Win: Billy Sunday (12-11) Loss: Doc Ginter (8-18)
Save: Earl Fox (38)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Billy Sunday pitching. James Pezold triples. Frank Bragan strikes out. Chester Tibbs pops out to the first baseman. Glenn Villafuerte grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Doc Ginter pitching. Khris Khikales lines out to the first baseman. Donny Donowitz grounds out to the pitcher. Lefty Sweet walks. Murphy Daniels singles to center field. Lefty Sweet is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hiroji Miyaji flies out to the left fielder. Bill Dauterive walks. Ken Handibone strikes out. Arnie Ramazzotti strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Markus Young grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tom Carrigan singles to left field. Alex Palica doubles to center field. Russ Dean flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Carrigan scores. Billy Sunday grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Doc Ginter strikes out. James Pezold pops out to the shortstop. Frank Bragan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Khris Khikales pops out to the second baseman. Donny Donowitz strikes out. Lefty Sweet flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Chester Tibbs strikes out. Glenn Villafuerte pops out to the shortstop. Hiroji Miyaji doubles to right field. Bill Dauterive strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Murphy Daniels flies out to the center fielder. Markus Young grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Carrigan singles to center field. Alex Palica strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ken Handibone grounds out to the shortstop. Arnie Ramazzotti hits a home run. Doc Ginter flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! James Pezold flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Russ Dean singles to left field. Billy Sunday lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Khris Khikales strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Frank Bragan grounds out to the shortstop. Chester Tibbs strikes out. Glenn Villafuerte pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Donny Donowitz strikes out. Lefty Sweet singles to center field. Murphy Daniels walks. Markus Young strikes out. Tom Carrigan walks. Alex Palica singles to left field. Lefty Sweet scores. Murphy Daniels scores. Russ Dean flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hiroji Miyaji hits a home run. Bill Dauterive strikes out. Ken Handibone lines out to the shortstop. Arnie Ramazzotti lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Vida Sheldon is pinch hitting for Billy Sunday. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vida Sheldon singles to left field. Khris Khikales hits an infield single to the shortstop. Donny Donowitz flies out to the right fielder. Andy Brunette 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. Lefty Sweet grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Fred Twitchell pitching. Kevin Konstanty is pinch hitting for Andy Brunette. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kevin Konstanty flies out to the center fielder. James Pezold strikes out. Frank Bragan walks. Chester Tibbs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Patterson Gimlin pitching. Murphy Daniels grounds out to the second baseman. Markus Young doubles to right field. Tom Carrigan strikes out. Alex Palica strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Earl Fox comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Glenn Villafuerte grounds out to the second baseman. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Dauterive singles to right field. Ken Handibone grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Dauterive is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5 Washington total runners left on base: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Dirt improves in velocity Bobby Roque did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Roque did not respond to coaching in endurance Greg Ussat did not respond to coaching in range Paul Pruitt did not respond to coaching in 1B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Fred Munoz improves in arm Al Terry improves in contact_vs_lefty Harry Goliat did not respond to coaching in velocity Rick Engel improves in range