Win: Paul Spence (10-5) Loss: George Neitzke (6-3)
Save: Jack Nottebart (29)
Inning: 1 Minnesota George Neitzke pitching. Jim Kostro singles to left field. Yuji Omiya walks. Kyle Reese singles to center field. Jim Kostro scores. Yuji Omiya advances to third on the hit. Pat Regalado grounds out to the second baseman. Yuji Omiya scores. Kyle Reese advances to second on the play. Charlie Bankhead grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Sveum doubles to left field. Kyle Reese scores. Ted Crooke grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Paul Spence pitching. Milt Lyons grounds out to the shortstop. Yoanny Gourriel flies out to the center fielder. Luis Burns singles to right field. Matt Marquez doubles to center field. Luis Burns is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Harry Files singles to right field. Paul Spence lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Kostro grounds out to the third baseman. Yuji Omiya flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Davey Sipin singles to right field. John Newell flies out to the right fielder. Daryl Ball flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Jones grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Davey Sipin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Kyle Reese grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Pat Regalado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Bankhead walks. Randy Sveum walks. Ted Crooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston George Neitzke singles past the first baseman. Milt Lyons doubles to right field. Yoanny Gourriel grounds out to the shortstop. George Neitzke scores. Milt Lyons advances to third on the play. Luis Burns doubles to center field. Milt Lyons scores. Matt Marquez bunts for a base hit. Matt Marquez steals second. The defense is playing the infield in. Davey Sipin strikes out. John Newell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Harry Files strikes out. Paul Spence pops out to the second baseman. Jim Kostro grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Daryl Ball walks. Lefty Jones grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. George Neitzke singles to right field. Milt Lyons grounds into a force play to the shortstop. George Neitzke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Yuji Omiya flies out to the center fielder. Kyle Reese singles to left field. Pat Regalado flies out to the left fielder. Kyle Reese steals second. Charlie Bankhead singles to right field. Kyle Reese scores. Randy Sveum walks. Ted Crooke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Yoanny Gourriel flies out to the right fielder. Luis Burns hits a home run. Matt Marquez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Davey Sipin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Harry Files grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Paul Spence grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Kostro grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston John Newell strikes out. Daryl Ball strikes out. Lefty Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Walt Robinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Yuji Omiya walks. Kyle Reese grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yuji Omiya is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Regalado flies out to the right fielder. Kyle Reese is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Walt Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Milt Lyons grounds out to the shortstop. Yoanny Gourriel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Charlie Bankhead walks. Randy Sveum doubles to right field. Ted Crooke grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Files doubles to right field. Charlie Bankhead scores. Randy Sveum scores. Ron Agnew is pinch hitting for Paul Spence. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Agnew grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Files advances to third on the play. Jim Kostro reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Newell. Harry Files scores. Yuji Omiya doubles to center field. Jim Kostro scores. Kyle Reese flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Gene Bettendorf pitching. Luis Burns flies out to the left fielder. Cuno Owen is pinch hitting for Matt Marquez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cuno Owen walks. Jimmy Tesreau is pinch hitting for Davey Sipin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jimmy Tesreau strikes out. John Newell singles to right field. Cuno Owen is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Pat Regalado flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Bankhead singles to center field. Randy Sveum singles to right field. Charlie Bankhead advances to third on the hit. Ted Crooke flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Bankhead scores. Harry Files singles to center field. Randy Sveum advances to third on the hit. Rube Gorman 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. Jeff Viau is pinch hitting for Gene Bettendorf. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jeff Viau strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Rudy Howard pitching. Daryl Ball strikes out. Lefty Jones walks. Frank Kirby is pinch hitting for Rube Gorman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Kirby walks. Milt Lyons singles to right field. Del Boze is pinch hitting for Yoanny Gourriel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Del Boze singles to right field. Lefty Jones scores. Frank Kirby scores. Milt Lyons advances to third on the hit. Jack Nottebart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Luis Burns grounds out to the shortstop. Milt Lyons scores. Del Boze advances to second on the play. Cuno Owen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Boston total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Milt Lyons (22), Luis Burns (21), Matt Marquez (14).HR - Luis Burns (6).GIDP - Lefty Jones. Baserunning: SB - Matt Marquez (6). Fielding: E - John Newell.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tack Navarro improves in power_vs_righty Bill Federoff did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Yerkes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tack Navarro improves in arm
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Kreitner improves in power_vs_lefty Yamid Lea improves in arm Manny Downs improves in endurance Randy Sykes improves in power_vs_lefty Evans Hernandez did not respond to coaching in 2B