Win: Ted Witt Loss: Terry Creel
Save: Akira Nakamura
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Terry Creel pitching. Jose Foster grounds out to the second baseman. Bryan Mercer strikes out. Amaury Weyhing strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ted Witt pitching. Bill Salmon flies out to the left fielder. Herbert Grieve strikes out. Elmer Drake walks. Harry Dade singles to right field. Elmer Drake advances to third on the hit. Tim Murray strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Mike Chacon singles to center field. Hank Nyman strikes out. Diego Johnson doubles to right field. Mike Chacon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Alex Alomar lines out to the second baseman. Bobby Steinbrenner triples. Diego Johnson scores. Ted Witt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Wayne Wojcik flies out to the left fielder. Hillis Duffee pops out to the first baseman. Bernie Palmer doubles to right field. Terry Creel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jose Foster pops out to the second baseman. Bryan Mercer singles to center field. Amaury Weyhing singles to center field. Bryan Mercer advances to third on the hit. Mike Chacon lines out to the shortstop. Hank Nyman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Salmon singles to center field. Herbert Grieve flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Elmer Drake grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Salmon advances to second on the play. Harry Dade is hit by a pitch. Tim Murray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Diego Johnson strikes out. Alex Alomar singles to center field. Bobby Steinbrenner grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Alomar advances to second on the play. Ted Witt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Wayne Wojcik strikes out. Hillis Duffee strikes out. Bernie Palmer reached on a fielding error by Bryan Mercer. Terry Creel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jose Foster flies out to the center fielder. Bryan Mercer singles to left field. Amaury Weyhing singles past the second baseman. Mike Chacon pops out to the first baseman. Hank Nyman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Salmon singles to left field. Herbert Grieve strikes out. Elmer Drake walks. Harry Dade lines out to the first baseman. Tim Murray singles to left field. Bill Salmon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Elmer Drake advances to third on the hit. Wayne Wojcik grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Diego Johnson doubles to left field. Alex Alomar singles to right field. Diego Johnson scores. Bobby Steinbrenner is hit by a pitch. Paul Bluege is pinch hitting for Ted Witt. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Paul Bluege doubles to right field. Alex Alomar scores. Joe Green comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Foster grounds out to the pitcher. Bryan Mercer strikes out. Amaury Weyhing grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Akira Nakamura pitching. Hillis Duffee flies out to the right fielder. Bernie Palmer grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Green grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Mike Chacon walks. Hank Nyman strikes out. Diego Johnson walks. Alex Alomar grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bill Salmon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Herbert Grieve flies out to the left fielder. Elmer Drake grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bobby Steinbrenner singles to center field. Akira Nakamura lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jose Foster singles past the second baseman. Bobby Steinbrenner scores. Jean-Pierre Galvin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bryan Mercer flies out to the right fielder. Amaury Weyhing walks. Mike Chacon grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Amaury Weyhing is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Harry Dade bunts for a base hit. Tim Murray flies out to the left fielder. Wayne Wojcik flies out to the center fielder. Hillis Duffee walks. Bernie Palmer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hillis Duffee is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hank Nyman walks. Diego Johnson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Alex Alomar walks. Bobby Steinbrenner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Alomar is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tom Riley is pinch hitting for Jean-Pierre Galvin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Riley singles to left field. Bill Salmon grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Herbert Grieve walks. Elmer Drake strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 12 Minnesota total runners LOB: 11