Win: George Fernandez (7-2) Loss: Jeff Larkin (1-4)
Save: Stu Parnham (33)
Inning: 1 Boston George Saier pitching. Tony Nash grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Benton walks. Rondell Donnelly singles past the second baseman. Beau Auker doubles to left field. Eddie Benton scores. Rondell Donnelly uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hiroshi Samata singles to center field. Beau Auker scores. Dib Moore singles to right field. Hiroshi Samata advances to third on the hit. Shooty Babbitt walks. Bob Steevens flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Hiroshi Samata scores. Tsutomu Imazeki strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Tsutomu Imazeki pitching. Matt Jacoby doubles to right field. Buck Estock strikes out. Pat Cuccurullo grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Mata singles to center field. Matt Jacoby scores. Ike Kingsale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Tony Nash strikes out. Eddie Benton pops out to the second baseman. Rondell Donnelly walks. Beau Auker singles to right field. Rondell Donnelly advances to third on the hit. Hiroshi Samata flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Roberto Thrasher pops out to the second baseman. Mike Robinson strikes out. Val Venis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Dib Moore flies out to the right fielder. Shooty Babbitt strikes out. Bob Steevens pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota George Saier grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Jacoby singles to left field. Buck Estock hits a home run. Matt Jacoby scores. Pat Cuccurullo grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Mata grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Tsutomu Imazeki flies out to the center fielder. Tony Nash grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Benton singles to left field. Rondell Donnelly grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ike Kingsale walks. Roberto Thrasher strikes out. Mike Robinson singles to center field. Ike Kingsale advances to third on the hit. Val Venis singles to right field. Ike Kingsale scores. George Saier lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Mike Robinson is thrown out at third. Val Venis advances to second on the play. Val Venis advances to second on the play. Matt Jacoby grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Beau Auker hits a home run. George Fernandez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hiroshi Samata strikes out. Dib Moore flies out to the center fielder. Shooty Babbitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Buck Estock triples. Pat Cuccurullo flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Buck Estock scores. Jeff Larkin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Mata singles past the shortstop. Ike Kingsale singles to right field. Bill Mata aggressively advances to third on the hit. Roberto Thrasher walks. Mike Robinson singles to right field. Bill Mata scores. Ike Kingsale scores. Roberto Thrasher is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Kiyoshi Takahashi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Val Venis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Bob Steevens grounds out to the second baseman. Brickyard Jude is pinch hitting for Kiyoshi Takahashi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Brickyard Jude grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Nash grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Doug Torres pitching. George Fernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Jacoby walks. Buck Estock grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Eddie Benton flies out to the center fielder. Rondell Donnelly pops out to the second baseman. Beau Auker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Pat Cuccurullo flies out to the center fielder. Bill Mata strikes out. Ike Kingsale flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Hiroshi Samata pops out to the first baseman. Dib Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Shooty Babbitt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Robinson. Stu Parnham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Bob Steevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Roberto Thrasher flies out to the center fielder. Mike Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Val Venis singles to left field. Stu Parnham pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Ike Conway is pinch hitting for Doug Torres. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ike Conway singles to left field. Tony Nash flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Benton reached on a 2-base fielding error by Buck Estock. Rondell Donnelly flies out to the right fielder. Beau Auker flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners left on base: 8 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Barranca did not respond to coaching in arm Mike Hall did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Barranca improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Hall did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chuck Wolfe improves in range George Melton improves in contact_vs_righty Jerry McAnany improves in velocity Dave French did not respond to coaching in control Marty Kerr did not respond to coaching in LF