Win: Frank Rose Loss: Charlie Hall
Save: Ed McNamara
Inning: 1 Minnesota Frank Rose pitching. Chuck Whisenant grounds out to the second baseman. Brad Sanford singles past the third baseman. Lou Parker grounds out to the third baseman. Brad Sanford advances to second on the play. Tom Kaiserling grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Charlie Hall pitching. Hugh Berger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Niemann walks. Pete Bruner strikes out. Ben Cooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Gary Boardman pops out to the second baseman. Jason Schlesinger grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cardinal flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jim Cradle grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Hurtado strikes out. Jim Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ted Huber grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Hall grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Whisenant flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Gene Grant walks. Frank Rose lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hugh Berger flies out to the left fielder. Roy Niemann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Brad Sanford grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Parker grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Kaiserling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Pete Bruner singles to left field. Ben Cooke pops out to the shortstop. Jim Cradle strikes out. Dan Hurtado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gary Boardman walks. Jason Schlesinger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Boardman advances to second on the play. Joe Cardinal strikes out. Ted Huber grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jim Smith singles to center field. Gene Grant hits a home run. Jim Smith scores. Frank Rose grounds out to the third baseman. Hugh Berger strikes out. Roy Niemann singles to right field. Pete Bruner pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Happy Iott is pinch hitting for Charlie Hall. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Happy Iott grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Whisenant singles to right field. Brad Sanford singles to left field. Chuck Whisenant is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Lou Parker pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Oral Groth pitching. Ben Cooke hits a home run. Dave Stieb comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Cradle strikes out. Dan Hurtado flies out to the center fielder. Jim Smith singles to center field. Gene Grant flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tom Kaiserling grounds out to the pitcher. Gary Boardman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jason Schlesinger singles to left field. Dan Falsey is pinch hitting for Joe Cardinal. Dan Falsey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Frank Rose grounds out to the third baseman. Hugh Berger doubles to left field. Roy Niemann singles to center field. Hugh Berger scores. Pete Bruner flies out to the left fielder. Ben Cooke bunts for a base hit. Bill Berry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Cradle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ted Huber doubles to left field. Bill McAvoy is pinch hitting for Bill Berry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bill McAvoy strikes out. Chuck Whisenant strikes out. Brad Sanford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jim Bowen pitching. Dan Hurtado walks. Jim Smith strikes out. Gene Grant grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Lou Parker singles to right field. Tom Kaiserling grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lou Parker advances to second on the play. Elmer Wagner 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 2nd. Gary Boardman hits a home run. Lou Parker scores. Ed McNamara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jason Schlesinger walks. Dan Falsey flies out to the center fielder. Ted Huber singles to center field. Jason Schlesinger advances to third on the hit. Eli Landis is pinch hitting for Jim Bowen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eli Landis singles to left field. Jason Schlesinger scores. Chuck Whisenant flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7