Inning: 1 Minnesota Andy Walsh pitching. Johnny Matthews singles past the third baseman. Lamar Textor strikes out. Mike Benitez singles to center field. Johnny Matthews advances to third on the hit. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Matthews scores. Mike Benitez advances to second on the play. Jimmy Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bob Lake pitching. Bob Pruett singles to right field. Bob Pruett steals second. Akinobu Kono pops out to the shortstop. Truck Perezchica singles to center field. Bob Pruett scores. Les Bryden grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota John Grimes strikes out. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Holt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund strikes out. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bob Lake singles to right field. Johnny Matthews singles to right field. Lamar Textor grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Matthews is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Benitez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Lake scores. Lamar Textor advances to second on the play. Ronn Moreno pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jerry Kruger walks. Andy Walsh pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Bob Pruett walks. Akinobu Kono singles to left field. Jerry Kruger scores. Bob Pruett advances to third on the hit. Truck Perezchica grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jimmy Kane singles to center field. John Grimes flies out to the left fielder. Joseph Orwell walks. Dick Holt strikes out. Bob Lake singles to left field. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Les Bryden reached on a fielding error by Johnny Matthews. Bill Hedlund singles to right field. Dwight Hackett singles past the shortstop. Les Bryden scores. Bill Hedlund advances to third on the hit. Vinnie Hammonds strikes out. Jerry Kruger singles to right field. Bill Hedlund scores. Andy Walsh lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Pruett singles to left field. Dwight Hackett scores. Jerry Kruger scores. Akinobu Kono hits a home run. Bob Pruett scores. Truck Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Lamar Textor strikes out. Mike Benitez strikes out. Ronn Moreno flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Les Bryden flies out to the right fielder. Bill Hedlund singles to center field. Dwight Hackett walks. Vinnie Hammonds singles to right field. Yoshio Kaneko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Kruger walks. Bill Hedlund scores. Andy Walsh flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dwight Hackett scores. Bob Pruett walks. Akinobu Kono grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Vinnie Hammonds is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jimmy Kane singles to center field. John Grimes grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica strikes out. Les Bryden grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Hedlund flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dick Holt flies out to the right fielder. Eric Kroll is pinch hitting for Yoshio Kaneko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Eric Kroll grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Matthews walks. Lamar Textor singles to center field. Mike Benitez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lamar Textor is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Alec Worrell pitching. Dwight Hackett singles to right field. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the left fielder. Dwight Hackett is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jerry Kruger lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ronn Moreno grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jimmy Kane strikes out. John Grimes lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki is pinch hitting for Andy Walsh. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. John Gajkowski is pinch hitting for Bob Pruett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Gajkowski flies out to the center fielder. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Ruffcorn pitching. Joseph Orwell pops out to the third baseman. Dick Holt grounds out to the shortstop. Ian McNulty is pinch hitting for Alec Worrell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ian McNulty walks. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Marty Cruz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bobby Smith improves in range Len Dedrick did not respond to coaching in control Placido Beck did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Marty Cruz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Skeeter Ennis improves in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Geronimo Conroy improves in range Pug Hollins improves in range Danny Embrey improves in velocity Tom Breton did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Bergamo improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in SS