Inning: 1 Boston Jean Paul pitching. Tom Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Koskie grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Host strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jimmy Wieneke pitching. Shawn Hansen doubles past the right fielder. Scott Dean grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shawn Hansen advances to third on the play. Dick Mallette grounds out to the shortstop. Shawn Hansen scores. Brad Bolton walks. Jake Neu grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Nels Miller pops out to the third baseman. Everett Stewart singles to left field. Leo Sandak strikes out. Les Stripp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ron Cardwell walks. Nouriel Yellen lines out to the shortstop. Ron Cardwell gets picked off first. Bo Fox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Jim Pawelek singles to left field. Jimmy Wieneke lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Tom Garcia grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jimmy Wieneke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kevin Koskie pops out to the third baseman. Tom Garcia steals second. Mark Host strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jean Paul grounds out to the pitcher. Shawn Hansen grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Dean strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Nels Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Everett Stewart grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Leo Sandak flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dick Mallette strikes out. Brad Bolton flies out to the right fielder. Jake Neu flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Les Stripp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Pawelek singles to right field. Jimmy Wieneke lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Garcia walks. Kevin Koskie flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ron Cardwell singles to center field. Nouriel Yellen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bo Fox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Mark Host singles to center field. Nels Miller singles to left field. Everett Stewart grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Host advances to third on the play. Nels Miller advances to second on the play. Leo Sandak walks. Les Stripp flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mark Host is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jean Paul pops out to the first baseman. Shawn Hansen singles to center field. Scott Dean singles to right field. Shawn Hansen aggressively advances to third on the hit. Pete Peete 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. Dick Mallette flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Shawn Hansen scores. Brad Bolton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Jim Pawelek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shuzo Akamatsu is pinch hitting for Pete Peete. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shuzo Akamatsu strikes out. Tom Garcia grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota JT Cross pitching. Jake Neu grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Chitren is pinch hitting for Ron Cardwell. Bill Chitren flies out to the left fielder. Nouriel Yellen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Floyd Braun enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Chitren at CF. Philip Totola enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jake Neu at SS. Kevin Koskie flies out to the right fielder. Mark Host grounds out to the third baseman. Nels Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bo Fox flies out to the left fielder. Maynard Keynes is pinch hitting for Jean Paul. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Maynard Keynes singles to left field. Shawn Hansen hits an infield single to the shortstop. Scott Dean walks. Dick Mallette grounds out to the shortstop. Maynard Keynes scores. Shawn Hansen advances to third on the play. Scott Dean advances to second on the play. Brad Bolton hits an infield single to the third baseman. Shawn Hansen scores. Philip Totola pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Matt Vitiello pitching. Everett Stewart walks. Leo Sandak strikes out. Les Stripp grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes JT Cross is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Karl Wise did not respond to coaching in range Hal Plummer did not respond to coaching in control Ivan Hendrickson did not respond to coaching in range Ralph Bryant did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Karl Wise did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ralph Bryant did not respond to coaching in speed
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Patrick Payne did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Darryl Graves did not respond to coaching in velocity Vig Charbonnet did not respond to coaching in arm Ryan Housie improves in control Jim Suhr did not respond to coaching in velocity L.D. Springob did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty