Win: Rod McVey Loss: Buddy House
Save: Jeff Brittain
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rod McVey pitching. Julio Guerrero walks. Shinji Inoue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Julio Guerrero advances to second on the play. Walt Appier strikes out. Howie Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Buddy House pitching. Stubby Watson grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Pat Stallard flies out to the right fielder. Bill Valdivielso grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Charlie Shifflett hits a home run. Mike Durst singles to left field. Steve Pelouze walks. Roy Meeks lines out to the first baseman. Buddy House lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Julio Guerrero flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Merito Lemongello grounds out to the second baseman. Willson Contreras grounds out to the second baseman. Ivy Aragon doubles to left field. Fritz Lacy walks. Aramis Cias singles to left field. Ivy Aragon scores. Fritz Lacy advances to third on the hit. Rod McVey singles to center field. Fritz Lacy scores. Aramis Cias advances to third on the hit. Stubby Watson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Shinji Inoue doubles to center field. Walt Appier strikes out. Howie Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Shinji Inoue advances to third on the play. Charlie Shifflett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pat Stallard doubles to center field. Bill Valdivielso strikes out. Merito Lemongello walks. Willson Contreras hits a home run. Pat Stallard scores. Merito Lemongello scores. Dave Gordinier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ivy Aragon strikes out. Fritz Lacy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Mike Durst doubles to center field. Steve Pelouze singles to center field. Roy Meeks grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Pelouze advances to second on the play. Dave Gordinier strikes out. Julio Guerrero pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Aramis Cias grounds out to the second baseman. Rod McVey pops out to the shortstop. Stubby Watson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Shinji Inoue flies out to the center fielder. Walt Appier grounds out to the shortstop. Howie Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pat Stallard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Valdivielso hits an infield single to the pitcher. Merito Lemongello pops out to the second baseman. Willson Contreras strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Charlie Shifflett singles to center field. Mike Durst reached on a 2-base throwing error by Stubby Watson. Steve Pelouze flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Shifflett scores. Roy Meeks flies out to the left fielder. Harry Pevey is pinch hitting for Dave Gordinier. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Harry Pevey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gowell Locke pitching. Ivy Aragon singles to right field. Ivy Aragon steals second. Fritz Lacy flies out to the center fielder. Aramis Cias doubles to center field. Ivy Aragon scores. Rod McVey strikes out. Stubby Watson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dick Goldy enters the game as a defensive replacement for Willson Contreras at C. Julio Guerrero singles to right field. Shinji Inoue grounds out to the catcher. Julio Guerrero advances to second on the play. Walt Appier flies out to the center fielder. Howie Ramirez singles to right field. Julio Guerrero scores. Charlie Shifflett lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Pat Stallard strikes out. Bill Valdivielso strikes out. Merito Lemongello grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mike Durst grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Pelouze strikes out. Roy Meeks walks. Jim Twombly is pinch hitting for Gowell Locke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jim Twombly grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Roy Meeks is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Tex Floyd pitching. Dick Goldy singles to center field. Ivy Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Fritz Lacy flies out to the left fielder. Dick Goldy is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jeff Brittain comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Julio Guerrero flies out to the center fielder. Shinji Inoue walks. Walt Appier pops out to the first baseman. Howie Ramirez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Shinji Inoue is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 10 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4