Win: Mardie Baird (10-5) Loss: Joel Williams (6-9)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Mardie Baird pitching. Steve Hayward singles to right field. Bill Bradley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ray Heffner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Joel Williams pitching. Russ Snyder walks. Guillermo Avalos strikes out. Tito Francona grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Russ Snyder is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tito Francona is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Linc Thomas strikes out. Punch Rodriguez doubles to center field. Gabe Patterson grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Steve Hovley doubles to center field. Mike Ferraro grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Hovley is out trying to steal third. Freddie Velazquez hits a home run. Rick Gomez singles to left field. Rick Gomez steals second. Jose Vidal grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Adrian Zeider strikes out. Joel Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Hayward flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Mardie Baird grounds out to the third baseman. Russ Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Guillermo Avalos singles in front of the center fielder. Tito Francona singles to center field. Steve Hovley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Heffner flies out to the right fielder. Linc Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Mike Ferraro flies out to the right fielder. Freddie Velazquez flies out to the center fielder. Rick Gomez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Punch Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gabe Patterson walks. Mark Miller flies out to the right fielder. Gabe Patterson steals second. Adrian Zeider pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Jose Vidal strikes out. Mardie Baird strikes out. Russ Snyder singles to left field. Guillermo Avalos strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joel Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Hayward walks. Bill Bradley lines out to the shortstop. Ray Heffner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Tito Francona singles to left field. Steve Hovley strikes out. Mike Ferraro strikes out. Freddie Velazquez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tito Francona is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Linc Thomas walks. Punch Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Damian Baker is pinch hitting for Gabe Patterson. Damian Baker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Linc Thomas advances to second on the play. Mark Miller pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Junior Ellingsen enters the game as a defensive replacement for Damian Baker at CF. Rick Gomez walks. Jose Vidal pops out to the second baseman. Mardie Baird lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Russ Snyder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Adrian Zeider grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Brown is pinch hitting for Joel Williams. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Johnny Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Hayward grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Al Flaherty pitching. Guillermo Avalos hits a home run. Tito Francona grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Hovley strikes out. Mike Ferraro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rich Rollins enters the game as a defensive replacement for Russ Snyder at RF. Bill Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Heffner strikes out. Linc Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4 Detroit total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Al Flaherty is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ewald Thompson improves in contact_vs_lefty David Pillette improves in contact_vs_lefty Fred Diggs did not respond to coaching in control David Pillette did not respond to coaching in speed John Crabtree did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Eddie Cabrera improves in power_vs_righty Chris Caneira improves in power_vs_lefty Leo Lewis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hiram Stanton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty