Win: Jim Tate (2-1) Loss: Lee Metro (4-6)
Save: Pat Ricketts (16)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Frank Reynolds pitching. Dwight McNally flies out to the left fielder. Hugh Iott flies out to the left fielder. Gino Hill singles to center field. Gino Hill is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Eric Summa pitching. Tom Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Davis singles to center field. Jack Fredrickson walks. Lyle Spoljaric strikes out. Steve Barr lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Shawn Rensa singles to right field. Yasufumi Ochiai reached on a fielding error by Frank Lollar. Frank Nicholls singles to left field. Shawn Rensa scores. Yasufumi Ochiai advances to third on the hit. Yamil Torriente strikes out. Con Wheeler walks. Eric Summa flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Yasufumi Ochiai scores. Dwight McNally grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Carl Cort grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Maksudian strikes out. Frank Lollar hits a home run. Frank Reynolds grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Hugh Iott singles to left field. Gino Hill pops out to the second baseman. Shawn Rensa walks. Yasufumi Ochiai flies out to the center fielder. Frank Nicholls walks. Yamil Torriente strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 New York Tom Kelly strikes out. Ed Davis walks. Jack Fredrickson flies out to the center fielder. Ed Davis steals second. Lyle Spoljaric triples. Ed Davis scores. Steve Barr strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Con Wheeler walks. Eric Summa lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dwight McNally walks. Hugh Iott walks. Gino Hill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Con Wheeler scores. Dwight McNally advances to third on the play. Hugh Iott advances to second on the play. Shawn Rensa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Carl Cort grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Maksudian walks. Frank Lollar flies out to the right fielder. Frank Reynolds flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Yasufumi Ochiai strikes out. Frank Nicholls strikes out. Yamil Torriente flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Tom Kelly singles to right field. Ed Davis triples. Tom Kelly scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Jack Fredrickson pops out to the third baseman. The defense is playing the infield in. Lyle Spoljaric strikes out. Steve Barr walks. Carl Cort walks. Jeff Maksudian strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Minnesota Con Wheeler flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! John Kennedy is pinch hitting for Eric Summa. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. John Kennedy singles to center field. Dwight McNally flies out to the left fielder. John Kennedy is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Doug Karlon pitching. Frank Lollar grounds out to the shortstop. Mel Abrams is pinch hitting for Frank Reynolds. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Mel Abrams walks. Tom Kelly walks. Ed Davis flies out to the right fielder. Jack Fredrickson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Lee Metro pitching. Hugh Iott strikes out. Gino Hill grounds out to the second baseman. Shawn Rensa pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Lyle Spoljaric singles to right field. Steve Barr singles to left field. Lyle Spoljaric aggressively advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Carl Cort flies out to the right fielder. Jim Tate 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 Maksudian flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Lyle Spoljaric scores. Steve Barr is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yasufumi Ochiai grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Nicholls singles to center field. Yamil Torriente walks. Con Wheeler lines out to the pitcher. Ron Hartung is pinch hitting for Jim Tate. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ron Hartung bunts for a base hit. Dwight McNally singles to left field. Frank Nicholls scores. Yamil Torriente scores. Ron Hartung advances to third on the hit. Todd Nady comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hugh Iott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Pat Ricketts pitching. Frank Lollar strikes out. John Croucher is pinch hitting for Todd Nady. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. John Croucher singles past the shortstop. Tom Kelly singles to center field. Ed Davis singles to left field. The defense is playing the infield in. Jack Fredrickson flies out to the right fielder. Lyle Spoljaric flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Lon Smalley pitching. Gino Hill doubles past the left fielder. Shawn Rensa flies out to the center fielder. Yasufumi Ochiai singles to left field. Gino Hill scores. Frank Nicholls flies out to the right fielder. Yamil Torriente strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Steve Barr flies out to the center fielder. Carl Cort singles to right field. Jeff Maksudian strikes out. Frank Lollar singles to center field. Carl Cort advances to third on the hit. Hack Bennett is pinch hitting for Lon Smalley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hack Bennett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10 New York total runners LOB: 14
Batting:3B - Ed Davis (7), Lyle Spoljaric (5).HR - Frank Lollar (2).SF - Jeff Maksudian. Baserunning: SB - Ed Davis (23).CS - Steve Barr (12). Fielding: E - Frank Lollar.
Game Notes Yamil Torriente is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mickey Retzer improves in range Pat Heving did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Shields did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Omar Ingram did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jon Benjamin did not respond to coaching in endurance Walt Cornell did not respond to coaching in control Jay Woodson did not respond to coaching in range Lou Lombardi did not respond to coaching in 1B