Win: Bill Ricci (2-0) Loss: Sammy Tate (0-2)
Save: Mark Kunkel (3)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Bill Ricci pitching. Tom Foulke grounds out to the pitcher. Glenn McAuley singles to right field. Marty Morrison singles to left field. Monte Karger walks. Merlin Kline grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Seattle Sammy Tate pitching. Marcelino Baumgardner singles to right field. Pete Lally singles to left field. Marcelino Baumgardner advances to third on the hit. Pid Mirabelli grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Marcelino Baumgardner scores. Jeff Triplett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Miranda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buddy Danerdo flies out to the right fielder. Sam Downs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Seattle Randy Distefano flies out to the right fielder. Andy Murakami pops out to the second baseman. Benj Munger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Sammy Tate strikes out. Tom Foulke singles to left field. Glenn McAuley singles to center field. Tom Foulke advances to third on the hit. Marty Morrison strikes out. Monte Karger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Seattle John Shriver flies out to the center fielder. Bill Ricci strikes out. Marcelino Baumgardner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Merlin Kline pops out to the shortstop. Joe Miranda flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Danerdo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Seattle Pete Lally doubles past the left fielder. Pid Mirabelli reached on a fielding error by Sam Downs. Jeff Triplett is hit by a pitch. Randy Distefano flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Pete Lally scores. Andy Murakami flies out to the center fielder. Benj Munger hits a home run. Pid Mirabelli scores. Jeff Triplett scores. John Shriver singles to right field. Bill Ricci flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Sam Downs strikes out. Sammy Tate grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Foulke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Marcelino Baumgardner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Lally singles to center field. Pid Mirabelli strikes out. Jeff Triplett singles past the second baseman. Pete Lally advances to third on the hit. Randy Distefano grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Glenn McAuley strikes out. Marty Morrison strikes out. Monte Karger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Andy Murakami grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Benj Munger strikes out. John Shriver walks. Bill Ricci grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Shriver is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Merlin Kline walks. Joe Miranda strikes out. Buddy Danerdo grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Merlin Kline is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sam Downs doubles to right field. Buddy Danerdo uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sammy Tate singles to left field. Sam Downs scores. Tom Foulke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Seattle Marcelino Baumgardner flies out to the center fielder. Pete Lally grounds out to the shortstop. John Kemmler 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. Pid Mirabelli lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ray Corbitt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Glenn McAuley flies out to the left fielder. Marty Morrison singles to left field. Monte Karger flies out to the left fielder. Merlin Kline doubles to left field. Marty Morrison uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Miranda grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Seattle Jeff Triplett grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Distefano singles to right field. Andy Murakami grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Distefano advances to second on the play. Benj Munger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ernie Nieves enters the game as a defensive replacement for Benj Munger at LF. Joe Thompson enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Shriver at 1B. Mark Kunkel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Buddy Danerdo walks. Sam Downs grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tom Ritter is pinch hitting for John Kemmler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Ritter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6 Seattle total runners left on base: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Herm Mack improves in range Frank Felder did not respond to coaching in velocity Edwin Pytlak improves in speed Brent Koski did not respond to coaching in control
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lee Ginn improves in control Bob Woodard did not respond to coaching in range Bob Woodard improves in range Darrell Rozema improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Woodard did not respond to coaching in 3B