Win: Jack Haywood (5-18) Loss: Andy Statz (13-12)
Save: Danny Wheeler (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Jack Haywood pitching. Butts Girardi flies out to the right fielder. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the pitcher. Jake Bradford singles to center field. Pete High triples. Jake Bradford scores. Joe Just grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Andy Statz pitching. Les Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Stone grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rudy Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Kevin Carroll walks. Ezra Birmingham strikes out. Bobby Fanning strikes out. Andy Statz pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Steve Congalton hits a home run. Tom Demery flies out to the center fielder. Mike Smith strikes out. Ricardo Hargrave strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Butts Girardi grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Hernandez singles to left field. Jake Bradford grounds out to the pitcher. Clarence Hernandez advances to second on the play. Pete High strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jesse Gillespie walks. Jack Haywood fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jack Haywood singles past the first baseman. Jesse Gillespie advances to third on the hit. Les Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Jesse Gillespie scores. Jack Haywood advances to second on the play. Sam Stone strikes out. Rudy Brown singles to right field. Jack Haywood scores. Steve Congalton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Just singles to center field. Kevin Carroll flies out to the left fielder. Ezra Birmingham doubles to right field. Joe Just uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bobby Fanning singles to center field. Ezra Birmingham is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Andy Statz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Tom Demery walks. Mike Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Demery advances to second on the play. Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jesse Gillespie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Jake Bradford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Jack Haywood strikes out. Les Miller flies out to the left fielder. Sam Stone strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pete High strikes out. Joe Just doubles to right field. Kevin Carroll strikes out. Ezra Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Rudy Brown flies out to the right fielder. Steve Congalton strikes out. Tom Demery flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bobby Fanning flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Bateman is pinch hitting for Andy Statz. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Eddie Bateman triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Butts Girardi grounds out to the third baseman. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Chief Linton pitching. Mike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Ricardo Hargrave hits a home run. Jesse Gillespie pops out to the shortstop. Jack Haywood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jake Bradford grounds out to the second baseman. Pete High singles to left field. Joe Just grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete High advances to second on the play. Danny Wheeler 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. Kevin Carroll triples. Pete High scores. Ezra Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Les Miller flies out to the center fielder. Sam Stone walks. Rudy Brown walks. Steve Congalton pops out to the first baseman. Tom Demery singles past the shortstop. Sam Stone scores. Rudy Brown is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bobby Fanning flies out to the right fielder. Jim Brady is pinch hitting for Chief Linton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Brady singles to left field. Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Detroit total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Ezra Birmingham is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Daff Farmer did not respond to coaching in speed Jake Scarborough improves in velocity Ernie Campbell did not respond to coaching in arm Ernie Campbell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vicente Aragon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Snyder improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Spencer improves in range Joel Collins improves in range