Win: Joe Choate (9-5) Loss: Danny Wheeler (0-6)
Save: Bucky Glenn (3)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Shozo Muramatsu pitching. Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the catcher. Rick Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit John Jam Hamill pitching. Mike Smith walks. Mike Smith gets picked off first. Matt Leshnock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Ricci grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Andy Leever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tim Tate singles to right field. Butts Girardi doubles to center field. Tim Tate is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Clarence Hernandez doubles to center field. Butts Girardi scores. Eddie Bateman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bob Kekich strikes out. Ricardo Hargrave pops out to the catcher. Larry Webster doubles to right field. Rudy Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota John Jam Hamill flies out to the center fielder. Oddibe Knoll hits an infield single to the pitcher. Chuck Kaiser walks. Rick Fisher pops out to the second baseman. Oddibe Knoll steals third. Andy Leever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Vicente Aragon singles to right field. Shozo Muramatsu lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Leshnock singles to left field. Vicente Aragon scores. Tom Ricci strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tim Tate grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Butts Girardi flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bob Kekich pops out to the first baseman. Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Larry Webster pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Eddie Bateman grounds out to the shortstop. John Jam Hamill lines out to the second baseman. Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Rudy Brown strikes out. Vicente Aragon strikes out. Shozo Muramatsu flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser strikes out. Rick Fisher singles to left field. Andy Leever strikes out. Tim Tate walks. Butts Girardi pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Mike Smith singles to right field. Mike Smith steals second. Matt Leshnock grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Ricci walks. Bob Kekich strikes out. Ricardo Hargrave strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Bateman strikes out. Joe Just is pinch hitting for John Jam Hamill. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Joe Just flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Joe Choate pitching. Larry Webster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Brown strikes out. Vicente Aragon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Chuck Kaiser doubles to left field. Russ Ley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Rick Fisher grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Kaiser advances to third on the play. Andy Leever pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Todd Ballenger is pinch hitting for Russ Ley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Todd Ballenger strikes out. Mike Smith singles to right field. Matt Leshnock singles to center field. Mike Smith advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Tom Ricci grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Leshnock advances to second on the play. Bob Kekich singles to right field. Mike Smith scores. Matt Leshnock scores. Ricardo Hargrave flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Danny Wheeler pitching. Tim Tate flies out to the left fielder. Butts Girardi singles to right field. Clarence Hernandez walks. Eddie Bateman doubles to right field. Butts Girardi scores. Clarence Hernandez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dave Alvarez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ezra Birmingham is pinch hitting for Joe Choate. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ezra Birmingham singles to left field. Eddie Bateman scores. Oddibe Knoll doubles to left field. Ezra Birmingham uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the second baseman. Oddibe Knoll advances to third on the play. Rick Fisher singles to right field. Oddibe Knoll scores. Roy Moreno comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Andy Leever grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Bucky Glenn pitching. Larry Webster flies out to the right fielder. Rudy Brown walks. Sam Stone is pinch hitting for Vicente Aragon. Sam Stone walks. Leo Teed is pinch hitting for Roy Moreno. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Leo Teed grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hank Penn improves in contact_vs_righty Jose Ford improves in contact_vs_righty Cliff Mullin did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Pearce improves in power_vs_lefty Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jake Sheehan improves in speed Joel Collins did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Toppin did not respond to coaching in velocity Joel Collins did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joel Collins did not respond to coaching in SS