Win: Rod Stewart (5-1) Loss: Art Espino (4-4)
Save: Pete Weis (11)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Art Espino pitching. Walker Jackson doubles to center field. Mike Wright lines out to the pitcher. Shawn Mann strikes out. Hugh Spurgeon singles to right field. Walker Jackson scores. Joe Presley pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Rod Stewart pitching. Ismael Todd grounds out to the second baseman. Vance Ballinger grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Weiss strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Ernie Cordero strikes out. Tom Butland singles to right field. Bernard Geier strikes out. Rod Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ruben Schulter pops out to the second baseman. Pete Burns flies out to the left fielder. Red Abbaticchio singles to right field. Steve Danning grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Walker Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Shawn Mann strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Lloyd King singles to center field. Art Espino lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ismael Todd strikes out. Vance Ballinger pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Hugh Spurgeon grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Presley triples. Ernie Cordero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Presley scores. Tom Butland grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Randy Weiss grounds out to the second baseman. Ruben Schulter grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Burns walks. Red Abbaticchio singles to center field. Pete Burns advances to third on the hit. Steve Danning strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Bernard Geier singles in front of the center fielder. Rod Stewart pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Walker Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Mike Wright doubles to center field. Bernard Geier uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shawn Mann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Lloyd King singles to center field. Art Espino lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ismael Todd walks. Vance Ballinger flies out to the right fielder. Randy Weiss strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Baltimore Hugh Spurgeon strikes out. Joe Presley singles to left field. Ernie Cordero strikes out. Joe Presley is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ruben Schulter grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Burns singles to left field. Red Abbaticchio lines out to the third baseman. Steve Danning singles to right field. Lloyd King pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore John Reach is pinch hitting for Tom Butland. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Reach grounds out to the third baseman. Bernard Geier flies out to the center fielder. Dick Ontiveros is pinch hitting for Rod Stewart. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Dick Ontiveros flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Keith Kuczek pitching. Art Espino grounds out to the third baseman. Ismael Todd flies out to the left fielder. Vance Ballinger singles to center field. Randy Weiss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Walker Jackson pops out to the second baseman. Mike Wright reached on a fielding error by Lloyd King. Tom Pfister is pinch hitting for Shawn Mann. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Pfister singles to right field. Hugh Spurgeon grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Pfister is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Presley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ruben Schulter lines out to the second baseman. Pete Burns flies out to the left fielder. Red Abbaticchio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Po Biancalana comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ernie Cordero strikes out. John Reach pops out to the shortstop. Bernard Geier singles to left field. Moxie Slocum is pinch hitting for Keith Kuczek. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Moxie Slocum flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Pete Weis pitching. Steve Danning lines out to the first baseman. Lloyd King singles to center field. Kyle Reuss is pinch hitting for Po Biancalana. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kyle Reuss grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Charlie Nomo did not respond to coaching in control Orlando Fleming did not respond to coaching in control Jim Wilborn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Charlie Nomo did not respond to coaching in control Lu Cvengros did not respond to coaching in arm Alex Barton did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Allen Harrell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Moore improves in speed Bill Gibson improves in arm Ed Lucadello did not respond to coaching in control Al Rhyne did not respond to coaching in speed Bobby Larkin improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Arlich improves in 2B