Win: Jim Ryan (14-4) Loss: Zacharie Ray (8-5)
Save: Emil Lee (8)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Zacharie Ray pitching. Bug Manno strikes out. Hilly Naragon grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Knight flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jim Ryan pitching. Tim James walks. Gerald Magnuson doubles past the third baseman. Tim James uses his aggressiveness and scores. Aaron Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Deacon Valdez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gerald Magnuson advances to third on the play. Al Rhodes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rusney Pupo strikes out. Jim Cash reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tim Driscoll. Johnny Warren singles past the shortstop. Jim Cash scores. Dick Bonds strikes out. Jim Nye flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tim Driscoll strikes out. Joe Galloway strikes out. Pete Drill singles to left field. Zacharie Ray strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jim Ryan pops out to the first baseman. Bug Manno walks. Hilly Naragon strikes out. Bug Manno steals second. Charlie Knight grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tim James pops out to the second baseman. Gerald Magnuson flies out to the center fielder. Aaron Robinson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rusney Pupo singles to right field. Jim Cash strikes out. Johnny Warren strikes out. Dick Bonds grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Deacon Valdez singles to left field. Al Rhodes strikes out. Tim Driscoll lines out to the third baseman. Deacon Valdez steals second. Joe Galloway grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jim Nye flies out to the center fielder. Jim Ryan grounds out to the shortstop. Bug Manno grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pete Drill singles to right field. Zacharie Ray lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Tim James grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pete Drill advances to third on the play. Zacharie Ray advances to second on the play. Gerald Magnuson strikes out. Aaron Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Hilly Naragon walks. Charlie Knight triples. Hilly Naragon scores. Rusney Pupo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Knight scores. Jim Cash grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Warren flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Deacon Valdez singles to center field. Al Rhodes walks. Deacon Valdez is out trying to steal third. Tim Driscoll lines out to the shortstop. Joe Galloway strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dave Lundquist comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Dick Bonds flies out to the left fielder. Jim Nye flies out to the center fielder. Jim Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Pete Drill grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Weintraub is pinch hitting for Dave Lundquist. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Paul Weintraub strikes out. Tim James lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Luis Floyd pitching. Bug Manno grounds out to the third baseman. Hilly Naragon pops out to the shortstop. Charlie Knight pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gerald Magnuson singles to left field. Aaron Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Deacon Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Al Rhodes walks. Emil Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Tim Driscoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Rusney Pupo strikes out. Jim Cash strikes out. Johnny Warren strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Joe Galloway flies out to the right fielder. Pete Drill grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Doby is pinch hitting for Luis Floyd. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Doby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 3 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nobuhiko Fukuma did not respond to coaching in control Rick Blanco improves in power_vs_righty Marty Mintz improves in speed Hiromasa Fujio improves in contact_vs_righty Buck Jones improves in power_vs_righty Buck Jones did not respond to coaching in arm Clem Manning did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mac Schemanske improves in velocity Carroll Diaz improves in contact_vs_lefty Herm Schalk did not respond to coaching in arm Herm Schalk improves in contact_vs_lefty Burt Clinton did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Carroll Diaz did not respond to coaching in SS