Inning: 1 Minnesota Larry McKelvy pitching. Dwight McNally grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Walker lines out to the second baseman. Carroll Wetherby pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Grover Barnes pitching. Bob Doster strikes out. Frank Wieghaus flies out to the left fielder. Shinichiro Watanabe singles to left field. Soichiro Hattori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Andy Wilkins flies out to the left fielder. Dutch Dashner strikes out. Blake Cummings doubles to left field. Marty Caulfield grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Quilvio Barton flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Fuentes doubles to right field. Butch Hoffman walks. Allen Maloney strikes out. Larry McKelvy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Charlie Hunt doubles to center field. Grover Barnes lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dwight McNally grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Hunt scores. Jose Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Bob Doster grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Wieghaus lines out to the first baseman. Shinichiro Watanabe walks. Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carroll Wetherby pops out to the shortstop. Andy Wilkins strikes out. Dutch Dashner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Quilvio Barton walks. Jimmy Fuentes strikes out. Butch Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Allen Maloney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Blake Cummings grounds out to the shortstop. Marty Caulfield grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Larry McKelvy grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Doster grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Wieghaus grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Grover Barnes flies out to the center fielder. Dwight McNally grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Walker pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Shinichiro Watanabe hits a home run. Soichiro Hattori reached on a fielding error by Dwight McNally. Quilvio Barton strikes out. Jimmy Fuentes pops out to the first baseman. Butch Hoffman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Carroll Wetherby strikes out. Andy Wilkins singles to right field. Dutch Dashner singles to left field. Andy Wilkins advances to third on the hit. Blake Cummings flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Andy Wilkins scores. Marty Caulfield grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Allen Maloney flies out to the center fielder. Larry McKelvy grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Doster pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Charlie Hunt grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Snell is pinch hitting for Grover Barnes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Snell flies out to the center fielder. Dwight McNally grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Swede Cheney pitching. Frank Wieghaus singles to right field. Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Soichiro Hattori grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Frank Wieghaus is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Quilvio Barton lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jose Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Wilkins doubles to left field. J.C. Skok 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. Dutch Dashner walks. Blake Cummings singles to right field. Andy Wilkins scores. Dutch Dashner advances to third on the hit. Marty Caulfield grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Jimmy Fuentes strikes out. Butch Hoffman walks. Allen Maloney pops out to the catcher. Grover Terlecki is pinch hitting for J.C. Skok. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Grover Terlecki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4 Boston total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Mike Snell is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Shawkey improves in contact_vs_lefty Wade Marsh improves in speed Bob Villafuerte did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Shields did not respond to coaching in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Hanning improves in range Roy Bridges improves in contact_vs_righty Scipio Witek did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Bush did not respond to coaching in range Dizzy Baxter did not respond to coaching in 2B