Win: Mal Blake (10-12) Loss: Dave Mendoza (8-13)
Save: Lee Strange (36)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mal Blake pitching. BobbyBobJimBo singles to center field. Gordy Jones flies out to the center fielder. Dale Murphy strikes out. Gabe Egan doubles to right field. BobbyBobJimBo is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Dave Mendoza pitching. Lou Davison grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Mitchell triples. Joe Boyer strikes out. Thomas Pfister walks. Billy Consolo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Tim Nieman singles to right field. Bob Chavez flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Dippo Hippo strikes out. Mike Seabert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bill Roper strikes out. Jim Borbon pops out to the catcher. Hugh Dent grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Dave Mendoza strikes out. BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the second baseman. Gordy Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mal Blake grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Davison strikes out. Matt Mitchell hits a home run. Joe Boyer singles to left field. Thomas Pfister grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dale Murphy singles to right field. Gabe Egan strikes out. Tim Nieman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Billy Consolo walks. Billy Consolo gets picked off first. Bill Roper strikes out. Jim Borbon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bob Chavez strikes out. Dippo Hippo flies out to the center fielder. Mike Seabert doubles to right field. Dave Mendoza flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Hugh Dent pops out to the catcher. Mal Blake flies out to the center fielder. Lou Davison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gordy Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Dale Murphy singles to left field. Gabe Egan reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Boyer. Tim Nieman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Matt Mitchell walks. Joe Boyer grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Mitchell advances to second on the play. Thomas Pfister strikes out. Billy Consolo singles to right field. Matt Mitchell scores. Bill Roper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jim Bowie is pinch hitting for Bob Chavez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Bowie strikes out. Dippo Hippo singles to center field. Mike Seabert flies out to the center fielder. Mark Lane is pinch hitting for Dave Mendoza. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Mark Lane pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Joe Mayo pitching. Jim Borbon hits an infield single to the second baseman. Hugh Dent singles to right field. Jim Borbon advances to third on the hit. Mal Blake flies out to the left fielder. Lou Davison grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Borbon scores. Hugh Dent advances to second on the play. Harry Collins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matt Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo strikes out. Ed Cortazzo is pinch hitting for Gordy Jones. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Cortazzo singles to center field. Dale Murphy grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Cortazzo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gabe Egan is hit by a pitch. Sam Alvarez 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 Nieman singles to right field. Dale Murphy scores. Jim Bowie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Joe Boyer grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Thomas Pfister grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Consolo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Lee Strange comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dippo Hippo singles to center field. Mike Seabert flies out to the left fielder. Boog Williams is pinch hitting for Harry Collins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dippo Hippo steals second. Boog Williams strikes out. BobbyBobJimBo flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 9 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Matt Vega did not respond to coaching in speed Lou Fernandez did not respond to coaching in speed Matt Vega did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Miller improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Klesko did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Paul Crooke improves in contact_vs_lefty Tommie Sinclair did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Herman Jacquez did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Howard did not respond to coaching in control Glen Hunt improves in power_vs_righty Pat Scott did not respond to coaching in range Herman Jacquez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ed Howard did not respond to coaching in control