Win: Dave Pacella (6-7) Loss: Joe Wood (0-4)
Save: Merlin Leibrandt (9)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Jim Dowd pitching. Ed Mohardt singles to center field. Ed Mohardt steals second. Fred Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Phil Brye grounds out to the third baseman. Joe DeBerry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jack Blackmon pitching. Steve Payne doubles to center field. Hugh Liese grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Mungo singles to left field. Steve Payne scores. John Cruz singles to center field. Mark Mungo advances to third on the hit. Bob Daniels flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mark Mungo scores. Bartolo Chadwick grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Al Harris walks. Rusty Wise flies out to the center fielder. Gene McCullough pops out to the second baseman. Steve Robertson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Duke Strickland grounds out to the shortstop. Arnold Wilson strikes out. Jim Dowd grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Jack Blackmon strikes out. Ed Mohardt singles to left field. Ed Mohardt gets picked off first. Fred Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Steve Payne reached on a fielding error by Joe DeBerry. Hugh Liese triples. Steve Payne scores. Mark Mungo grounds out to the third baseman. Hugh Liese scores. John Cruz hits a home run. Bob Daniels singles to right field. Bob Daniels steals second. Bartolo Chadwick grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Daniels advances to third on the play. Duke Strickland pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Phil Brye singles to left field. Phil Brye steals second. Joe DeBerry doubles to center field. Phil Brye scores. Al Harris singles to center field. Rusty Wise singles to right field. Joe DeBerry scores. Al Harris advances to third on the hit. Gene McCullough flies out to the right fielder. Steve Robertson reached on a fielding error by Bartolo Chadwick. Al Harris scores. Jack Blackmon fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jack Blackmon strikes out. Ed Mohardt is hit by a pitch. Fred Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Arnold Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Dowd flies out to the right fielder. Steve Payne strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Phil Brye strikes out. Joe DeBerry flies out to the left fielder. Al Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Hugh Liese lines out to the second baseman. Mark Mungo pops out to the shortstop. John Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Rusty Wise flies out to the left fielder. Gene McCullough pops out to the second baseman. Steve Robertson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bob Daniels grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Pacella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bartolo Chadwick lines out to the pitcher. Duke Strickland reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dave Pacella. Arnold Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Homer Bishop comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Dave Pacella grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Mohardt singles to right field. Ed Mohardt steals second. Fred Johnson singles to center field. Ed Mohardt scores. Phil Brye grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny Hillman is pinch hitting for Homer Bishop. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnny Hillman grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Payne strikes out. Hugh Liese singles to right field. Mark Mungo pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Joe Wood pitching. Joe DeBerry strikes out. Al Harris walks. Al Harris steals second. Rusty Wise singles past the second baseman. Al Harris scores. Gene McCullough flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Wise steals second. Steve Robertson singles to center field. Rusty Wise scores. Paul Janowicz is pinch hitting for Dave Pacella. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Paul Janowicz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jeff Buelow pitching. John Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Daniels grounds out to the second baseman. Bartolo Chadwick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Ed Mohardt singles to left field. Fred Johnson lines out to the first baseman. Kirt Garcia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Phil Brye hits an infield single to the shortstop. Joe DeBerry pops out to the first baseman. Al Harris lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Merlin Leibrandt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Hendricks is pinch hitting for Duke Strickland. Mike Hendricks doubles to center field. Arnold Wilson strikes out. Doug Ripple is pinch hitting for Kirt Garcia. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Doug Ripple pops out to the catcher. Steve Payne pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Baltimore total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Joe DeBerry (8).GIDP - Phil Brye.HBP - Ed Mohardt (2). Baserunning: SB - Ed Mohardt 2 (22), Phil Brye (6), Al Harris (14), Rusty Wise (22). Fielding: E - Joe DeBerry, Dave Pacella.
Batting:2B - Steve Payne (15), Mike Hendricks (10).3B - Hugh Liese (9).HR - John Cruz (31).SF - Bob Daniels. Baserunning: SB - Bob Daniels (4). Fielding: E - Bartolo Chadwick.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Duane Marsh did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roger Kennedy improves in contact_vs_righty Philip Whitehurst did not respond to coaching in velocity Vada Rodriguez improves in power_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Lyn Freiburger improves in arm Tommy Reninger did not respond to coaching in speed Len Rosario did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dick Shea improves in range