Win: Mike Weafer Loss: Billy Brocail
Save: Bert Hogan
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Billy Brocail pitching. Isidro Butera grounds out to the second baseman. Rube Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Red Kurtz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Mike Weafer pitching. Al Castillo pops out to the third baseman. Herm Crompton grounds out to the second baseman. Toru Tanimura walks. Toru Tanimura steals second. Hunky Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Felix Cusick strikes out. Tex Davalillo walks. Mack Briles grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jose Geddes walks. Jose Geddes is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jerry Mundinger strikes out. Wally Bystrom grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay John Hiatt hits an infield single to the shortstop. Newt Knowlson singles to left field. John Hiatt advances to third on the hit. Mike Weafer strikes out. Isidro Butera flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Hiatt scores. Rube Pena grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Newt Knowlson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Rube Lanier grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Billy Brocail strikes out. Al Castillo pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Red Kurtz singles to left field. Felix Cusick pops out to the third baseman. Tex Davalillo grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Herm Crompton singles past the second baseman. Herm Crompton steals second. Toru Tanimura hits a home run. Herm Crompton scores. Hunky Berger hits a home run. Jose Geddes grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Mundinger grounds out to the second baseman. Wally Bystrom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Mack Briles strikes out. John Hiatt singles to center field. Newt Knowlson doubles to left field. John Hiatt uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Weafer grounds out to the shortstop. Isidro Butera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rube Lanier strikes out. Billy Brocail lines out to the third baseman. Al Castillo singles past the shortstop. Al Castillo is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Rube Pena reached on a fielding error by Jerry Mundinger. Rube Pena steals second. Red Kurtz singles to center field. Rube Pena scores. Felix Cusick strikes out. Tex Davalillo strikes out. Mack Briles hits a home run. Red Kurtz scores. John Hiatt walks. Newt Knowlson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Herm Crompton flies out to the right fielder. Toru Tanimura singles to center field. Hunky Berger bunts for a base hit. Skipper Morgan 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. Jose Geddes strikes out. Jerry Mundinger grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jack Hibbard is pinch hitting for Skipper Morgan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack Hibbard grounds out to the second baseman. Isidro Butera strikes out. Rube Pena walks. Red Kurtz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Odalis Thobe pitching. Wally Bystrom strikes out. Rube Lanier flies out to the left fielder. Billy Brocail flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Felix Cusick grounds out to the second baseman. Red Hunt is pinch hitting for Tex Davalillo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Red Hunt hits a home run. Hal Start comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mack Briles bunts for a base hit. John Hiatt singles to right field. Newt Knowlson flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jose McQuaig is pinch hitting for Odalis Thobe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose McQuaig grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bert Hogan pitching. Leron Campanis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Red Hunt at RF. Al Castillo strikes out. Herm Crompton flies out to the right fielder. Toru Tanimura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Isidro Butera strikes out. Rube Pena grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Red Kurtz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Hunky Berger strikes out. Jose Geddes flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Mundinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 3