Win: Johnny Lathrop (7-2) Loss: Frank Castillo (10-5)
Save: Kazunori Araki (8)
Inning: 1 Minnesota George Clear pitching. Herschel Justice doubles to left field. Frank Morgan hits a home run. Herschel Justice scores. Frank Frink strikes out. Ed Spiezio grounds out to the shortstop. Sloppy Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Frank Castillo pitching. Dave Metheny reached on a fielding error by Sloppy Jones. Al Ely grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ross Lowdermilk flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bob Gumpert singles to right field. Ray Grieve hits a home run. Bob Gumpert scores. Allen Nichols strikes out. Frank Castillo pops out to the third baseman. Herschel Justice grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Manny Sanford pops out to the first baseman. Arthur Rodriguez walks. Julio Hasegawa pops out to the shortstop. C.J. Perme walks. Tom White grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Morgan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Frink flies out to the right fielder. Ed Spiezio pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington George Clear strikes out. Dave Metheny flies out to the center fielder. Al Ely singles to left field. Al Ely is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Sloppy Jones walks. Sloppy Jones steals second. Bob Gumpert strikes out. Ray Grieve flies out to the left fielder. Allen Nichols singles to right field. Sloppy Jones scores. Don Pfister comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Castillo doubles to center field. Herschel Justice walks. Frank Morgan strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Washington Ross Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Manny Sanford triples. Arthur Rodriguez hits a home run. Manny Sanford scores. Julio Hasegawa pops out to the third baseman. C.J. Perme is hit by a pitch. Tom White hits a home run. C.J. Perme scores. Don Pfister pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Frank Frink flies out to the left fielder. Ed Spiezio grounds out to the shortstop. Sloppy Jones singles to center field. Bob Gumpert hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ray Grieve grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Dave Metheny flies out to the center fielder. Al Ely strikes out. Ross Lowdermilk walks. Manny Sanford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Allen Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Frank Castillo strikes out. Herschel Justice doubles to center field. Frank Morgan walks. Frank Frink flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Arthur Rodriguez pops out to the third baseman. Julio Hasegawa grounds out to the pitcher. C.J. Perme strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ed Spiezio walks. Sloppy Jones flies out to the left fielder. Bob Gumpert strikes out. Kevin Baird 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. Ray Grieve grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Spiezio is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Tom White grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Williams is pinch hitting for Kevin Baird. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Eddie Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Metheny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Johnny Lathrop pitching. Allen Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Castillo strikes out. Herschel Justice flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Al Ely doubles to center field. Ross Lowdermilk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Ely advances to third on the play. Manny Sanford walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Arthur Rodriguez singles to center field. Al Ely scores. Floyd Lacy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Julio Hasegawa is hit by a pitch. The defense is playing the infield in. C.J. Perme flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Manny Sanford scores. Tom White walks. Jared Harper is pinch hitting for Johnny Lathrop. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jared Harper walks. Arthur Rodriguez scores. Dave Metheny strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Kazunori Araki pitching. Frank Morgan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Frink strikes out. Ed Spiezio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Washington total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Herschel Justice 2 (18), Frank Castillo (1).HR - Frank Morgan (13), Ray Grieve (8). Baserunning: SB - Sloppy Jones (8). Fielding: E - Sloppy Jones.
Batting:2B - Al Ely (17).3B - Manny Sanford (7).HR - Arthur Rodriguez (11), Tom White (8).SF - C.J. Perme.GIDP - Al Ely.HBP - Julio Hasegawa (5), C.J. Perme (2). Baserunning: CS - Al Ely (7).
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jack Haney did not respond to coaching in arm Hitoshi Yashima did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Harris did not respond to coaching in velocity Wally Metzger improves in control Hardin Hemus did not respond to coaching in SS
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Alex Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Scalzi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Milt Ramazzotti did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Smith did not respond to coaching in control