Win: Ed Noble (9-14) Loss: Jimmy Newton (13-8)
Save: Clayton Davison (6)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Jimmy Newton pitching. Jim Hawkes grounds out to the second baseman. Hosken Gerner strikes out. Dave Booles flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ed Noble pitching. Steve Newman grounds out to the second baseman. Wendell Humphrey flies out to the center fielder. Steve Milligan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ray Boles grounds out to the second baseman. Amos Fain grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Wasdell reached on a fielding error by Steve Newman. Brett Shreve strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Buddy Moore triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Terry Keelan flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Buddy Moore is thrown out at the plate. Whitey Mahaffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dave Viola grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Noble grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Hawkes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Skip Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Salmon grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Newton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hosken Gerner grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Booles triples. Ray Boles flies out to the center fielder. Amos Fain flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Steve Newman pops out to the second baseman. Wendell Humphrey strikes out. Steve Milligan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Wasdell singles to center field. Brett Shreve walks. Dave Viola flies out to the center fielder. Ed Noble fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ed Noble grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Wasdell advances to third on the play. Brett Shreve advances to second on the play. Jim Hawkes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Buddy Moore strikes out. Terry Keelan grounds out to the third baseman. Whitey Mahaffey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hosken Gerner strikes out. Dave Booles doubles to center field. Ray Boles singles past the second baseman. Dave Booles scores. Amos Fain grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Skip Johnson doubles to center field. Danny Salmon walks. Jimmy Newton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Steve Newman walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Wendell Humphrey grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Skip Johnson is out at home. Steve Milligan strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Wasdell flies out to the center fielder. Brett Shreve flies out to the right fielder. Dave Viola grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Buddy Moore flies out to the center fielder. Terry Keelan singles to left field. Whitey Mahaffey grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Phil Baugh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Creepy Smyres is pinch hitting for Ed Noble. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Creepy Smyres grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Hawkes singles to center field. Hosken Gerner walks. Dave Booles grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Hawkes advances to third on the play. Hosken Gerner advances to second on the play. Ray Boles flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Clayton Davison pitching. Skip Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Salmon strikes out. Ricky Luna is pinch hitting for Phil Baugh. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ricky Luna walks. Steve Newman grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ricky Luna is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bill Bridgford pitching. Amos Fain strikes out. Mike Wasdell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brett Shreve grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Wendell Humphrey grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Milligan strikes out. Buddy Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ken Maksudian did not respond to coaching in velocity Reggie McCarthy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Scott Hawkes improves in speed
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Filipi improves in range Jim McMurray did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Eugene Erixson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Filipi improves in arm Eugene Erixson did not respond to coaching in CF