Inning: 1 Chicago Buster Gaw pitching. Dennis Ratliff singles to left field. Dennis Ratliff steals second. Gary Fingers strikes out. Kurt Bolton grounds out to the second baseman. Dennis Ratliff advances to third on the play. Mark Merriman singles to right field. Dennis Ratliff scores. Bill Sundberg pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bud Layana pitching. Vance Cromer singles to center field. Kip Oakes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jack Tomney walks. Jack Tomney steals second. Dennis Ratliff throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Jacob Raymond singles to center field. Jack Tomney scores. March Roberge pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Shat Sheets pops out to the shortstop. Paul McWilliams hits a home run. Tommy Hayes singles to left field. Bud Layana lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dennis Ratliff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Dauer doubles to left field. Joe Dauer gets picked off second (1-4). Luis Boone singles to right field. Bob Sterrett strikes out. Buster Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Gary Fingers singles past the second baseman. Kurt Bolton strikes out. Mark Merriman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Vance Cromer strikes out. Kip Oakes pops out to the first baseman. Jack Tomney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Bill Sundberg singles to left field. Shat Sheets flies out to the right fielder. Paul McWilliams grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Sundberg is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Paul McWilliams steals second. Tommy Hayes singles to right field. Paul McWilliams scores. Bud Layana flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jacob Raymond grounds out to the third baseman. March Roberge flies out to the center fielder. Joe Dauer singles to left field. Luis Boone walks. Bob Sterrett grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Luis Boone is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Dennis Ratliff singles to left field. Gary Fingers hits a home run. Dennis Ratliff scores. Ken Lewandowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kurt Bolton strikes out. Mark Merriman walks. Bill Sundberg flies out to the left fielder. Shat Sheets strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ken Lewandowski strikes out. Vance Cromer grounds out to the shortstop. Kip Oakes walks. Jack Tomney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Paul McWilliams singles to right field. Tommy Hayes walks. Bud Layana fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bud Layana grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Paul McWilliams advances to third on the play. Dennis Ratliff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jacob Raymond grounds out to the shortstop. March Roberge grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Dauer singles to left field. Luis Boone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Gary Fingers singles to right field. Kurt Bolton walks. Mark Merriman grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Gary Fingers advances to third on the play. Bill Sundberg pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bob Sterrett flies out to the center fielder. Ray Trimble is pinch hitting for Ken Lewandowski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ray Trimble grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vance Cromer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Doug Johnston pitching. Shat Sheets flies out to the right fielder. Paul McWilliams grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Hayes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Kip Oakes singles to center field. Jack Tomney lines out to the third baseman. Ray Chaplin 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 1st. Jacob Raymond strikes out. March Roberge grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kip Oakes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Mike Castillo is pinch hitting for Ray Chaplin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mike Castillo strikes out. Dennis Ratliff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Fingers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jeff Fisher pitching. Joe Dauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Luis Boone singles to center field. Bob Sterrett strikes out. John Heidrick is pinch hitting for Doug Johnston. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Heidrick doubles to center field. Luis Boone uses his aggressiveness and scores. Vance Cromer singles to center field. John Heidrick scores. John Lock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vance Cromer steals second. Kip Oakes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Batting:HR - Gary Fingers (10), Paul McWilliams (33).GIDP - Mark Merriman 2, Bud Layana. Baserunning: SB - Dennis Ratliff (4), Paul McWilliams (7). Fielding: E - Dennis Ratliff.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Farmer Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Farmer Brown improves in range Alan Pena did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Johnson improves in power_vs_righty Eric Hicks did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Farmer Brown improves in power_vs_lefty Alan Pena did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Chris Camilli did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Matthews did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Spikes improves in arm Harry Wineapple improves in control Buck Locker did not respond to coaching in velocity