Inning: 1 Minnesota George Connally pitching. Rico Rice grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Lavelle grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Wilshere grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Cy Trout pitching. John Lopez walks. Brendan McCabe walks. Randall Clarke pops out to the third baseman. Pit Zak walks. Tommy Larkin flies out to the center fielder. Shane McAvoy pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Russ Sykes hits a home run. Bob Henninger singles to center field. Ricky Vaughn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Henninger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Al Gorsica strikes out. Donn Duvall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Tim Smith flies out to the left fielder. Masaru Yasui strikes out. George Connally pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Cy Trout strikes out. Rico Rice hits a home run. Gus Lavelle walks. Oscar Wilshere walks. Russ Sykes singles to right field. Gus Lavelle scores. Oscar Wilshere advances to third on the hit. Bob Henninger grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York John Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brendan McCabe strikes out. Randall Clarke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ricky Vaughn reached on a fielding error by Pit Zak. Al Gorsica pops out to the catcher. Donn Duvall pops out to the first baseman. Cy Trout singles to center field. Rico Rice grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Pit Zak singles to right field. Tommy Larkin doubles to center field. Pit Zak uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shane McAvoy pops out to the second baseman. Tim Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tommy Larkin advances to third on the play. Masaru Yasui singles to left field. Tommy Larkin scores. George Connally strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gus Lavelle strikes out. Oscar Wilshere grounds out to the third baseman. Russ Sykes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York John Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Brendan McCabe flies out to the center fielder. Randall Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bob Henninger lines out to the third baseman. Ricky Vaughn pops out to the third baseman. Al Gorsica pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Pit Zak flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Larkin strikes out. Shane McAvoy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Donn Duvall grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Cy Trout strikes out. Rico Rice pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Tim Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Masaru Yasui strikes out. George Connally grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gus Lavelle flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Wilshere hits a home run. Rich Yochim comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Russ Sykes hits a home run. Bob Henninger grounds out to the shortstop. Ricky Vaughn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York John Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brendan McCabe strikes out. Randall Clarke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Al Gorsica singles to right field. Donn Duvall walks. Pat Meyer is pinch hitting for Cy Trout. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Pat Meyer walks. Rico Rice doubles to right field. Al Gorsica scores. Donn Duvall scores. Pat Meyer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Alex Robertson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gus Lavelle singles to left field. Rico Rice scores. Oscar Wilshere grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Russ Sykes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Walt Kyle pitching. Lucas Morrison is pinch hitting for Pit Zak. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lucas Morrison walks. Tommy Larkin walks. Shane McAvoy singles to left field. Lucas Morrison scores. Tommy Larkin advances to third on the hit. Tim Smith flies out to the right fielder. Mike Escalera is pinch hitting for Masaru Yasui. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Escalera grounds out to the shortstop. Tommy Larkin scores. Shane McAvoy advances to second on the play. Gene Brow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hideaki Sugi is pinch hitting for Alex Robertson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hideaki Sugi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4 New York total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Walt Kyle is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Domingo Sullivan improves in speed Maury Turner did not respond to coaching in velocity Tink Cardenas improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Jefferson did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hal Stires improves in speed Joe Bell improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Bell improves in arm