Inning: 1 Minnesota Maverik Buffo pitching. Niko Landreaux walks. Maddy Castino strikes out. Joe Battey walks. Ezra Carew singles to left field. Niko Landreaux scores. Joe Battey advances to third on the hit. Pedro Cruz pops out to the shortstop. Ethan Braun strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Chicago Jaxon Kaat pitching. Ken Jarvis grounds out to the shortstop. Gravity Goldberg walks. Precious Orji strikes out. Red Stewart grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rich Sixsmith doubles to center field. Casey Cuddyer grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Sixsmith advances to third on the play. Jaxon Kaat grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Sixsmith scores. Niko Landreaux triples. Maddy Castino doubles to center field. Niko Landreaux scores. Joe Battey walks. Ezra Carew strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Chicago Takayuki Kobayashi grounds out to the third baseman. Mercedes Bunz hits a home run. Vern Collier strikes out. Alpha McMath grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pedro Cruz walks. Ethan Braun flies out to the right fielder. Rich Sixsmith strikes out. Casey Cuddyer grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Pedro Cruz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Maverik Buffo pops out to the first baseman. Ken Jarvis grounds out to the shortstop. Gravity Goldberg triples. Precious Orji strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jaxon Kaat hits an infield single to the shortstop. Niko Landreaux grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Maddy Castino walks. Joe Battey grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Maddy Castino is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Red Stewart strikes out. Takayuki Kobayashi strikes out. Mercedes Bunz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ezra Carew hits a home run. Pedro Cruz hits a home run. Rushmore Cervantes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ethan Braun flies out to the right fielder. Rich Sixsmith flies out to the left fielder. Casey Cuddyer walks. Jaxon Kaat pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Vern Collier grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Alpha McMath flies out to the left fielder. Rushmore Cervantes singles to center field. Ken Jarvis lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Niko Landreaux flies out to the center fielder. Maddy Castino pops out to the shortstop. Joe Battey pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Gravity Goldberg grounds out to the second baseman. Precious Orji walks. Red Stewart doubles to center field. Precious Orji uses his aggressiveness and scores. Takayuki Kobayashi flies out to the right fielder. Mercedes Bunz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ezra Carew singles to right field. Pedro Cruz singles to left field. Ezra Carew advances to third on the hit. Ethan Braun flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ezra Carew scores. Porsnak Pongthong comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Sixsmith walks. Casey Cuddyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pedro Cruz advances to third on the play. Rich Sixsmith advances to second on the play. Jaxon Kaat doubles to left field. Pedro Cruz scores. Rich Sixsmith scores. Niko Landreaux flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Vern Collier grounds out to the shortstop. Alpha McMath grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Diaper is pinch hitting for Porsnak Pongthong. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Diaper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Shorten pitching. Maddy Castino walks. Maddy Castino is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Joe Battey flies out to the right fielder. Ezra Carew grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Ken Jarvis grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Hughes is pinch hitting for Gravity Goldberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Precious Orji walks. Red Stewart grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Pedro Cruz walks. Ethan Braun flies out to the center fielder. Rich Sixsmith flies out to the center fielder. Bubba Thompson is pinch hitting for Casey Cuddyer. Bubba Thompson walks. Gary Winters is pinch hitting for Jaxon Kaat. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Gary Winters strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Kevin Dreifort pitching. Nick Gaetti enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bubba Thompson at 3B. Takayuki Kobayashi singles to center field. Mercedes Bunz singles to left field. Tony Orlandoni is pinch hitting for Vern Collier. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Orlandoni grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Takayuki Kobayashi advances to third on the play. Indiana Faithful is pinch hitting for Alpha McMath. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Indiana Faithful strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10 Chicago total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Ken Jarvis is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Knox McCarthy improves in arm John Castleton improves in endurance Knox McCarthy improves in power_vs_lefty Skip Gajkowski did not respond to coaching in speed William Lucier did not respond to coaching in 3B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jimmy Massa did not respond to coaching in control True Sweetster did not respond to coaching in control True Sweetster did not respond to coaching in velocity Pretzel Monteclaro did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty