Win: Bob Nokes (2-6) Loss: Ed Wall (4-4)
Save: Osdanis Gavilan (12)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Bob Nokes pitching. Count Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Casey Spooner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Ed Wall pitching. Ernie Nolan flies out to the center fielder. Frank Chalmers pops out to the second baseman. Juan Curd singles to left field. Juan Curd steals second. Bud Christopher flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Randy Pattison strikes out. Spider Holliday singles to left field. Yo-Yo Catalanotto singles to center field. Spider Holliday advances to third on the hit. Rudy Jacobs flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Spider Holliday scores. Ralph Klawitter doubles to left field. Ed Wall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Bill Pujols strikes out. Stan Spinnett hits an infield single to the first baseman. Stan Spinnett steals second. Russ Lyons strikes out. Dave Gonzalez singles to center field. Stan Spinnett scores. Bob Nokes reached on a fielding error by Casey Spooner. Ernie Nolan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Count Johnston flies out to the right fielder. Shigeru Takahashi doubles to left field. Casey Spooner flies out to the left fielder. Randy Pattison doubles to center field. Shigeru Takahashi scores. Spider Holliday triples. Randy Pattison scores. Yo-Yo Catalanotto pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Frank Chalmers strikes out. Juan Curd singles to right field. Juan Curd steals second. Bud Christopher hits a home run. Juan Curd scores. Bill Pujols grounds out to the pitcher. Stan Spinnett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Rudy Jacobs singles to left field. Ralph Klawitter strikes out. Ed Wall lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Count Johnston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Russ Lyons walks. Dave Gonzalez singles to left field. Russ Lyons advances to third on the hit. Bob Nokes grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Gonzalez advances to second on the play. Ernie Nolan strikes out. Frank Chalmers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Casey Spooner singles to left field. Randy Pattison strikes out. Spider Holliday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Juan Curd strikes out. Bud Christopher flies out to the right fielder. Bill Pujols strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yo-Yo Catalanotto flies out to the center fielder. Rudy Jacobs singles past the second baseman. Ralph Klawitter flies out to the left fielder. Ed Wall singles to left field. Count Johnston singles to right field. Shigeru Takahashi lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Boston Stan Spinnett grounds out to the pitcher. Russ Lyons singles to left field. Dave Gonzalez doubles to center field. Russ Lyons uses his aggressiveness and scores. Toshihisa Oishi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tetsuya Suginaga is pinch hitting for Bob Nokes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tetsuya Suginaga grounds out to the third baseman. Ernie Nolan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Derrick Johnson pitching. Casey Spooner flies out to the left fielder. Randy Pattison flies out to the left fielder. Spider Holliday singles past the shortstop. Yo-Yo Catalanotto walks. Rudy Jacobs hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ralph Klawitter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Boston Frank Chalmers walks. Frank Chalmers steals second. Juan Curd hits a home run. Frank Chalmers scores. Manny Lewallyn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bud Christopher walks. Bill Pujols strikes out. Stan Spinnett flies out to the center fielder. Bud Christopher steals second. Russ Lyons strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jack Dedrick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Russ Lyons at CF. Ted King enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dave Gonzalez at 2B. Jake Moore is pinch hitting for Manny Lewallyn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jake Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Count Johnston singles to center field. Shigeru Takahashi hits a home run. Count Johnston scores. Billy Bradshaw comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Casey Spooner walks. Randy Pattison strikes out. Spider Holliday grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Tom McGowan pitching. Ted King flies out to the right fielder. Mark Boyle is pinch hitting for Billy Bradshaw. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark Boyle grounds out to the third baseman. Ernie Nolan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Osdanis Gavilan pitching. Yo-Yo Catalanotto pops out to the second baseman. Rudy Jacobs strikes out. Ralph Klawitter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 12 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Dave Gonzalez (7).HR - Juan Curd (12), Bud Christopher (8). Baserunning: SB - Frank Chalmers (4), Juan Curd 2 (12), Bud Christopher (5), Stan Spinnett (10).
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Lee did not respond to coaching in control Milt Trotter did not respond to coaching in arm Cecil Vickers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Buddy Maisel improves in velocity John Odwell improves in contact_vs_righty Charlie Stanley improves in speed
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob French did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Kirk improves in contact_vs_lefty Katsumi Genoka did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jeff Kirk improves in contact_vs_lefty Larry Roser did not respond to coaching in velocity Sig Clarkson did not respond to coaching in control