Win: Junior Sheffield (2-8) Loss: Brian White (7-3)
Save: Tim McCarver (12)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Brian White pitching. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Jose Hohnhorst hits a home run. Marcelino Eason grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Junior Sheffield pitching. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Joseph Orwell walks. Ed Gregory strikes out. Dave Waddell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Alan Martin flies out to the left fielder. Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Gick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Carl McElveen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eric Kroll walks. Yuuji Iwadate pops out to the third baseman. Mike Hawk grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eric Kroll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Les Bryden pops out to the second baseman. Junior Sheffield grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Pruett lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Brian White doubles to center field. Ian McNulty strikes out. Joseph Orwell pops out to the shortstop. Ed Gregory lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the shortstop. Marcelino Eason pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dave Waddell strikes out. Carl McElveen reached on a 2-base throwing error by Alan Martin. Eric Kroll lines out to the second baseman. Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Alan Martin singles to left field. Joe Williams flies out to the center fielder. Lou Gick strikes out. Les Bryden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Hawk flies out to the left fielder. Brian White singles to right field. Ian McNulty singles to right field. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Brian White advances to third on the play. Ian McNulty advances to second on the play. Ed Gregory flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Junior Sheffield grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Pruett flies out to the right fielder. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dave Waddell flies out to the center fielder. Carl McElveen strikes out. Eric Kroll singles to right field. Yuuji Iwadate grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eric Kroll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the second baseman. Marcelino Eason grounds out to the shortstop. Alan Martin pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Hawk strikes out. Joe Blue is pinch hitting for Brian White. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Joe Blue pops out to the third baseman. Ian McNulty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gregg Haldeman pitching. Joe Williams singles to right field. Joe Williams steals second. Lou Gick flies out to the center fielder. Les Bryden singles to right field. Joe Williams scores. Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Junior Sheffield. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Hedlund flies out to the center fielder. Bob Pruett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Tim McCarver pitching. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Gregory flies out to the center fielder. Dave Waddell singles to right field. Carl McElveen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Waddell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Lucky Mankowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kenji Imazeki singles to left field. Jose Hohnhorst walks. Marcelino Eason strikes out. Alan Martin flies out to the right fielder. Joe Williams grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jose Hohnhorst is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Eric Kroll hits an infield single to the pitcher. Yuuji Iwadate strikes out. Mike Hawk singles to center field. Yoelvis Carbonell is pinch hitting for Lucky Mankowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yoelvis Carbonell reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jose Hohnhorst. Eric Kroll scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Ian McNulty strikes out. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jose Pike improves in control Truck Perezchica did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Richie Stallings improves in control Tink Morehead did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Pike did not respond to coaching in control George Rogers improves in power_vs_righty Dwight Hackett did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Larry Roettger did not respond to coaching in range Steve Kipper improves in velocity Robin Politte improves in contact_vs_lefty Ronn Moreno improves in arm Steve Kipper improves in velocity Larry Roettger improves in contact_vs_lefty