Win: Ryan Herndon (12-6) Loss: Tom Lee (4-10)
Save: Alan Carter (26)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ryan Herndon pitching. Oddibe Castillo flies out to the right fielder. Deacon Chapman singles past the shortstop. Randy Johnson strikes out. Vern Russell pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Tom Lee pitching. Frank Loman flies out to the right fielder. Al Stephenson strikes out. Hal Carter doubles to right field. Bill McKean flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Casey Cheadle grounds out to the second baseman. Henry Reynolds flies out to the center fielder. Claude Terry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Billy Melton flies out to the center fielder. Rich Shirley singles to center field. Alex Church grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Shirley advances to second on the play. Cecil Bluma strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Vince Meeker walks. Tom Lee lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Oddibe Castillo strikes out. Deacon Chapman grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Ryan Herndon grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Loman pops out to the catcher. Al Stephenson walks. Hal Carter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Randy Johnson singles to center field. Vern Russell walks. Casey Cheadle flies out to the left fielder. Henry Reynolds grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Bill McKean hits a home run. Billy Melton singles to right field. Billy Melton steals second. Rich Shirley strikes out. Alex Church singles to left field. Billy Melton scores. Cecil Bluma grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Church is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ryan Herndon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Claude Terry strikes out. Vince Meeker singles to center field. Tom Lee lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Oddibe Castillo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Frank Loman walks. Al Stephenson walks. Hal Carter strikes out. Bill McKean strikes out. Billy Melton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Stephenson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Deacon Chapman walks. Randy Johnson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Deacon Chapman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Vern Russell strikes out. Casey Cheadle grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Randy Johnson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Rich Shirley grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Church grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cecil Bluma grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Henry Reynolds singles to right field. Claude Terry flies out to the center fielder. Vince Meeker grounds out to the third baseman. Henry Reynolds advances to second on the play. Joe Picciuto is pinch hitting for Tom Lee. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Joe Picciuto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Tony Dunn pitching. Ryan Herndon strikes out. Frank Loman flies out to the left fielder. Al Stephenson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Oddibe Castillo strikes out. Deacon Chapman singles to right field. Randy Johnson walks. Vern Russell lines out to the shortstop. Casey Cheadle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Hal Carter doubles to left field. Bill McKean strikes out. Billy Melton strikes out. Rich Shirley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Henry Reynolds flies out to the left fielder. Claude Terry walks. Alan Carter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Vince Meeker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Larkin improves in arm Vern Rasmussen improves in arm Mark Kohlman improves in power_vs_righty Dixie Debus did not respond to coaching in range
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jon Barr did not respond to coaching in control Neal Robertson did not respond to coaching in control Frank Howell did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Howell did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill McIvor did not respond to coaching in 2B