Inning: 1 Minnesota Jose Pike pitching. Carl McElveen singles to center field. Ian McNulty strikes out. Joseph Orwell walks. Ed Gregory strikes out. Dave Waddell singles to center field. Carl McElveen scores. Joseph Orwell advances to third on the hit. Gordon Fosnow hits a home run. Joseph Orwell scores. Dave Waddell scores. Yuuji Iwadate singles past the first baseman. Mike Hawk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bob Lake pitching. Kip Yerkes strikes out. Geronimo Conroy singles past the shortstop. Matt Laga strikes out. Les Bryden pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bob Lake flies out to the left fielder. Carl McElveen strikes out. Ian McNulty hits a home run. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett flies out to the right fielder. John Mercado flies out to the right fielder. Truck Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ed Gregory singles to left field. Dave Waddell lines out to the shortstop. Gordon Fosnow strikes out. Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Joe Williams hits a home run. Jose Pike lines out to the second baseman. Kip Yerkes flies out to the left fielder. Geronimo Conroy doubles to center field. Matt Laga pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Hawk grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Lake grounds out to the second baseman. Carl McElveen walks. Ian McNulty grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Carl McElveen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Les Bryden flies out to the right fielder. Dwight Hackett doubles to center field. John Mercado grounds out to the second baseman. Dwight Hackett advances to third on the play. Truck Perezchica grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joseph Orwell flies out to the right fielder. Ed Gregory reached on a fielding error by Geronimo Conroy. Ed Gregory is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dave Waddell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Williams walks. Jose Pike lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kip Yerkes singles to left field. Joe Williams scores. Geronimo Conroy strikes out. Matt Laga grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Kip Yerkes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gordon Fosnow singles to right field. Yuuji Iwadate singles past the shortstop. Gordon Fosnow advances to third on the hit. Mike Hawk singles to center field. Gordon Fosnow scores. Yuuji Iwadate advances to third on the hit. Bob Lake grounds out to the shortstop. Yuuji Iwadate scores. Mike Hawk advances to second on the play. Tom Butler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carl McElveen flies out to the center fielder. Ian McNulty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Les Bryden hits a home run. Dwight Hackett pops out to the second baseman. John Mercado flies out to the left fielder. Truck Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Gregory bunts for a base hit. Dave Waddell flies out to the right fielder. Gordon Fosnow doubles to left field. Ed Gregory uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yuuji Iwadate grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Williams walks. Joe Williams steals second. Tom Butler fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Butler grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Kip Yerkes strikes out. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mike Hawk strikes out. Bob Lake lines out to the pitcher. Carl McElveen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason is pinch hitting for Matt Laga. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Marcelino Eason grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Bryden pops out to the second baseman. Dwight Hackett flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Joseph Orwell pops out to the third baseman. Ed Gregory singles past the shortstop. Dave Waddell lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay John Mercado singles to center field. Quilvio Zitzmann is pinch hitting for Truck Perezchica. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Quilvio Zitzmann flies out to the center fielder. Joe Williams singles to center field. John Mercado advances to third on the hit. Lou Gick is pinch hitting for Tom Butler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lou Gick flies out to the center fielder. Kip Yerkes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Geronimo Conroy (16), Dwight Hackett (6).HR - Les Bryden (14), Joe Williams (9). Baserunning: SB - Joe Williams (17). Fielding: E - Geronimo Conroy.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Cupid Grace improves in power_vs_righty Cupid Grace improves in power_vs_lefty Woodie Howard did not respond to coaching in velocity Lamar Textor improves in contact_vs_righty Jimmy Kane did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jerry Bergman improves in contact_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tink Morehead did not respond to coaching in velocity Akinobu Kono did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Akinobu Kono did not respond to coaching in arm Guy Crane improves in power_vs_righty Bob Head did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Kruger did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bobby Reese improves in 1B