Win: Yosvani Diaz (5-18) Loss: Art Whiteside (5-18)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Art Whiteside pitching. Joe Fitzke singles to center field. Junior Grimes strikes out. Yoanis Vega singles to left field. Joe Fitzke advances to third on the hit. Jurickson Profar doubles to center field. Joe Fitzke scores. Ernest Pinnance flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Yoanis Vega scores. Jorge Nahem grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Yosvani Diaz pitching. Ryuichi Shimamura walks. Pat Mason grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ed Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tadahiko Matsumoto walks. Paul Reynolds pops out to the second baseman. Yosvani Diaz lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Fitzke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Tomoya Dodo singles to right field. Marv Young grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Takumi Nishioka flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Junior Grimes walks. Yoanis Vega singles to left field. Junior Grimes advances to third on the hit. Jurickson Profar grounds out to the shortstop. Junior Grimes scores. Yoanis Vega advances to second on the play. Ernest Pinnance singles to right field. Yoanis Vega scores. Jorge Nahem singles to center field. Ernest Pinnance advances to third on the hit. Tadahiko Matsumoto doubles to left field. Ernest Pinnance scores. Jorge Nahem uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lefty Monaco comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Passed ball. Tadahiko Matsumoto advances to third. Paul Reynolds hits a home run. Tadahiko Matsumoto scores. Yosvani Diaz pops out to the shortstop. Joe Fitzke walks. Junior Grimes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Babe Manning flies out to the center fielder. George James walks. Lefty Monaco lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ryuichi Shimamura triples. George James scores. Pat Mason grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Oscar Hale comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoanis Vega lines out to the second baseman. Jurickson Profar singles to center field. Jurickson Profar is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ernest Pinnance flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Ed Bailey strikes out. Tomoya Dodo pops out to the first baseman. Marv Young grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jorge Nahem walks. Tadahiko Matsumoto grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Paul Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Takumi Nishioka pops out to the shortstop. Babe Manning strikes out. George James singles to center field. Oscar Hale grounds into a force play to the third baseman. George James is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yosvani Diaz flies out to the center fielder. Joe Fitzke singles to center field. Junior Grimes walks. Yoanis Vega walks. Jurickson Profar strikes out. Ernest Pinnance singles past the third baseman. Joe Fitzke scores. Junior Grimes scores. Yoanis Vega advances to third on the hit. Jorge Nahem singles to right field. Yoanis Vega scores. Ernest Pinnance advances to third on the hit. Jorge Nahem steals second. Tadahiko Matsumoto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Ryuichi Shimamura grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Mason walks. Ed Bailey flies out to the center fielder. Tomoya Dodo singles to right field. Marv Young singles to left field. Pat Mason scores. Takumi Nishioka singles to right field. Tomoya Dodo scores. Marv Young advances to third on the hit. Babe Manning flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Paul Reynolds grounds out to the pitcher. Yosvani Diaz strikes out. Joe Fitzke pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit George James strikes out. Dainier Naranjo is pinch hitting for Oscar Hale. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dainier Naranjo strikes out. Ryuichi Shimamura flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jerry Hancken pitching. Junior Grimes walks. Junior Grimes steals second. Yoanis Vega walks. Jurickson Profar flies out to the center fielder. Ernest Pinnance singles to left field. Junior Grimes scores. Jorge Nahem doubles to right field. Yoanis Vega scores. Ernest Pinnance uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tadahiko Matsumoto walks. Paul Reynolds grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Morimichi Yano is pinch hitting for Pat Mason. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Morimichi Yano flies out to the left fielder. Ed Bailey grounds out to the shortstop. Kid Shellenback is pinch hitting for Tomoya Dodo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kid Shellenback doubles to left field. Marv Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Frank Diaz is pinch hitting for Yosvani Diaz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Frank Diaz strikes out. Chuck Girard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Fitzke singles to center field. Jimmy Morrison is pinch hitting for Junior Grimes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Fitzke is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jimmy Morrison singles to right field. Jimmy Morrison is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Virgil Turner pitching. Brian Lloyd is pinch hitting for Takumi Nishioka. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brian Lloyd grounds out to the pitcher. Babe Manning is hit by a pitch. George James strikes out. Yonel Reyes is pinch hitting for Chuck Girard. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yonel Reyes is hit by a pitch. Ryuichi Shimamura singles to right field. Babe Manning scores. Yonel Reyes advances to third on the hit. Morimichi Yano walks. Ed Bailey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Chuck Girard is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Guy Miller did not respond to coaching in control Bart Brady improves in range Mike Roque improves in power_vs_righty Bart Brady improves in arm Jim Snodgrass improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Booker did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Shearer did not respond to coaching in velocity George Patterson did not respond to coaching in control Lou Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rafael Torriente did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pedro W Peploski did not respond to coaching in control Tom Shirley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Toshimi Sugi did not respond to coaching in CF