Win: Ben Collins (5-3) Loss: Bud Johnson (4-4)
Save: Heinie Decker (7)
Inning: 1 Chicago Bud Johnson pitching. Steve Mizeur reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dave Palacios. Don Lachemann pops out to the catcher. Boyd Ely strikes out. Carlos Fraser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ben Collins pitching. Terry Griffith strikes out. Chubby Johns flies out to the center fielder. Dave Palacios pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Tom Pfister grounds out to the pitcher. Dave McNeil singles to right field. Ed Knetzer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dave McNeil is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Knetzer steals second. Harry Morales singles to center field. Ed Knetzer scores. Ben Collins singles to right field. Harry Morales advances to third on the hit. Steve Mizeur lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hugh Spurgeon strikes out. Bert Lopat grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Allen Harrell singles to left field. Jose Koupal walks. Mike Arlich singles to right field. Allen Harrell scores. Jose Koupal advances to third on the hit. Bud Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Don Lachemann walks. Don Lachemann is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Boyd Ely grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Fraser pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Terry Griffith flies out to the left fielder. Chubby Johns grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Palacios grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Tom Pfister pops out to the first baseman. Dave McNeil grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Knetzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hugh Spurgeon flies out to the center fielder. Bert Lopat strikes out. Allen Harrell singles to left field. Allen Harrell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Harry Morales singles to left field. Ben Collins fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ben Collins flies out to the center fielder. Steve Mizeur pops out to the first baseman. Don Lachemann grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jose Koupal flies out to the left fielder. Mike Arlich flies out to the right fielder. Bud Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Boyd Ely grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Carlos Fraser singles to center field. Tom Pfister singles to left field. Carlos Fraser advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Dave McNeil strikes out. Ed Knetzer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Terry Griffith walks. Chubby Johns strikes out. Terry Griffith steals second. Dave Palacios pops out to the third baseman. Hugh Spurgeon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Harry Morales strikes out. George Witt is pinch hitting for Ben Collins. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George Witt doubles to right field. Steve Mizeur walks. Jim Wilborn is pinch hitting for Don Lachemann. Jim Wilborn flies out to the center fielder. Boyd Ely walks. Carlos Fraser reached on a 2-base throwing error by Terry Griffith. George Witt scores. Steve Mizeur scores. Tom Pfister reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Arlich. Boyd Ely scores. Carlos Fraser scores. Darren Sundra 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. Dave McNeil reached on a 2-base throwing error by Terry Griffith. Tom Pfister scores. Ed Knetzer grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Holland pitching. Eddie Rosenthal enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Wilborn at RF. Bert Lopat triples. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Bert Lopat scores. Dick Wilson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Allen Harrell hits a home run. Harry Spring comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Koupal strikes out. Mike Arlich grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Silvestri is pinch hitting for Darren Sundra. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Harry Silvestri grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Bill Carpenter pitching. Harry Morales singles to center field. Ron Raymond is pinch hitting for Harry Spring. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ron Raymond pops out to the third baseman. Harry Morales steals second. Steve Mizeur grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Rosenthal singles to center field. Harry Morales scores. Bernie Tellmann comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Campusano is pinch hitting for Boyd Ely. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Campusano grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eddie Rosenthal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Russ Walker pitching. Terry Griffith walks. Chubby Johns strikes out. Terry Griffith steals second. Dave Palacios flies out to the left fielder. Hugh Spurgeon singles to center field. Terry Griffith scores. Heinie Decker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bert Lopat flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Carlos Fraser pops out to the second baseman. Pete Lauder is pinch hitting for Tom Pfister. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Lauder strikes out. Dave McNeil pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Allen Harrell flies out to the right fielder. Jose Koupal grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Arlich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Chicago total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4
Batting:3B - Bert Lopat (1).HR - Allen Harrell (7). Baserunning: SB - Terry Griffith 2 (9).CS - Allen Harrell (1). Fielding: E - Terry Griffith 2, Dave Palacios, Mike Arlich.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jack Powell did not respond to coaching in velocity Stan Martin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pat Dahlke did not respond to coaching in arm Sailor Faust did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Visner improves in arm Dan Brown did not respond to coaching in control Irv Kashiwada did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Don Ingram did not respond to coaching in velocity Hawk Summers improves in power_vs_righty Hector Laudner did not respond to coaching in velocity Hector Laudner improves in velocity Don Ingram did not respond to coaching in control