Inning: 1 Boston Tim Besana pitching. Dizzy Baxter grounds out to the shortstop. George Billiard hits a home run. Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Neil Burkett pitching. Jose Walker pops out to the shortstop. Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Wilkins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Rod Lemaster flies out to the center fielder. Al Bockman singles to left field. Allen Maloney grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Al Bockman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Hanning singles to center field. Allen Maloney advances to third on the hit. Neil Burkett singles to center field. Allen Maloney scores. Charlie Hanning advances to third on the hit. Dizzy Baxter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Dutch Dashner singles to left field. Blake Cummings singles past the first baseman. Dutch Dashner advances to third on the hit. Mickey Retzer flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Hunt flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dutch Dashner scores. Juan Karmen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston George Billiard grounds out to the shortstop. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tim Besana flies out to the center fielder. Jose Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Rod Lemaster flies out to the center fielder. Al Bockman flies out to the center fielder. Allen Maloney reached on a fielding error by Andy Wilkins. Charlie Hanning grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Allen Maloney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Andy Wilkins pops out to the third baseman. Dutch Dashner doubles to left field. Blake Cummings grounds out to the second baseman. Dutch Dashner advances to third on the play. Mickey Retzer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dizzy Baxter. Dutch Dashner scores. Charlie Hunt singles to left field. Mickey Retzer scores. Juan Karmen walks. Tim Besana strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Neil Burkett grounds out to the shortstop. Dizzy Baxter flies out to the center fielder. George Billiard singles to center field. Shinichiro Watanabe singles in front of the right fielder. George Billiard advances to third on the hit. Soichiro Hattori doubles to center field. George Billiard scores. Shinichiro Watanabe uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rod Lemaster singles to right field. Soichiro Hattori scores. Ed Shields comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Bockman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jose Walker singles to center field. Carroll Wetherby flies out to the left fielder. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Walker advances to second on the play. Dutch Dashner singles to center field. Jose Walker scores. Blake Cummings grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Allen Maloney flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Hanning strikes out. Neil Burkett grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Mickey Retzer strikes out. Charlie Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Juan Karmen pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Dizzy Baxter grounds out to the third baseman. George Billiard grounds out to the shortstop. Shinichiro Watanabe lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Snell is pinch hitting for Ed Shields. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mike Snell grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Walker doubles to right field. Cotton Griffin 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. Carroll Wetherby hits a home run. Jose Walker scores. Andy Wilkins strikes out. Dutch Dashner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Swede Cheney pitching. Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Rod Lemaster singles to center field. Al Bockman strikes out. Allen Maloney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Blake Cummings flies out to the center fielder. Sam Monday comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mickey Retzer grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Jimmy Fuentes is pinch hitting for Charlie Hanning. Jimmy Fuentes flies out to the right fielder. Harry Lewis is pinch hitting for Sam Monday. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Harry Lewis singles to center field. Paul Vidro is pinch running for Harry Lewis on 1st base. Dizzy Baxter flies out to the right fielder. George Billiard singles to left field. Paul Vidro advances to third on the hit. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jim Bush improves in range Greg Jones did not respond to coaching in control Scipio Witek did not respond to coaching in speed Roy Bridges did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Nicholls did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Jenkins improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Meinke did not respond to coaching in speed Wade Marsh improves in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Al Bell did not respond to coaching in C