Win: Teiichi Noguchi (4-3) Loss: Jim Conley (4-2)
Save: Phil Sharps (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Jim Conley pitching. Glenn Long walks. Milt Rickert grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Glenn Long is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Royce Jones hits a home run. Milt Rickert scores. Chuck Crowson bunts for a base hit. Kim Dickerson strikes out. Bob Rolison walks. Tiny Mulholland grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Teiichi Noguchi pitching. Rip Rensa singles to center field. Jim Owen flies out to the center fielder. Bob Schultz grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rip Rensa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pat Manno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Grover Clarke singles to left field. Teiichi Noguchi lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Glenn Long flies out to the right fielder. Milt Rickert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Josh Bigbee pops out to the first baseman. Hajime Dass pops out to the pitcher. Donald Kelly grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Royce Jones singles to center field. Chuck Crowson strikes out. Kim Dickerson flies out to the center fielder. Royce Jones steals second. Bob Rolison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston George Barragan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Conley flies out to the center fielder. Rip Rensa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tiny Mulholland flies out to the right fielder. Grover Clarke lines out to the third baseman. Teiichi Noguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Jim Owen flies out to the center fielder. Bob Schultz strikes out. Pat Manno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Glenn Long strikes out. Milt Rickert hits a home run. Royce Jones singles to center field. Chuck Crowson strikes out. Kim Dickerson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Josh Bigbee singles to right field. Hajime Dass singles to center field. Josh Bigbee advances to third on the hit. Donald Kelly walks. George Barragan flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Josh Bigbee scores. Jim Conley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rip Rensa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bob Rolison triples. Ben Sample 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. Tiny Mulholland grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Rolison scores. Grover Clarke grounds out to the third baseman. Teiichi Noguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Jim Owen flies out to the right fielder. Bob Schultz flies out to the left fielder. Pat Manno grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Glenn Long strikes out. Milt Rickert doubles to right field. Royce Jones strikes out. Chuck Crowson doubles to left field. Milt Rickert scores. Bob Beers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kim Dickerson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Josh Bigbee strikes out. Hajime Dass walks. Donald Kelly walks. George Barragan grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Hajime Dass is out at third base. Bob Beers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bob Rolison flies out to the left fielder. Tiny Mulholland strikes out. Grover Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Rip Rensa flies out to the left fielder. Jim Owen flies out to the center fielder. Bob Schultz singles to center field. Pat Manno hits a home run. Bob Schultz scores. Greg Logan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Josh Bigbee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Takashi Ogino is pinch hitting for Greg Logan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Takashi Ogino singles to right field. Glenn Long grounds out to the catcher. Takashi Ogino advances to second on the play. Milt Rickert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Takashi Ogino advances to third on the play. Royce Jones lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Phil Sharps pitching. Hajime Dass grounds out to the second baseman. Donald Kelly flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! George Barragan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Smith Sharon improves in velocity Rawlings Wilson did not respond to coaching in velocity Smith Sharon did not respond to coaching in control Joe Bobb did not respond to coaching in arm 'Tapper' Cask did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kevin Fowler improves in contact_vs_lefty Don Wieneke did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Warner improves in range Larry Heffernan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pete Jeter did not respond to coaching in C