Win: Lou Macias (14-10) Loss: Ellis Jackson (20-9)
Save: Al Darrow (9)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ellis Jackson pitching. Ted Hopkins grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Stanton doubles past the left fielder. Art Peguero walks. Jerry Roser singles to left field. Ed Stanton scores. Art Peguero advances to third on the hit. Jon Anderson strikes out. Alex Earnshaw hits a home run. Art Peguero scores. Jerry Roser scores. Steve Ludwig grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Lou Macias pitching. Charlie Smith flies out to the right fielder. Keith Menosky strikes out. Downtown Howie Brown grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Clay Arrigo grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Macias flies out to the right fielder. Ted Hopkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Willie Bradley flies out to the center fielder. Eric Johnson lines out to the shortstop. Clay Melillo walks. Don Brinkman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ed Stanton grounds out to the shortstop. Art Peguero strikes out. Jerry Roser grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Kevin Bono pops out to the second baseman. Ellis Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Smith lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jon Anderson strikes out. Alex Earnshaw walks. Steve Ludwig singles to right field. Clay Arrigo grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Earnshaw advances to third on the play. Steve Ludwig advances to second on the play. Lou Macias strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Keith Menosky grounds out to the shortstop. Downtown Howie Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Willie Bradley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ted Hopkins strikes out. Ed Stanton strikes out. Art Peguero walks. Jerry Roser singles to right field. Art Peguero advances to third on the hit. Jon Anderson walks. Alex Earnshaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Eric Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clay Melillo walks. Clay Melillo is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Don Brinkman singles to center field. Kevin Bono singles to center field. Don Brinkman advances to third on the hit. Ellis Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Steve Ludwig walks. Clay Arrigo strikes out. Steve Ludwig steals second. Steve Ludwig steals third. Lou Macias flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Ludwig scores. Jim Basinski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ted Hopkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Charlie Smith singles to left field. Keith Menosky singles to right field. Charlie Smith advances to third on the hit. Downtown Howie Brown pops out to the second baseman. Willie Bradley singles to left field. Charlie Smith scores. Keith Menosky advances to third on the hit. Willie Bradley is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Eric Johnson singles to center field. Keith Menosky scores. Clay Melillo singles to left field. Don Brinkman singles to center field. Eric Johnson scores. Clay Melillo advances to third on the hit. Kevin Bono strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ed Stanton strikes out. Art Peguero grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Roser flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Al Darrow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Joe Shannon is pinch hitting for Jim Basinski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Shannon strikes out. Charlie Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Keith Menosky strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota George Esposito pitching. Jon Anderson grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Earnshaw flies out to the right fielder. Steve Ludwig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jim Quinn is pinch hitting for Downtown Howie Brown. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Quinn strikes out. Willie Bradley strikes out. Eric Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Clay Arrigo grounds out to the second baseman. Al Darrow strikes out. Ted Hopkins singles past the second baseman. Ted Hopkins is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Clay Melillo lines out to the second baseman. Don Brinkman strikes out. Kevin Bono grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Johnny Mowry did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie W Wills did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Kellert did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Fred Brabender did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bruce Hernon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jose Porter improves in range
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Reggie Moncewicz improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Clough improves in velocity Doug Frill did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Foster did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Clough did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Johnny Bradford did not respond to coaching in 3B