Win: Bobby Roque (2-4) Loss: Duffy Mitchell (1-3)
Save: Nick Torre (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Pete Thompson pitching. Bill Dauterive grounds out to the shortstop. James Pezold hits a home run. Ken Handibone doubles to center field. Hal Smith singles to center field. Ken Handibone scores. Rube Erickson flies out to the right fielder. Hal Smith is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Boog Stauffer pitching. Bob Encarnacion singles past the second baseman. Clyde Meador singles to right field. Bob Encarnacion advances to third on the hit. Arnie Ramazzotti flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Encarnacion scores. Hank Robinson pops out to the shortstop. Al Granger lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Grant Levrault walks. Les Williams pops out to the catcher. Greg Ussat strikes out. Boog Stauffer pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Charlie Thomas hits a home run. Steve Pagan grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Mercedes strikes out. Pete Thompson singles to center field. Bob Encarnacion flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Dauterive grounds out to the shortstop. James Pezold lines out to the second baseman. Ken Handibone hits a home run. Hal Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Clyde Meador doubles to center field. Arnie Ramazzotti lines out to the first baseman. Hank Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Al Granger singles to left field. Clyde Meador scores. Charlie Thomas grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Al Granger is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Rube Erickson strikes out. Grant Levrault grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Steve Pagan hits a home run. Tom Mercedes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Bob Encarnacion flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Greg Ussat flies out to the center fielder. Boog Stauffer strikes out. Bill Dauterive walks. James Pezold flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Clyde Meador strikes out. Arnie Ramazzotti strikes out. Hank Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ken Handibone flies out to the center fielder. Hal Smith hits a home run. Duffy Mitchell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rube Erickson flies out to the left fielder. Grant Levrault flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Al Granger flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Roque comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Charlie Thomas strikes out. Steve Pagan doubles past the third baseman. Tom Mercedes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Les Williams flies out to the right fielder. Greg Ussat walks. Frank White is pinch hitting for Bobby Roque. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank White walks. Bill Dauterive singles to left field. James Pezold singles to center field. Greg Ussat scores. Frank White scores. Russ Gruber comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Handibone doubles to left field. Bill Dauterive scores. Hal Smith strikes out. Rube Erickson singles to center field. James Pezold scores. Ken Handibone scores. Grant Levrault walks. Les Williams grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Grant Levrault is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ron Chambliss pitching. Bill Conine is pinch hitting for Russ Gruber. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Conine singles to center field. Bob Encarnacion is hit by a pitch. Clyde Meador doubles to right field. Bill Conine scores. Bob Encarnacion uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brett Lovett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Arnie Ramazzotti singles to right field. Clyde Meador scores. Hank Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Al Granger strikes out. Charlie Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Karl Gleason pitching. Greg Ussat grounds out to the second baseman. Palmer Pena is pinch hitting for Brett Lovett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Palmer Pena flies out to the left fielder. Bill Dauterive reached on a fielding error by Tom Mercedes. James Pezold strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Nick Torre pitching. Steve Pagan walks. Tom Mercedes singles to right field. Steve Pagan advances to third on the hit. Carroll Alcock is pinch hitting for Karl Gleason. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Carroll Alcock strikes out. Bob Encarnacion strikes out. Clyde Meador flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Garret McKinney pitching. Ken Handibone grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Smith doubles to left field. Rube Erickson flies out to the center fielder. Grant Levrault grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Arnie Ramazzotti grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Robinson grounds out to the third baseman. Al Granger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Clyde Meador 2 (11), Steve Pagan (2).HR - Charlie Thomas (5), Steve Pagan (2).SF - Arnie Ramazzotti.HBP - Bob Encarnacion (1). Fielding: E - Tom Mercedes.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joaquin Vazquez did not respond to coaching in control Lance Richardson did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Dirt did not respond to coaching in velocity Chick Sutton did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Pruitt did not respond to coaching in SS
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Joe Friel did not respond to coaching in control Chick Davis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Sam Joost improves in arm Juan Soto improves in power_vs_righty Harry Brown did not respond to coaching in 3B