Win: Tetsuya Nagakawa (2-5) Loss: Frank Brantley III (6-1)
Save: Lorenzo McCorry (1)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Frank Brantley III pitching. George Butcher strikes out. Daisuke Shimoyama grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Murray walks. Jay Carroll grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Roy Murray is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Las Vegas Tetsuya Nagakawa pitching. Matt Timmerman pops out to the shortstop. George Gorinski singles to left field. George Gorinski steals second. Dick Whisenton grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Riley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ace Griffin strikes out. Dave Appleton singles to center field. Yuset Rivera grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Las Vegas Keith Howard hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jim Berroa pops out to the first baseman. Vic Schepner grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jo-Jo McGraw grounds out to the shortstop. Tetsuya Nagakawa flies out to the right fielder. George Butcher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Las Vegas Brian Ballou grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Brantley III flies out to the left fielder. Matt Timmerman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Daisuke Shimoyama grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Murray walks. Jay Carroll walks. Ace Griffin walks. Dave Appleton doubles to center field. Roy Murray scores. Jay Carroll scores. Yuset Rivera grounds out to the shortstop. Ace Griffin scores. Dave Appleton advances to third on the play. Jo-Jo McGraw walks. Tetsuya Nagakawa singles to center field. Dave Appleton scores. George Butcher grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tetsuya Nagakawa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Las Vegas George Gorinski grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Whisenton grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Riley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Daisuke Shimoyama grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Murray grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jay Carroll walks. Ace Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Las Vegas Keith Howard flies out to the left fielder. Jim Berroa strikes out. Vic Schepner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dave Appleton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Yuset Rivera flies out to the right fielder. Jo-Jo McGraw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Las Vegas Brian Ballou singles to center field. Freddy Wilson is pinch hitting for Frank Brantley III. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Brian Ballou steals second. Freddy Wilson walks. Matt Timmerman grounds out to the pitcher. Brian Ballou advances to third on the play. Freddy Wilson advances to second on the play. George Gorinski strikes out. Dick Whisenton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Roy Baker pitching. Tetsuya Nagakawa walks. George Butcher flies out to the left fielder. Daisuke Shimoyama flies out to the left fielder. Roy Murray singles to center field. Jay Carroll singles to right field. Tetsuya Nagakawa scores. Roy Murray advances to third on the hit. Ace Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Las Vegas Ron Riley lines out to the second baseman. Keith Howard flies out to the left fielder. Jim Berroa singles to center field. Jim Berroa steals second. Vic Schepner singles to center field. Jim Berroa scores. Brian Ballou walks. Jim Dempsey is pinch hitting for Roy Baker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Dempsey singles to center field. Vic Schepner scores. Brian Ballou advances to third on the hit. Pat Segui 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 3rd. Matt Timmerman lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Izumi Nakamura pitching. Dave Appleton strikes out. Ken Dede is pinch hitting for Yuset Rivera. Ken Dede grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Hildebrand is pinch hitting for Jo-Jo McGraw. Rick Hildebrand grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Las Vegas George Gorinski walks. Dick Whisenton hits a home run. George Gorinski scores. Ron Riley pops out to the shortstop. Tom McGeachy 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. Keith Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Berroa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Frank Lazor is pinch hitting for Tom McGeachy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Lazor flies out to the center fielder. George Butcher grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Shimoyama singles to left field. Roy Murray walks. Jay Carroll grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Roy Murray is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Las Vegas Lorenzo McCorry pitching. Vic Schepner strikes out. Brian Ballou grounds out to the third baseman. Izumi Nakamura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Las Vegas total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Will Stewart improves in power_vs_righty Ed Foor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Kenny Putnam did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Richie Larsen improves in range
Las Vegas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Tim Corey did not respond to coaching in range Bill Cooke improves in power_vs_righty Tim Corey did not respond to coaching in arm Jake Mejia improves in arm