Win: Tom Emmer (2-3) Loss: Tilson Bell (1-6)
Save: Bert Busch (7)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Tilson Bell pitching. Norlis Lafourcade flies out to the left fielder. Billy Melton singles to center field. Claude Terry strikes out. Randy Johnson triples. Billy Melton scores. Vince Meeker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Tom Emmer pitching. Harry Hammer DePape flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Clinton hits a home run. Kaz Kireiley grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Naranjo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Art Mumphrey grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Gunson singles to center field. Matt Gunson steals second. Tiger Woods singles to left field. Matt Gunson scores. Tom Emmer lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Norlis Lafourcade pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Vinny Gambini strikes out. Qiddist grounds out to the pitcher. Les Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Billy Melton grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Terry strikes out. Randy Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Wayne Gregg strikes out. Tilson Bell grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Hammer DePape singles to left field. Reggie Clinton walks. Kaz Kireiley singles to left field. Harry Hammer DePape is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Vince Meeker walks. Vince Meeker steals second. Art Mumphrey strikes out. Matt Gunson flies out to the left fielder. Tiger Woods singles to right field. Vince Meeker scores. Tom Emmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Juan Naranjo walks. Vinny Gambini singles past the second baseman. Qiddist reached on a 2-base throwing error by Randy Johnson. Juan Naranjo scores. Les Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wayne Gregg strikes out. Tilson Bell grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Norlis Lafourcade grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Melton grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Terry walks. Randy Johnson singles past the shortstop. Claude Terry advances to third on the hit. Vince Meeker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Harry Hammer DePape flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Reggie Clinton strikes out. Kaz Kireiley singles to left field. Juan Naranjo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Art Mumphrey singles to center field. Matt Gunson flies out to the center fielder. Tiger Woods grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Vinny Gambini strikes out. Qiddist grounds out to the third baseman. Les Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tom Emmer flies out to the center fielder. Norlis Lafourcade grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Melton doubles past the center fielder. Steve Alexander 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. Claude Terry singles to left field. Billy Melton scores. Randy Johnson singles to right field. Claude Terry advances to third on the hit. Vince Meeker walks. Art Mumphrey doubles to center field. Claude Terry scores. Randy Johnson scores. Vince Meeker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Marbet comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matt Gunson pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Wayne Gregg grounds out to the third baseman. Pertl Ngoku is pinch hitting for Al Marbet. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pertl Ngoku flies out to the left fielder. Harry Hammer DePape flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ernie Drew pitching. Tiger Woods flies out to the left fielder. Tom Emmer strikes out. Norlis Lafourcade lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington John Brett is pinch hitting for Reggie Clinton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Brett grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Hudson is pinch hitting for Kaz Kireiley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Hudson grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Naranjo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Billy Melton flies out to the right fielder. Claude Terry singles to left field. Randy Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Vince Meeker walks. Art Mumphrey singles to left field. Claude Terry scores. Al Sitton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matt Gunson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Vinny Gambini doubles to left field. Qiddist hits a home run. Vinny Gambini scores. Tom Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Ramirez walks. Les Ramirez steals second. Wayne Gregg singles to center field. Les Ramirez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bert Busch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Al Sitton lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Hammer DePape strikes out. John Brett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Washington total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Billy Melton (4), Art Mumphrey (8).3B - Randy Johnson (1).GIDP - Tiger Woods. Baserunning: SB - Vince Meeker (1), Matt Gunson (3). Fielding: E - Randy Johnson.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brian Wynn did not respond to coaching in control Bill Larkin improves in power_vs_lefty King Bragan improves in range Casey Cheadle improves in arm
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kyle Schult improves in range Dave Cobb improves in power_vs_lefty Wayne Redman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tim Podbielan improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim Podbielan improves in 2B