Win: Tyson Beltran (19-4) Loss: Dick Platt (9-11)
Save: Steve Burnside (29)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Tyson Beltran pitching. Paul Baird grounds out to the second baseman. Henry Pena singles to center field. Mike Wood walks. Bob Earley grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Dick Platt pitching. Hub Bubser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Coot Cox walks. Ross Scott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Coot Cox advances to second on the play. Billy Thuman singles to center field. Coot Cox scores. Roy Rogers pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Leo Niehaus flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Grissom flies out to the left fielder. Ken Jones is hit by a pitch. Tom Hillegas walks. Dick Platt lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Bert Ozuna strikes out. Billy Knapp walks. Carlos Whitcher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Knapp advances to second on the play. Tyson Beltran walks. Hub Bubser singles to center field. Billy Knapp scores. Tyson Beltran advances to third on the hit. Coot Cox flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Paul Baird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Henry Pena singles to center field. Mike Wood strikes out. Bob Earley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Ross Scott walks. Billy Thuman strikes out. Roy Rogers grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ross Scott is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy Rogers is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Leo Niehaus flies out to the left fielder. Mickey Grissom grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Jones singles to right field. Tom Hillegas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Bert Ozuna flies out to the right fielder. Billy Knapp strikes out. Carlos Whitcher walks. Tyson Beltran grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Dick Platt pops out to the second baseman. Paul Baird walks. Henry Pena grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Hub Bubser doubles to right field. Coot Cox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hub Bubser advances to third on the play. Ross Scott grounds out to the second baseman. Hub Bubser scores. Billy Thuman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Mike Wood strikes out. Bob Earley walks. Leo Niehaus strikes out. Mickey Grissom grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Earley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Roy Rogers flies out to the center fielder. Bert Ozuna grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Knapp lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ken Jones lines out to the third baseman. Tom Hillegas flies out to the center fielder. Dick Platt singles to left field. Paul Baird flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Carlos Whitcher flies out to the center fielder. Matt Caraway is pinch hitting for Tyson Beltran. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Matt Caraway grounds out to the shortstop. Hub Bubser grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Danny Parker pitching. Henry Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Wood walks. Bob Earley grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Wood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Leo Niehaus grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Earley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Coot Cox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ross Scott hits a home run. Steve Bonds comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Billy Thuman strikes out. Roy Rogers doubles to center field. Bert Ozuna doubles to right field. Roy Rogers scores. Billy Knapp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mickey Grissom grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Jones singles to center field. Tom Hillegas pops out to the first baseman. Tetsuro Tamura is pinch hitting for Steve Bonds. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tetsuro Tamura doubles to right field. Ken Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Paul Baird singles to right field. Tetsuro Tamura scores. Steve Burnside comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Henry Pena reached on a fielding error by Steve Burnside. Mike Wood walks. Bob Earley lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners left on base: 11 Boston total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Bert Ozuna is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Barney Piechota improves in range Barney Piechota did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jason Purdy did not respond to coaching in range Jason Purdy improves in contact_vs_lefty Jason Purdy did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Del Torgeson improves in power_vs_righty Fred Pitlock did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Messenger did not respond to coaching in arm Eddie Leonard improves in contact_vs_lefty Park Marzano did not respond to coaching in CF