Win: John Connor (10-3) Loss: Akihiro Takano (4-7)
Save: Bob Tomanek (20)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Akihiro Takano pitching. Ron Agnew walks. Charlie Bankhead singles in front of the right fielder. Yuji Omiya singles to center field. Ron Agnew scores. Charlie Bankhead advances to third on the hit. Ted Crooke strikes out. Tom Mathes walks. Norio Shinozuka flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Bankhead scores. Harry Files doubles to center field. Yuji Omiya scores. Tom Mathes uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ken Gumpert reached on a 2-base throwing error by Masao Santo. Harry Files scores. John Connor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit John Connor pitching. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the shortstop. Kunio Togano singles to center field. Kunio Togano steals second. Herm Creel grounds out to the second baseman. Kunio Togano advances to third on the play. Masao Santo grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ron Agnew grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Bankhead grounds out to the shortstop. Yuji Omiya strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Steve Brown reached on a fielding error by Ted Crooke. Kazuo Nakajima singles to center field. Lance Qualters flies out to the center fielder. Ken Gladd flies out to the right fielder. Akihiro Takano doubles to center field. Steve Brown scores. Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ted Crooke grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Mathes strikes out. Norio Shinozuka grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Kunio Togano grounds out to the second baseman. Herm Creel strikes out. Masao Santo singles to left field. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Harry Files flies out to the center fielder. Ken Gumpert walks. John Connor fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Connor grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima grounds out to the shortstop. Lance Qualters grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ron Agnew grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Charlie Bankhead strikes out. Yuji Omiya flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Akihiro Takano flies out to the left fielder. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the third baseman. Kunio Togano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ted Crooke walks. Tom Mathes strikes out. Norio Shinozuka strikes out. Harry Files strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Herm Creel pops out to the first baseman. Masao Santo lines out to the first baseman. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Boris Pasternak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Gumpert strikes out. John Connor strikes out. Ron Agnew singles to center field. Ron Agnew steals second. Charlie Bankhead grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima flies out to the right fielder. Lance Qualters flies out to the center fielder. Ken Gladd singles to center field. Boris Pasternak grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yuji Omiya singles to left field. Ted Crooke grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yuji Omiya is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tom Mathes strikes out. Norio Shinozuka singles to center field. Ted Crooke advances to third on the hit. Harry Files flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Kyle Reese enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ted Crooke at 3B. Tatsuya Mimura singles past the shortstop. Kunio Togano walks. Herm Creel singles to right field. Tatsuya Mimura scores. Kunio Togano is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Masao Santo lines out to the third baseman. Jim Newkirk comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Steve Brown walks. Kazuo Nakajima walks. Lance Qualters flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ken Gumpert flies out to the left fielder. Frank Jorgensen is pinch hitting for Jim Newkirk. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Frank Jorgensen grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Agnew doubles past the center fielder. Charlie Bankhead flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Bob Tomanek pitching. Ken Gladd walks. Bob Main is pinch hitting for Boris Pasternak. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Main grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Gladd advances to second on the play. Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the center fielder. Kunio Togano strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 9
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: David Sargent did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Poser did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Raydon improves in arm Tim Smith improves in power_vs_righty Tom Raydon did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sparky Harper did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Cuccinello improves in range Tim Burton improves in control Jerry Cuccinello improves in range