Win: Bill Oldham (3-1) Loss: Oscar Haas (9-7)
Save: Kuniaki Suzuki (21)
Inning: 1 Boston Oscar Haas pitching. John Miles grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Jones pops out to the third baseman. Bill Giggie doubles to right field. Steve Walker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lew Martin pitching. Frank Polivka strikes out. Roy Moeller singles to left field. Herm Schalk walks. Bob Smith strikes out. Carroll Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Danny Cochran singles to right field. Gary Easterday flies out to the right fielder. Mark Cerutti pops out to the first baseman. Augie Slaughter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Aaron Robinson strikes out. Reggie Flannery hits an infield single to the second baseman. Moonlight Blyzka is hit by a pitch. Oscar Haas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Polivka strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Lew Martin strikes out. John Miles grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Paul Jones pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Roy Moeller strikes out. Herm Schalk grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Bill Giggie walks. Steve Walker lines out to the third baseman. Danny Cochran pops out to the second baseman. Gary Easterday grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carroll Diaz strikes out. Aaron Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Flannery walks. Moonlight Blyzka singles to center field. Reggie Flannery advances to third on the hit. Oscar Haas lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Mark Cerutti grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Augie Slaughter walks. Lew Martin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Miles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Frank Polivka grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Moeller strikes out. Herm Schalk singles to left field. Bob Smith singles in front of the center fielder. Herm Schalk advances to third on the hit. Carroll Diaz walks. Bill Oldham 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. Aaron Robinson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Boston Paul Jones singles to right field. Bill Giggie singles past the shortstop. Steve Walker flies out to the left fielder. Danny Cochran singles to right field. Paul Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gary Easterday walks. Mark Cerutti flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Giggie scores. Augie Slaughter singles to right field. Danny Cochran scores. Bill Oldham singles past the shortstop. Gary Easterday scores. Dave Schlitzer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. John Miles strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Reggie Flannery grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Doby is pinch hitting for Moonlight Blyzka. Mike Doby flies out to the right fielder. Dave Schlitzer singles to right field. Frank Polivka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Gerald Magnuson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Doby at C. Paul Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Giggie grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Walker singles to left field. Danny Cochran grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Roy Moeller walks. Herm Schalk pops out to the first baseman. Bob Smith singles past the second baseman. Carroll Diaz grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Moeller advances to third on the play. Bob Smith advances to second on the play. Aaron Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Gary Easterday strikes out. Mark Cerutti walks. Pete Owen is pinch hitting for Augie Slaughter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Owen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Reggie Flannery grounds out to the pitcher. Gerald Magnuson hits a home run. Joe Kinslow is pinch hitting for Dave Schlitzer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Kinslow grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Polivka pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Luis Floyd pitching. Kyson Suh is pinch hitting for Bill Oldham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kyson Suh grounds out to the second baseman. John Miles singles to left field. Paul Jones lines out to the first baseman. Bill Giggie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Kuniaki Suzuki pitching. Roy Moeller walks. Roy Moeller steals second. Herm Schalk doubles past the first baseman. Roy Moeller scores. Herm Schalk is out trying to steal third. Bob Smith pops out to the shortstop. Carroll Diaz hits a home run. Aaron Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 12
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ron Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Bratcher did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Carlos Leon did not respond to coaching in control Sam Schupp did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Bratcher did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Hansen did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sal MacCormack did not respond to coaching in speed Lefty Hoak did not respond to coaching in control Lefty Hoak did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Felderman did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Ellingsen improves in control Walt Richert improves in velocity Shawn Doheny did not respond to coaching in 3B