Win: John Collins (1-0) Loss: Jack Conkwright (1-2)
Save: Doug Johnston (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Jack Conkwright pitching. Joe Dauer walks. Kip Oakes walks. Luis Boone strikes out. Jacob Raymond walks. Sandy Sand grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Baltimore Cam Dibble pitching. Bill Tyree singles past the third baseman. Bill Tyree steals second. Brad Hughes strikes out. Sport Nosek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Tyree advances to third on the play. Ray Jok flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ed Grissom strikes out. Dave Bivin grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Lazzeri flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Whitey Ross hits a home run. Reggie Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Boots Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Grieve strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Cam Dibble singles to center field. Joe Dauer strikes out. Kip Oakes hits a home run. Cam Dibble scores. Luis Boone strikes out. Jacob Raymond strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Jack Conkwright strikes out. Bill Tyree grounds out to the shortstop. Brad Hughes hits a home run. Sport Nosek strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Sandy Sand grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Grissom grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Bivin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Ray Jok lines out to the shortstop. Whitey Ross flies out to the center fielder. Reggie Davis grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Greg Lazzeri reached on a 2-base fielding error by Sport Nosek. Cam Dibble lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Dauer pops out to the first baseman. Kip Oakes hits an infield single to the second baseman. Greg Lazzeri scores. Kip Oakes is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Boots Willis walks. Dick Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Jack Conkwright lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Tyree pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Luis Boone singles to right field. Luis Boone steals second. Jacob Raymond flies out to the right fielder. Sandy Sand grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Grissom flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Brad Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Sport Nosek bunts for a base hit. Ray Jok strikes out. Whitey Ross hits a home run. Sport Nosek scores. John Collins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reggie Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dave Bivin singles to left field. Greg Lazzeri flies out to the center fielder. Clay Williams is pinch hitting for John Collins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Clay Williams walks. Joe Dauer singles to center field. Dave Bivin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Clay Williams advances to third on the hit. Kip Oakes singles to center field. Clay Williams scores. Luis Boone walks. Jacob Raymond flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Dauer is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Doug Johnston pitching. Boots Willis flies out to the right fielder. Dick Grieve walks. Gene Herrera is pinch hitting for Jack Conkwright. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Gene Herrera lines out to the second baseman. Bill Tyree grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dick Grieve is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Tom Taylor pitching. Sandy Sand flies out to the center fielder. Ed Grissom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dave Bivin singles to left field. Greg Lazzeri strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Brad Hughes flies out to the right fielder. Sport Nosek strikes out. Ray Jok pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Doug Johnston strikes out. Joe Dauer grounds out to the shortstop. Kip Oakes walks. Luis Boone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Whitey Ross flies out to the center fielder. Reggie Davis strikes out. Boots Willis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Baltimore total runners LOB: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nigel Valdes did not respond to coaching in control Alex Brown did not respond to coaching in control Danny Lukon did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Matthews did not respond to coaching in velocity Doug Ashley did not respond to coaching in velocity Wally Wheelock did not respond to coaching in control
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cliff Bartholomew did not respond to coaching in arm Cliff Faeth did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Cliff Bartholomew did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Brillheart improves in arm Luis Guzman did not respond to coaching in speed Larry Mata did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty