Win: Eppie Thomas (14-10) Loss: Steve Castillo (1-4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Eppie Thomas pitching. Tom Foulke lines out to the shortstop. Dennis Yan flies out to the right fielder. Monte Karger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Steve Castillo pitching. Ted Sweeney walks. Ted Sweeney is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Irish Bowler singles to right field. Ryan Benson strikes out. Irish Bowler steals second. Scat Aldrete singles to right field. Irish Bowler scores. Keith Arocha hits a home run. Scat Aldrete scores. Hank Lieberthal comes in from the bullpen to pitch. James Lopes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Marty Morrison pops out to the shortstop. Buddy Danerdo grounds out to the shortstop. Chet Wallace grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York John Spencer grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Reyes flies out to the right fielder. Eppie Thomas singles past the shortstop. Ted Sweeney singles past the second baseman. Irish Bowler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Vince Nolte strikes out. Chris Pearson walks. Hank Lieberthal fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hank Lieberthal strikes out. Tom Foulke grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chris Pearson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Ryan Benson grounds out to the shortstop. Scat Aldrete grounds out to the second baseman. Keith Arocha flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dennis Yan strikes out. Monte Karger singles to right field. Marty Morrison singles to center field. Buddy Danerdo grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Marty Morrison is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chet Wallace flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York James Lopes doubles to center field. Mickey Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Spencer pops out to the second baseman. Terry Reyes strikes out. Eppie Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Vince Nolte grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Chris Pearson grounds out to the pitcher. Mickey Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Ted Sweeney singles to right field. Irish Bowler walks. Ryan Benson singles to center field. Ted Sweeney scores. Irish Bowler aggressively advances to third on the hit. Scat Aldrete flies out to the center fielder. Keith Arocha doubles to center field. Irish Bowler scores. Ryan Benson uses his aggressiveness and scores. James Lopes flies out to the left fielder. John Spencer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tom Foulke strikes out. Dennis Yan pops out to the third baseman. Monte Karger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Terry Reyes pops out to the third baseman. Eppie Thomas strikes out. Ted Sweeney walks. Irish Bowler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Marty Morrison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Buddy Danerdo strikes out. Chet Wallace singles to left field. Vince Nolte lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Ryan Benson strikes out. Scat Aldrete grounds out to the second baseman. Keith Arocha hits a home run. James Lopes walks. John Spencer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Chris Pearson strikes out. Pete Weir is pinch hitting for Mickey Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pete Weir grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Foulke singles to left field. Tom Foulke steals second. Dennis Yan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Red Ozmer pitching. Terry Reyes grounds out to the shortstop. Eppie Thomas strikes out. Art Ivie is pinch hitting for Ted Sweeney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Art Ivie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Monte Karger hits a home run. Marty Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Danerdo grounds out to the third baseman. Chet Wallace singles to left field. Vince Nolte is hit by a pitch. Chris Pearson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Frank Cooper improves in power_vs_lefty Shannon Barrett improves in speed Jiggs Konopka improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Moss improves in power_vs_righty
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Howard improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Hodges did not respond to coaching in control George Reis did not respond to coaching in control Andy Renfroe improves in speed