Win: Willard Brashear Loss: Jeff McKnight
Save: Jerry Ryba
Inning: 1 Minnesota Willard Brashear pitching. Ken Daniels strikes out. Jerry Mundinger flies out to the right fielder. Bob Brown singles to center field. Bob Brown steals second. Wally Bertaina strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jeff McKnight pitching. Paul Staley doubles to left field. John Harris flies out to the right fielder. Isidro Butera walks. Mark Choate singles to right field. Paul Staley is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Isidro Butera advances to third on the play. Bobby Spalding grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ben Richard singles to center field. Darrin Firova flies out to the right fielder. Paul Bowden flies out to the left fielder. Rod Rockhardt doubles to left field. Jeff McKnight strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Walter Burrows hits a home run. Sammy Walkup grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Brunson lines out to the second baseman. Willard Brashear flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ken Daniels flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Mundinger flies out to the left fielder. Bob Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Paul Staley grounds out to the pitcher. John Harris flies out to the right fielder. Isidro Butera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Wally Bertaina singles to center field. Wally Bertaina is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ben Richard strikes out. Darrin Firova singles to right field. Paul Bowden singles past the third baseman. Rod Rockhardt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Mark Choate walks. Bobby Spalding doubles to right field. Mark Choate uses his aggressiveness and scores. Walter Burrows grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Spalding advances to third on the play. Sammy Walkup grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Spalding scores. Bill Brunson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jeff McKnight grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Daniels doubles to left field. Jerry Mundinger strikes out. Bob Brown walks. Wally Bertaina pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Willard Brashear pops out to the second baseman. Paul Staley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! John Harris singles to left field. Isidro Butera grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Harris is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ben Richard grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Darrin Firova singles to center field. Paul Bowden walks. Rod Rockhardt singles to right field. Darrin Firova is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Paul Bowden advances to third on the play. Jeff McKnight singles to center field. Paul Bowden scores. Rod Rockhardt advances to third on the hit. Ken Daniels grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mark Choate doubles to center field. Bobby Spalding walks. Walter Burrows singles to left field. Mark Choate scores. Bobby Spalding advances to third on the hit. Tom Leifield comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sammy Walkup singles to right field. Bobby Spalding scores. Walter Burrows advances to third on the hit. Bill Brunson singles past the third baseman. Walter Burrows scores. Willard Brashear lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Staley doubles to right field. Sammy Walkup scores. Bill Brunson scores. Chuck McGuire comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Isidro Butera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jerry Mundinger singles to right field. Jerry Mundinger steals second. Bob Brown doubles past the center fielder. Jerry Mundinger scores. Wally Bertaina grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Brown advances to third on the play. Ben Richard singles to left field. Bob Brown scores. Darrin Firova singles to left field. Ben Richard advances to third on the hit. Paul Bowden flies out to the center fielder. Rod Rockhardt singles to center field. Ben Richard scores. Darrin Firova advances to third on the hit. Orville Garibay comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshio Hirai is pinch hitting for Chuck McGuire. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yoshio Hirai singles to right field. Darrin Firova scores. Rod Rockhardt advances to third on the hit. Yoshio Hirai steals second. Ken Daniels reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bobby Spalding. Rod Rockhardt scores. Yoshio Hirai scores. Jerry Mundinger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Robin Sykes pitching. Mark Choate strikes out. Bobby Spalding singles to center field. Walter Burrows singles to right field. Bobby Spalding advances to third on the hit. Sammy Walkup singles to center field. Bobby Spalding scores. Walter Burrows is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Bill Brunson flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bob Brown singles to left field. Wally Bertaina singles to left field. Bob Brown advances to third on the hit. Ben Richard flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Brown scores. Darrin Firova grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Wally Bertaina is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jerry Ryba comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Bowden pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jerry Ryba strikes out. Paul Staley walks. John Harris strikes out. Isidro Butera pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rod Rockhardt doubles to right field. Jack McCarren is pinch hitting for Robin Sykes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack McCarren grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Rockhardt is out trying to steal third. Ken Daniels singles to center field. Ken Daniels steals second. Jerry Mundinger grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 12 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6