Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Carlos Benton pitching. Steve Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Pedro Boerner walks. John Lolich triples. Pedro Boerner scores. Herb Smith grounds out to the shortstop. John Lolich scores. Dick Peraza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Steve Barr pitching. Paul Sowders pops out to the pitcher. Naohisa Noda hits a home run. Yoshiro Kitano walks. Vance Spencer pops out to the third baseman. Johnny Staggs singles to left field. Yoshiro Kitano advances to third on the hit. Phil Lea grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay George Gehring lines out to the second baseman. Tom Henrich grounds out to the shortstop. Lyn Leard grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Carlos Gongora grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Kazuhiko Mizunuma flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Benton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Steve Barr singles to right field. Steve Taylor singles to right field. Steve Barr advances to third on the hit. Pedro Boerner hits a home run. Steve Barr scores. Steve Taylor scores. John Lolich flies out to the center fielder. Herb Smith singles to center field. Dick Peraza strikes out. George Gehring singles past the second baseman. Herb Smith advances to third on the hit. Tom Henrich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Paul Sowders strikes out. Naohisa Noda grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshiro Kitano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Lyn Leard strikes out. Steve Barr strikes out. Steve Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Vance Spencer flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Staggs strikes out. Phil Lea strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pedro Boerner grounds out to the third baseman. John Lolich grounds out to the third baseman. Herb Smith singles to right field. Dick Peraza flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Carlos Gongora strikes out. Kazuhiko Mizunuma walks. Carlos Benton lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Sowders flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay George Gehring flies out to the center fielder. Tom Henrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lyn Leard singles to left field. Steve Barr strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Naohisa Noda walks. Naohisa Noda steals second. Yoshiro Kitano strikes out. Vance Spencer strikes out. Johnny Staggs lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Steve Taylor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Yoshiro Kitano. Pedro Boerner grounds out to the third baseman. John Lolich singles to right field. Steve Taylor scores. Gus Browning comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Herb Smith walks. Dick Peraza doubles to left field. John Lolich scores. Herb Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Gehring walks. Tom Henrich flies out to the left fielder. Lyn Leard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Phil Lea strikes out. Carlos Gongora flies out to the right fielder. Kazuhiko Mizunuma strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Steve Barr strikes out. Steve Taylor grounds out to the pitcher. Pedro Boerner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gee Fernandez is pinch hitting for Gus Browning. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gee Fernandez grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Dundon is pinch hitting for Paul Sowders. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Dundon flies out to the left fielder. Naohisa Noda singles to center field. Yoshiro Kitano walks. Vance Spencer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Yoshiro Kitano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Eric Gregory pitching. John Lolich walks. Herb Smith pops out to the third baseman. Dick Peraza singles to center field. John Lolich advances to third on the hit. George Gehring singles to right field. John Lolich scores. Dick Peraza advances to third on the hit. Tom Henrich pops out to the shortstop. Lyn Leard flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Johnny Staggs singles to center field. Phil Lea grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Carlos Gongora flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6