Inning: 1 Boston Oscar Haas pitching. John Miles strikes out. Paul Jones pops out to the third baseman. Bill Giggie grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Cooper Povey pitching. Frank Polivka walks. Bill Smith singles to right field. Frank Polivka advances to third on the hit. Herm Schalk strikes out. Bob Smith walks. Carroll Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Polivka scores. Bill Smith advances to third on the play. Bob Smith advances to second on the play. Aaron Robinson singles to left field. Bill Smith scores. Bob Smith scores. Mike Doby doubles to left field. Aaron Robinson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Moonlight Blyzka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Ray Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Corey Miller hits a home run. Gary Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Marsh Canizaro hits a home run. Kyson Suh pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Oscar Haas grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Polivka is hit by a pitch. Bill Smith singles to right field. Frank Polivka advances to third on the hit. Herm Schalk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Polivka scores. Bill Smith advances to second on the play. Bernardo Cooke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Bernardo Cooke strikes out. John Miles singles to center field. Paul Jones flies out to the left fielder. Bill Giggie flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Carroll Diaz grounds out to the pitcher. Aaron Robinson strikes out. Mike Doby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Ray Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Corey Miller singles to left field. Gary Easterday flies out to the center fielder. Marsh Canizaro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Moonlight Blyzka flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Haas flies out to the center fielder. Frank Polivka is hit by a pitch. Bill Smith doubles to center field. Frank Polivka uses his aggressiveness and scores. Herm Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Kyson Suh grounds out to the second baseman. Bernardo Cooke grounds out to the pitcher. John Miles singles to left field. Paul Jones singles to center field. John Miles is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bob Smith walks. Carroll Diaz walks. Aaron Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Mike Doby hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Pena comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Moonlight Blyzka grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Smith scores. Carroll Diaz advances to third on the play. Mike Doby advances to second on the play. Oscar Haas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Bill Giggie grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Murphy doubles to right field. Corey Miller flies out to the center fielder. Gary Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Frank Polivka singles to left field. Bill Smith singles to right field. Herm Schalk singles to center field. Frank Polivka scores. Bill Smith advances to third on the hit. John Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Smith scores. Herm Schalk advances to second on the play. Carroll Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Aaron Robinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Dave Schlitzer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Marsh Canizaro strikes out. Kyson Suh walks. Steve Walker is pinch hitting for John Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Walker flies out to the center fielder. John Miles flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota John Walker pitching. Mike Doby grounds out to the second baseman. Moonlight Blyzka walks. 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 first baseman (unassisted). Moonlight Blyzka advances to second on the play. Frank Polivka grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Rudy Busby pitching. Paul Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Giggie lines out to the second baseman. Chris Bayless is pinch hitting for Ray Murphy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chris Bayless grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Herm Schalk doubles to center field. Bob Smith pops out to the second baseman. Carroll Diaz walks. Aaron Robinson doubles to left field. Herm Schalk scores. Carroll Diaz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Doby singles to center field. Aaron Robinson scores. Kuniaki Suzuki 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. Moonlight Blyzka grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Doby is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Corey Miller hits a home run. Gary Easterday hits a home run. Marsh Canizaro strikes out. Kyson Suh grounds out to the second baseman. Travis Magee is pinch hitting for Kuniaki Suzuki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Travis Magee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 5 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Moonlight Blyzka is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jeff Fansler did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Cecil Revenig improves in contact_vs_lefty Al Hansen improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Causey did not respond to coaching in control Ron Jones did not respond to coaching in arm Gil Konerko improves in contact_vs_lefty Al Hansen did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Shawn Doheny improves in arm Paul Felderman did not respond to coaching in velocity Shawn Doheny did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Alan Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Marty Durham did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Marty Durham did not respond to coaching in range Shawn Doheny did not respond to coaching in 3B