Inning: 1 Minnesota Mike Fischer pitching. Jose Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Ed Quinn pitching. George Billiard singles to right field. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Soichiro Hattori reached on a 2-base fielding error by Carroll Wetherby. Rod Lemaster flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Dutch Dashner grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Blake Cummings walks. Mickey Retzer grounds out to the second baseman. Blake Cummings advances to second on the play. Juan Karmen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Butch Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Dizzy Baxter singles to center field. Dizzy Heilmann flies out to the center fielder. Paul Vidro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jim Leverette grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Mike Fischer singles to right field. George Billiard singles to center field. Mike Fischer advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Shinichiro Watanabe singles to left field. Mike Fischer scores. Soichiro Hattori singles to center field. Rod Lemaster flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, George Billiard scores. Butch Hoffman singles to right field. Shinichiro Watanabe scores. Soichiro Hattori advances to third on the hit. Dizzy Baxter walks. Dizzy Heilmann grounds out to the third baseman. Soichiro Hattori scores. Butch Hoffman advances to third on the play. Dizzy Baxter advances to second on the play. Paul Vidro flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carroll Wetherby singles to center field. Andy Wilkins doubles to center field. Carroll Wetherby uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dutch Dashner strikes out. Blake Cummings grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mickey Retzer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Ed Shields comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mike Fischer reached on a fielding error by Jose Walker. George Billiard grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Juan Karmen reached on a fielding error by Soichiro Hattori. Jim Leverette doubles to left field. Juan Karmen uses his aggressiveness and scores. 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 singles to center field. Jim Leverette scores. Jose Walker grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Snell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Carroll Wetherby singles to left field. Jose Walker advances to third on the hit. Andy Wilkins flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jose Walker scores. Dutch Dashner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Gus Gates pitching. Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rod Lemaster flies out to the right fielder. Butch Hoffman lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Blake Cummings strikes out. Mickey Retzer walks. Juan Karmen reached on a fielding error by Paul Vidro. Jim Leverette singles to center field. Mickey Retzer scores. Juan Karmen advances to third on the hit. Lew Searage is pinch hitting for Gus Gates. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Lew Searage singles to center field. Juan Karmen scores. Jim Leverette advances to third on the hit. Jose Walker pops out to the third baseman. Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Alex Garcia pitching. Dizzy Baxter grounds out to the shortstop. Dizzy Heilmann grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Vidro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Andy Wilkins walks. Dutch Dashner pops out to the third baseman. Blake Cummings strikes out. Andy Wilkins steals second. Mickey Retzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Mike Fischer singles to right field. George Billiard singles to center field. Mike Fischer advances to third on the hit. Shinichiro Watanabe flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Fischer is thrown out at the plate. Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Juan Karmen singles to left field. Jim Leverette grounds out to the catcher. Juan Karmen advances to second on the play. Leo Carty is pinch hitting for Alex Garcia. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Leo Carty pops out to the shortstop. Jose Walker grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Swede Cheney pitching. Rod Lemaster flies out to the right fielder. Butch Hoffman singles to center field. Jimmy Fuentes is pinch hitting for Dizzy Baxter. Jimmy Fuentes flies out to the left fielder. Dizzy Heilmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Harry Lewis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jimmy Fuentes at LF. Cotton Griffin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Andy Wilkins strikes out. Dutch Dashner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Paul Vidro grounds out to the shortstop. John Creek is pinch hitting for Cotton Griffin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Creek grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! George Billiard pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Juan Karmen is injured and is expected to be out 7 days. Gus Gates is injured and is expected to be out 18 days. Dizzy Baxter is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Meinke improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Meinke improves in contact_vs_lefty Wade Marsh did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Barojas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Al Bell did not respond to coaching in C
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill McCreery improves in arm Marvin Veselic improves in control Scipio Witek improves in power_vs_righty Marvin Veselic improves in control Jim Nicholls did not respond to coaching in 1B