Win: Ken Easterday (10-6) Loss: George Gronktail (10-10)
Inning: 1 Seattle Ken Easterday pitching. Gerry Kirkpatrick flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Pedro McCormick flies out to the left fielder. Walter Gunderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota George Gronktail pitching. Makoto Kaneyoshi lines out to the third baseman. Ed Spiezio grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Johnson hits a home run. Allen Nichols strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Seattle Bill Cieslak strikes out. Jack Danger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Drew Bernard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Sloppy Jones lines out to the third baseman. Bob Gumpert grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Picciuto pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Seattle Jack Doherty grounds out to the third baseman. Mitchard Grinder grounds out to the shortstop. George Gronktail strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Sam High walks. Ken Easterday fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ken Easterday strikes out. Makoto Kaneyoshi reached on a 2-base throwing error by Walter Gunderson. Ed Spiezio walks. Alan Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Sam High scores. Makoto Kaneyoshi advances to third on the play. Ed Spiezio advances to second on the play. Allen Nichols singles to left field. Makoto Kaneyoshi scores. Ed Spiezio scores. Sloppy Jones doubles past the first baseman. Bob Gumpert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Seattle Gerry Kirkpatrick singles to center field. Pedro McCormick flies out to the center fielder. Walter Gunderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gerry Kirkpatrick advances to second on the play. Bill Cieslak grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Charlie Picciuto flies out to the center fielder. Sam High grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Easterday strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Jack Danger flies out to the right fielder. Drew Bernard grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Doherty strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Makoto Kaneyoshi strikes out. Ed Spiezio walks. Ed Spiezio is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Alan Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Mitchard Grinder lines out to the third baseman. George Gronktail pops out to the first baseman. Gerry Kirkpatrick singles to right field. Pedro McCormick strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Allen Nichols reached on a fielding error by Mitchard Grinder. Sloppy Jones pops out to the second baseman. Bob Gumpert doubles to center field. Charlie Picciuto grounds out to the second baseman. Allen Nichols scores. Bob Gumpert advances to third on the play. Sam High pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Seattle Walter Gunderson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Bill Cieslak pops out to the second baseman. Jack Danger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ken Easterday flies out to the left fielder. Makoto Kaneyoshi grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Spiezio grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Seattle Drew Bernard strikes out. Jack Doherty singles to center field. Mitchard Grinder strikes out. George Gronktail strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Alan Johnson hits a home run. Allen Nichols strikes out. Sloppy Jones strikes out. Bob Gumpert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Seattle Gary Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rich Taylor is pinch hitting for Gerry Kirkpatrick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rich Taylor singles to center field. Randall Thorn is pinch hitting for Pedro McCormick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Randall Thorn flies out to the center fielder. Walter Gunderson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rich Taylor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Cieslak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Seattle total runners left on base: 4 Minnesota total runners left on base: 3
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yasuyuki Koike did not respond to coaching in velocity Craig Pelton did not respond to coaching in range Craig Pelton did not respond to coaching in speed Craig Pelton did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Hudson did not respond to coaching in range Ed Greengrass improves in power_vs_lefty Roy Barfield improves in velocity Jerry McGeary did not respond to coaching in CF