes out. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the shortstop. Bret Konieczny walks. Ron Gertenrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Jim Newnam strikes out. Wally Altamirano strikes out. Jimy Morton doubles to center field. Fred Powell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Tenace strikes out. George Neighbors flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Dave Gillespie lines out to the shortstop. Bill Wooten doubles past the center fielder. Bill Ortiz singles to right field. Bill Wooten scores. Aaron Hamilton singles to center field. Bill Ortiz advances to third on the hit. Chris Wells flies out to the right fielder. Jim Newnam grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ed Unglaub singles to left field. Bart Frye strikes out. Howard Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clarence Ayers walks. Bret Konieczny flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Wally Altamirano strikes out. Jimy Morton strikes out. Fred Powell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich hits a home run. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Tomas Tenace grounds out to the shortstop. George Neighbors singles to left field. Ed Unglaub grounds into a force play to the shortstop. George Neighbors is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Dave Gillespie walks. Bill Wooten grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bart Frye singles to center field. Howard Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Red Espy 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. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the third baseman. Bret Konieczny singles to center field. Bart Frye scores. Bret Konieczny steals second. Ron Gertenrich singles to center field. Bret Konieczny scores. Koichi Nakamura singles past the third baseman. Tomas Tenace singles to right field. Ron Gertenrich scores. Koichi Nakamura advances to third on the hit. Bobby Piatt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Neighbors singles to center field. Koichi Nakamura scores. Tomas Tenace advances to third on the hit. Ed Unglaub strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Aaron Hamilton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Wells flies out to the center fielder. Jim Newnam grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bart Frye lines out to the third baseman. Howard Smith strikes out. Clarence Ayers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Terry Carreon is pinch hitting for Bobby Piatt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Terry Carreon flies out to the left fielder. Jimy Morton hits an infield single to the second baseman. Fred Powell pops out to the second baseman. Jimy Morton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Leon Edens pitching. Bret Konieczny flies out to the center fielder. Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the third baseman. Koichi Nakamura lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Tsuyoshi Yoshida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Koichi Nakamura at 3B. Jim Gainey enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ed Unglaub at CF. Chuck Cook enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bart Frye at 2B. Dave Gillespie strikes out. Bill Wooten grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Ortiz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Boston total runners LOB: 4
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Frank Stark did not respond to coaching in arm Jackie Meusel improves in control Hank Fife improves in arm Tom Stanicek improves in arm Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Christensen improves in power_vs_lefty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Doug Otis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Shellenback did not respond to coaching in endurance Tom Shellenback did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Moore did not respond to coaching in control Joe Dettore did not respond to coaching in endurance Jeff Nilsson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty