Inning: 1 Boston Josh Lynn pitching. George Billiard lines out to the shortstop. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds out to the shortstop. Soichiro Hattori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Rip McIntosh pitching. Carroll Wetherby strikes out. Andy Wilkins bunts for a base hit. Dutch Dashner grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Rod Lemaster singles to left field. Al Bockman is hit by a pitch. Allen Maloney flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Charlie Hanning strikes out. Paul Vidro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Blake Cummings grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Retzer strikes out. Charlie Hunt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Rip McIntosh grounds out to the second baseman. George Billiard flies out to the center fielder. Shinichiro Watanabe singles to left field. Soichiro Hattori singles to right field. Shinichiro Watanabe advances to third on the hit. Rod Lemaster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jim Leverette grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Karmen strikes out. Josh Lynn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Al Bockman walks. Allen Maloney singles to left field. Charlie Hanning grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Al Bockman advances to third on the play. Paul Vidro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carroll Wetherby lines out to the pitcher. Andy Wilkins strikes out. Dutch Dashner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Rip McIntosh strikes out. George Billiard flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Blake Cummings grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Retzer singles past the third baseman. Charlie Hunt singles to right field. Mickey Retzer advances to third on the hit. Jim Leverette singles to right field. Mickey Retzer scores. Juan Karmen strikes out. Josh Lynn grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Leverette is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the pitcher. Rod Lemaster grounds out to the pitcher. Al Bockman singles to right field. Allen Maloney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Andy Wilkins singles to center field. Dutch Dashner singles past the second baseman. Andy Wilkins advances to third on the hit. Blake Cummings grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Charlie Hanning flies out to the center fielder. Paul Vidro singles to left field. Rip McIntosh lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Billiard hits a home run. Paul Vidro scores. Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mickey Retzer flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Hunt lines out to the first baseman. Jim Leverette triples. 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. Juan Karmen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Swede Cheney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Soichiro Hattori reached on a fielding error by Jim Leverette. Rod Lemaster doubles to left field. Al Bockman strikes out. Allen Maloney singles to left field. Soichiro Hattori scores. Jimmy Fuentes is pinch hitting for Charlie Hanning. Jimmy Fuentes flies out to the left fielder. Paul Vidro strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Butch Hoffman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jimmy Fuentes at LF. Mike Snell is pinch hitting for Swede Cheney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mike Snell flies out to the center fielder. Carroll Wetherby strikes out. Andy Wilkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Alex Garcia pitching. Cotton Griffin flies out to the left fielder. George Billiard doubles to left field. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Dutch Dashner grounds out to the shortstop. Blake Cummings singles to left field. Mickey Retzer flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Hunt singles to center field. Blake Cummings advances to third on the hit. Leo Carty is pinch hitting for Jim Leverette. Leo Carty singles to center field. Blake Cummings scores. Charlie Hunt advances to third on the hit. Juan Karmen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ray Stripp did not respond to coaching in control Skel Deal improves in arm Scipio Witek improves in contact_vs_lefty Gary Jones improves in arm Gary Jones did not respond to coaching in CF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Wade Marsh did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Shawkey improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Owens did not respond to coaching in control Billy Stevens improves in power_vs_lefty Al Bell did not respond to coaching in C