Win: Jake Falkenberg (1-0) Loss: Buddy House (1-1)
Save: Ron Kahoe (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Buddy House pitching. Rick Thompson strikes out. Craig Carrillo singles to left field. Stubby Watson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Craig Carrillo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Darrell Putnam walks. Billy Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jake Falkenberg pitching. Ernie Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Shinji Inoue triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Roy Meeks strikes out. Kazutaka Tomimatsu hits a home run. Shinji Inoue scores. Charlie Shifflett walks. Charlie Shifflett gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Katsutoshi Osada strikes out. Aramis Cias strikes out. Harry Daub grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Howie Ramirez grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Walt Appier strikes out. Anthony Roque flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jake Falkenberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rick Thompson walks. Craig Carrillo lines out to the first baseman. Stubby Watson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rick Thompson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Buddy House strikes out. Ernie Kane pops out to the second baseman. Shinji Inoue strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Darrell Putnam hits a home run. Billy Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Katsutoshi Osada grounds out to the third baseman. Aramis Cias flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Roy Meeks pops out to the second baseman. Kazutaka Tomimatsu singles to center field. Charlie Shifflett flies out to the right fielder. Howie Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Harry Daub pops out to the shortstop. Jake Falkenberg singles to center field. Rick Thompson singles past the second baseman. Craig Carrillo pops out to the second baseman. Stubby Watson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rick Thompson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Walt Appier singles to center field. Anthony Roque flies out to the left fielder. Buddy House lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Ernie Kane reached on a 2-base throwing error by Billy Lewis. Shinji Inoue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Darrell Putnam flies out to the center fielder. Billy Lewis flies out to the right fielder. Katsutoshi Osada flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Roy Meeks singles to center field. Kazutaka Tomimatsu strikes out. Charlie Shifflett singles to center field. Roy Meeks aggressively advances to third on the hit. Charlie Shifflett steals second. Howie Ramirez strikes out. Walt Appier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Aramis Cias walks. Aramis Cias steals second. Harry Daub strikes out. Roy Abadie is pinch hitting for Jake Falkenberg. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Roy Abadie flies out to the left fielder. Rick Thompson hits a home run. Aramis Cias scores. Craig Carrillo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tommie Ludwick pitching. Anthony Roque strikes out. Buddy House is hit by a pitch. Ernie Kane singles to right field. Shinji Inoue grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Stubby Watson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Darrell Putnam walks. Billy Lewis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Darrell Putnam is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Billy Lewis steals second. Katsutoshi Osada singles to right field. Aramis Cias grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Roy Meeks singles to left field. Kazutaka Tomimatsu strikes out. Roy Meeks is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Charlie Shifflett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Harry Daub singles to right field. Sadie Doherty is pinch hitting for Tommie Ludwick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sadie Doherty singles to left field. Loy Hall comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Daub advances to third on the play. Sadie Doherty advances to second on the play. Craig Carrillo flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Daub scores. Stubby Watson singles to center field. Darrell Putnam singles to center field. Sadie Doherty scores. Billy Lewis pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ron Kahoe pitching. Howie Ramirez walks. Walt Appier singles to center field. Anthony Roque strikes out. Birdie Durham is pinch hitting for Loy Hall. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Birdie Durham grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Walt Appier is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ernie Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Adam Marrero did not respond to coaching in control Gabe Ketchum improves in contact_vs_lefty Lou Mullen improves in range Scottie Jones improves in speed Scottie Jones did not respond to coaching in SS
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Larmore improves in arm John Pierson improves in contact_vs_righty John Blaylock did not respond to coaching in endurance Tom Rosario did not respond to coaching in control