Win: Whitey Bouton (16-10) Loss: Hal Horton (9-9)
Save: Earl Fox (39)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Whitey Bouton pitching. James Pezold grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Frank Bragan strikes out. Chester Tibbs hits a home run. Glenn Villafuerte flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Hal Horton pitching. Khris Khikales strikes out. Vida Sheldon singles to right field. Vida Sheldon steals second. Lefty Sweet lines out to the second baseman. Tom Carrigan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Dauterive walks. Ken Handibone grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Dauterive advances to second on the play. Arnie Ramazzotti is hit by a pitch. Hal Horton singles to right field. James Pezold flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Washington Alex Palica strikes out. Donny Donowitz singles to center field. John Lemon singles past the shortstop. Donny Donowitz advances to third on the hit. Andres Guzman grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Bragan singles to center field. Frank Bragan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Chester Tibbs strikes out. Glenn Villafuerte singles to right field. Hiroji Miyaji grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Glenn Villafuerte is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Whitey Bouton flies out to the right fielder. Khris Khikales doubles past the right fielder. Vida Sheldon walks. Lefty Sweet walks. Tom Carrigan flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Khris Khikales scores. Alex Palica grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lefty Sweet is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Dauterive strikes out. Ken Handibone reached on a 2-base throwing error by Khris Khikales. Arnie Ramazzotti singles to center field. Ken Handibone scores. Hal Horton lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. James Pezold walks. Frank Bragan singles to center field. Arnie Ramazzotti scores. James Pezold advances to third on the hit. Chester Tibbs walks. James Pezold gets picked off third. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Donny Donowitz grounds out to the third baseman. John Lemon walks. Andres Guzman strikes out. Whitey Bouton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Glenn Villafuerte lines out to the shortstop. Hiroji Miyaji flies out to the center fielder. Bill Dauterive grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Khris Khikales singles to center field. Vida Sheldon flies out to the right fielder. Lefty Sweet strikes out. Tom Carrigan walks. Alex Palica walks. Donny Donowitz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ken Handibone flies out to the center fielder. Arnie Ramazzotti strikes out. Hal Horton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington John Lemon strikes out. Andres Guzman doubles to right field. Whitey Bouton strikes out. Khris Khikales singles to right field. Andres Guzman scores. Vida Sheldon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Khris Khikales is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota James Pezold grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Bragan pops out to the second baseman. Chester Tibbs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Lefty Sweet flies out to the center fielder. Tom Carrigan singles to left field. Alex Palica strikes out. Donny Donowitz singles to center field. Patterson Gimlin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Lemon doubles to center field. Tom Carrigan scores. Donny Donowitz scores. Andres Guzman singles to left field. Russ Dean is pinch hitting for Whitey Bouton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Russ Dean flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Fred Twitchell pitching. Glenn Villafuerte flies out to the center fielder. Hiroji Miyaji strikes out. Bill Dauterive flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Khris Khikales strikes out. Vida Sheldon singles in front of the left fielder. Lefty Sweet strikes out. Vida Sheldon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Earl Fox comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ken Handibone grounds out to the third baseman. Arnie Ramazzotti grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Konstanty is pinch hitting for Patterson Gimlin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kevin Konstanty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6 Washington total runners left on base: 11
Batting:2B - Khris Khikales (30), John Lemon (1), Andres Guzman (3).SF - Tom Carrigan.GIDP - Andres Guzman. Baserunning: SB - Vida Sheldon (18).CS - Vida Sheldon (5). Fielding: E - Khris Khikales.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Blattner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bucky Batista improves in range Joe Dirt improves in velocity George Blattner improves in arm Herb Parsons did not respond to coaching in SS
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Phil Hazle did not respond to coaching in range Pete Powers did not respond to coaching in control Al Terry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Carl Stevens did not respond to coaching in velocity