Win: Charlie Byrne (6-5) Loss: Scott Shoupe (5-7)
Save: Bud Guindon (12)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Charlie Byrne pitching. Mario May walks. Clyde Skaff grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mario May is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Connie McDonald pops out to the shortstop. Ruben Valdez walks. Don Salazar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Scott Shoupe pitching. Alan Herges strikes out. Wally Clancy strikes out. Ike Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Charlie Montanez flies out to the right fielder. Jack Bonikowski reached on a fielding error by Junior Grimes. Johnny Remsen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Terry Raydon doubles to left field. Junior Grimes pops out to the second baseman. Joe Fitzke strikes out. Scott DeJean strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Scott Shoupe strikes out. Mario May strikes out. Clyde Skaff reached on a 2-base fielding error by Terry Raydon. Connie McDonald flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pedro McEwing grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Byrne flies out to the center fielder. Alan Herges is hit by a pitch. Wally Clancy singles to center field. Ike Walker pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Baltimore Ruben Valdez strikes out. Don Salazar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Montanez lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Terry Raydon strikes out. Junior Grimes strikes out. Joe Fitzke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jack Bonikowski singles to right field. Johnny Remsen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Scott Shoupe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Scott DeJean grounds out to the pitcher. Pedro McEwing flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Byrne flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Mario May singles to center field. Mario May is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Clyde Skaff flies out to the right fielder. Connie McDonald doubles to center field. Ruben Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Alan Herges singles to right field. Wally Clancy pops out to the shortstop. Ike Walker flies out to the right fielder. Terry Raydon singles to left field. Junior Grimes hits a home run. Alan Herges scores. Terry Raydon scores. Joe Fitzke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Don Salazar singles to center field. Charlie Montanez grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Don Salazar is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jack Bonikowski grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Scott DeJean grounds out to the third baseman. Pedro McEwing flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Byrne flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Johnny Remsen strikes out. Scott Shoupe singles to center field. Bud Guindon 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 1st. Mario May singles to right field. Clyde Skaff flies out to the center fielder. Connie McDonald flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Alan Herges flies out to the center fielder. Wally Clancy pops out to the first baseman. Ike Walker walks. Terry Raydon reached on a fielding error by Mario May. Troy Harris 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. Junior Grimes singles to center field. Ike Walker scores. Joe Fitzke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Baltimore Ruben Valdez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Don Salazar singles to left field. Charlie Montanez strikes out. Jack Bonikowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Baltimore total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Culley Covington improves in arm Chuck Smith did not respond to coaching in speed Salomon Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Jake Johnson improves in arm Sam Barnhart did not respond to coaching in control Howie Bond improves in speed
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Akinobu Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in control George Liebhardt did not respond to coaching in speed Johnny Cueto improves in range Jim Rosselli did not respond to coaching in control Ken Hall did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ralph Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Julio Polanco improves in 2B