Win: Greg Johnson (1-0) Loss: Rusty Ward (1-2)
Save: Ken Courtney (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Rusty Ward pitching. Count Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Herman Shean doubles to center field. Hugh Veryzer walks. Charlie Stanley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Shags Simons pitching. Rikkert Wood flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Keck grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Russ Lyons walks. Ravelo Stephenson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Dee Williams walks. Milt Trotter grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dee Williams is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Scipio Wilson strikes out. Shags Simons walks. Count Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Doug Stoll flies out to the center fielder. Frank Havens flies out to the left fielder. Win Kirkpatrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jimmy Smith walks. Herman Shean strikes out. Hugh Veryzer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jimmy Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Stanley grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hugh Veryzer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Willis Curd lines out to the shortstop. Rusty Ward flies out to the center fielder. Rikkert Wood grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dee Williams walks. Milt Trotter flies out to the center fielder. Scipio Wilson pops out to the second baseman. Shags Simons flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Johnny Keck strikes out. Russ Lyons singles to right field. Ravelo Stephenson flies out to the left fielder. Doug Stoll doubles to right field. Russ Lyons uses his aggressiveness and scores. Frank Havens lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Count Johnston pops out to the first baseman. Jimmy Smith lines out to the shortstop. Herman Shean grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Win Kirkpatrick pops out to the first baseman. Willis Curd doubles to right field. Rusty Ward singles to right field. Rikkert Wood strikes out. Johnny Keck flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hugh Veryzer strikes out. Charlie Stanley strikes out. Dee Williams pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Russ Lyons doubles to right field. Ravelo Stephenson pops out to the second baseman. Doug Stoll strikes out. Frank Havens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Milt Trotter flies out to the left fielder. Scipio Wilson strikes out. Jun Otsu is pinch hitting for Shags Simons. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jun Otsu strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Greg Johnson pitching. Win Kirkpatrick grounds out to the third baseman. Willis Curd pops out to the second baseman. Rusty Ward singles to center field. Rikkert Wood grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rusty Ward is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Count Johnston hits a home run. Jimmy Smith triples. Herman Shean strikes out. Hugh Veryzer strikes out. Charlie Stanley singles to right field. Jimmy Smith scores. Dee Williams doubles to left field. Charlie Stanley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Milt Trotter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Johnny Keck pops out to the shortstop. Russ Lyons flies out to the left fielder. Ravelo Stephenson walks. Doug Stoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Staley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Scipio Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Mike Sodd is pinch hitting for Greg Johnson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Sodd grounds out to the shortstop. Count Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Ken Courtney pitching. Frank Havens pops out to the third baseman. Win Kirkpatrick grounds out to the third baseman. Willis Curd strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walt Thacker did not respond to coaching in speed Blackie Hardy improves in contact_vs_lefty Bret Liefer improves in power_vs_righty Gene Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Koichi Kanemura did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Brett did not respond to coaching in arm
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Allan Yount did not respond to coaching in speed Allan Yount did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Roque improves in speed Bob Roque did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rick Bransfield did not respond to coaching in control Larry Roser did not respond to coaching in control Bob Fetzer did not respond to coaching in 2B