Win: Mike Rudolph (3-1) Loss: Buck Brown (0-3)
Save: Armando Templeton (6)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Buck Brown pitching. Bob Franco flies out to the right fielder. Jose Adams walks. Ernesto Lalana strikes out. Bob Westfield flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Mike Rudolph pitching. Shiro Muto strikes out. Tony Young grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Gillis singles to right field. Art Raymer grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tony Gillis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Steve Kampouris flies out to the center fielder. Jim Siebert doubles to right field. Clint Mizell strikes out. Rick Ratliff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Dude Powell grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Daniels grounds out to the pitcher. Yoshitake Tsumajima grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mike Rudolph strikes out. Bob Franco singles to center field. Jose Adams strikes out. Ernesto Lalana grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bob Franco is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Paul Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Buck Brown singles to left field. Shiro Muto strikes out. Tony Young walks. Tony Gillis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bob Westfield grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Kampouris strikes out. Jim Siebert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Art Raymer singles to center field. Dude Powell singles to center field. Art Raymer advances to third on the hit. Dude Powell steals second. Bobby Daniels pops out to the second baseman. Yoshitake Tsumajima grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Clint Mizell grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Ratliff walks. Mike Rudolph lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Franco hits a home run. Rick Ratliff scores. Jose Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Buck Brown pops out to the third baseman. Shiro Muto grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Young grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ernesto Lalana grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Westfield strikes out. Steve Kampouris grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Tony Gillis strikes out. Art Raymer strikes out. Dude Powell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Siebert grounds out to the shortstop. Clint Mizell grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Ratliff singles to right field. Mike Rudolph grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rick Ratliff is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Bobby Daniels grounds out to the shortstop. Mitsuhiro Yagisawa is pinch hitting for Yoshitake Tsumajima. Mitsuhiro Yagisawa strikes out. Glenn Locker is pinch hitting for Paul Harris. Glenn Locker walks. Hidetoshi Wada is pinch hitting for Buck Brown. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Hidetoshi Wada strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Solly Levey pitching. Bob Franco grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Adams strikes out. Ernesto Lalana grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Shiro Muto grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tony Young flies out to the center fielder. Tony Gillis singles to center field. Adam Pico 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 1st. Art Raymer is hit by a pitch. Dude Powell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bob Westfield walks. Steve Kampouris grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Westfield advances to second on the play. Jim Siebert flies out to the right fielder. Clint Mizell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Armando Templeton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bobby Daniels strikes out. Mitsuhiro Yagisawa grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn Locker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Washington total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Babe Kurosaki did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ryosuke Kawaguchi did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Ballou did not respond to coaching in endurance Tomotaka Ishimoto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Babe Kurosaki did not respond to coaching in 3B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dutch Burke did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Johnson improves in power_vs_lefty Horacio Barry did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty