Inning: 1 Minnesota Carl Jensen pitching. Punch Rodriguez singles to center field. Steve Hayward walks. Gabe Patterson hits a home run. Punch Rodriguez scores. Steve Hayward scores. Damian Baker singles to right field. Jacque Kramer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Damian Baker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Orlando Snell flies out to the left fielder. Joe Day doubles to center field. Hank Chapman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Rich Tackett pitching. Tito Francona grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Cabrera walks. Rick Gomez flies out to the left fielder. Mike Ferraro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rich Tackett strikes out. Punch Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Hayward grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Elmer Lavender strikes out. Hank Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Kirk McCarthy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Gabe Patterson strikes out. Damian Baker singles to center field. Damian Baker steals second. Jacque Kramer flies out to the center fielder. Orlando Snell walks. Joe Day grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Russ Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Jensen strikes out. Tito Francona singles to center field. Eddie Cabrera flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hank Chapman singles to left field. Rich Tackett lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Punch Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Steve Hayward pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Rick Gomez flies out to the right fielder. Mike Ferraro doubles to right field. Elmer Lavender pops out to the shortstop. Hank Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gabe Patterson doubles to center field. Damian Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Gabe Patterson advances to third on the play. Jacque Kramer flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Gabe Patterson scores. Orlando Snell singles to right field. Joe Day walks. Hank Chapman hits a home run. Orlando Snell scores. Joe Day scores. Rich Tackett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Kirk McCarthy hits an infield single to the pitcher. Russ Snyder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kirk McCarthy advances to second on the play. Carl Jensen flies out to the center fielder. Tito Francona flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Punch Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Steve Hayward doubles to left field. Gabe Patterson grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Hayward advances to third on the play. Damian Baker pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Eddie Cabrera bunts for a base hit. Rick Gomez grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Eddie Cabrera is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Ferraro pops out to the shortstop. Elmer Lavender grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Rick Gomez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny Brown is pinch hitting for Jacque Kramer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Johnny Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Orlando Snell grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Day singles to right field. Hank Chapman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Hank Diaz strikes out. Kirk McCarthy grounds out to the shortstop. Russ Snyder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rich Tackett strikes out. Punch Rodriguez singles to left field. Steve Hayward walks. Gabe Patterson hits a home run. Punch Rodriguez scores. Steve Hayward scores. Jim Raftery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Damian Baker flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Rich Rollins is pinch hitting for Jim Raftery. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rich Rollins strikes out. Walt Costello is pinch hitting for Tito Francona. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Walt Costello triples. Eddie Cabrera strikes out. Dian Hurtado is pinch hitting for Rick Gomez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dian Hurtado walks. Mike Ferraro pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Big Wigson pitching. Orlando Snell grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Day reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kirk McCarthy. Hank Chapman pops out to the second baseman. Rich Tackett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Elmer Lavender singles to left field. Hank Diaz singles to center field. Elmer Lavender advances to third on the hit. Kirk McCarthy singles past the shortstop. Elmer Lavender scores. Russ Snyder flies out to the right fielder. Don Hand is pinch hitting for Big Wigson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Don Hand singles to right field. Hank Diaz scores. Kirk McCarthy advances to third on the hit. Walt Costello flies out to the center fielder. Don Hand steals second. Eddie Cabrera flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 9
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Garry Fox improves in speed Julio Holmes improves in range Garry Fox improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Rachunok improves in range Julio Holmes improves in 3B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Carmen Chism did not respond to coaching in velocity Slim Brower improves in contact_vs_righty Al Brown did not respond to coaching in endurance Jim Rodriguez improves in contact_vs_lefty Elmer Davidson did not respond to coaching in C