Win: Charlie Hall Loss: Walter Forsch
Save: Hank Nash
Inning: 1 Minnesota Walter Forsch pitching. Chuck Whisenant grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Browning strikes out. Brad Sanford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Charlie Hall pitching. Hugh Berger walks. Nick Castellanos flies out to the left fielder. Pete Bruner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hugh Berger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ben Cooke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jim McGrew grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Parker hits a home run. Tom Kaiserling singles past the second baseman. Gary Boardman grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tom Kaiserling is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Happy Iott singles to right field. Gary Boardman advances to third on the hit. Charlie Hall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jim Cradle triples. Dan Hurtado grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Cradle scores. Roy Niemann flies out to the center fielder. Jim Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Chuck Whisenant flies out to the right fielder. Harry Browning strikes out. Brad Sanford singles to left field. Jim McGrew grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Walter Forsch grounds out to the second baseman. Hugh Berger flies out to the left fielder. Nick Castellanos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Lou Parker grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Kaiserling is hit by a pitch. Gary Boardman pops out to the third baseman. Tom Kaiserling is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Pete Bruner pops out to the first baseman. Ben Cooke grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Cradle singles to left field. Jim Cradle is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Happy Iott pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Hall strikes out. Chuck Whisenant singles to left field. Harry Browning doubles to left field. Brad Sanford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dan Hurtado grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Niemann pops out to the catcher. Jim Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jim McGrew singles to center field. Lou Parker strikes out. Tom Kaiserling pops out to the third baseman. Gary Boardman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Walter Forsch pops out to the second baseman. Hugh Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Nick Castellanos singles to center field. Pete Bruner hits a home run. Nick Castellanos scores. Ben Cooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Happy Iott singles to right field. Dan Falsey is pinch hitting for Charlie Hall. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dan Falsey walks. Chuck Whisenant flies out to the left fielder. Harry Browning lines out to the first baseman. Brad Sanford walks. Jim McGrew walks. Happy Iott scores. Lou Parker singles to right field. Dan Falsey scores. Brad Sanford scores. Jim McGrew advances to third on the hit. Elmer Wagner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Kaiserling doubles to center field. Jim McGrew scores. Lou Parker is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Oral Groth pitching. Jim Cradle grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Hurtado grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Niemann strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gary Boardman doubles to left field. Happy Iott strikes out. Bill McAvoy is pinch hitting for Oral Groth. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bill McAvoy flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Chuck Whisenant reached on a 2-base throwing error by Roy Niemann. Gary Boardman scores. Harry Browning grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jim Bowen pitching. Gus Bannister is pinch hitting for Jim Smith. Gus Bannister doubles to left field. Jimmy Hickman is pinch hitting for Elmer Wagner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jimmy Hickman strikes out. Hugh Berger walks. Nick Castellanos grounds out to the pitcher. Gus Bannister advances to third on the play. Hugh Berger advances to second on the play. Pete Bruner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Okika Ponimoi pitching. Doug McQuaid enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gus Bannister at RF. Brad Sanford flies out to the center fielder. Jim McGrew pops out to the second baseman. Lou Parker walks. Tom Kaiserling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hank Nash comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ben Cooke strikes out. Jim Cradle flies out to the center fielder. Dan Hurtado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 3