Inning: 1 Boston Dana Housie pitching. Ray Politte grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Lawrick strikes out. Brian Hancock grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Gary Sommers pitching. Carl Bartley grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Franco grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Ratliff grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Matt Lesch strikes out. Ken Witte strikes out. Jim Hawkins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Steve Kampouris flies out to the left fielder. Paul Bench strikes out. Bob Westfield flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Bazooka Bladt grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Burdette strikes out. Gary Sommers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jose Adams walks. Jose Adams steals second. Bazooka Bladt throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Marcos Noriega doubles to left field. Jose Adams scores. Dana Housie lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball and Marcos Noriega is thrown out at third. Carl Bartley flies out to the center fielder. Bob Franco reached on a fielding error by Gary Sommers. Rick Ratliff flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Ray Politte grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Lawrick singles to left field. Brian Hancock strikes out. Matt Lesch grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chris Lawrick is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Steve Kampouris pops out to the shortstop. Paul Bench pops out to the second baseman. Bob Westfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Ken Witte grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Hawkins strikes out. Bazooka Bladt singles to right field. Bazooka Bladt is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jose Adams strikes out. Marcos Noriega singles to right field. Dana Housie lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carl Bartley singles to center field. Marcos Noriega scores. Carl Bartley steals second. Bob Franco flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Mike Burdette singles to right field. Gary Sommers lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Politte grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Burdette advances to third on the play. Chris Lawrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rick Ratliff strikes out. Steve Kampouris strikes out. Paul Bench grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Brian Hancock flies out to the right fielder. Matt Lesch strikes out. Ken Witte grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bob Westfield strikes out. Jose Adams singles to center field. Marcos Noriega singles to center field. Jose Adams advances to third on the hit. Dana Housie strikes out. Carl Bartley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Ernesto Lalana enters the game as a defensive replacement for Paul Bench at CF. Jim Hawkins strikes out. Bazooka Bladt pops out to the catcher. Mike Burdette singles to right field. Cliff Jones is pinch hitting for Gary Sommers. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Cliff Jones grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Burdette is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Sam Kernan pitching. Bob Franco flies out to the right fielder. Rick Ratliff singles to left field. Rick Ratliff is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Steve Kampouris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Armando Templeton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ray Politte grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Lawrick singles to left field. Chris Lawrick steals second. Brian Hancock singles to left field. Chris Lawrick scores. Matt Lesch singles past the first baseman. Brian Hancock aggressively advances to third on the hit. Matt Lesch steals second. Ken Witte singles to center field. Brian Hancock scores. Matt Lesch scores. Adam Pico comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Hawkins singles to left field. Ken Witte advances to third on the hit. Bazooka Bladt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Resnick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ernesto Lalana singles to left field. Bob Westfield singles to center field. Ernesto Lalana advances to third on the hit. Jose Adams walks. Marcos Noriega strikes out. Clint Mizell is pinch hitting for Adam Pico. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Clint Mizell strikes out. Carl Bartley singles to center field. Ernesto Lalana scores. Bob Westfield scores. Boston total runners left on base: 4 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Carl Feaster improves in arm Michael Ice improves in contact_vs_lefty Michael Ice improves in range Dick Porter did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Michael Ice did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Akira Nishikawa did not respond to coaching in speed Tomotaka Ishimoto improves in contact_vs_lefty Butch Aylesward did not respond to coaching in range Dusty White improves in contact_vs_righty Rob Tamargo did not respond to coaching in SS