Win: Tony Bigelow (1-1) Loss: Jeff Maranville (1-1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jeff Maranville pitching. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Bob Pruett hits a home run. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Les Bryden doubles past the first baseman. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Tony Bigelow pitching. Cupid Grace flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the third baseman. Lamar Textor singles to left field. Mike Benitez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay John Mercado strikes out. Bill Hudson singles to center field. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the left fielder. Tony Bigelow grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ronn Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Keiichi Tamaki walks. Joseph Orwell flies out to the center fielder. Dick Holt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Pruett flies out to the left fielder. Bill Hedlund pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jeff Maranville grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Cupid Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Les Bryden walks. Kenji Imazeki walks. John Mercado walks. Bill Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Les Bryden scores. Vinnie Hammonds hits a home run. Kenji Imazeki scores. John Mercado scores. Tony Bigelow strikes out. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Lamar Textor flies out to the left fielder. Mike Benitez flies out to the left fielder. Ronn Moreno flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Yoshio Kaneko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Pruett strikes out. Bill Hedlund doubles to left field. Les Bryden strikes out. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Keiichi Tamaki grounds out to the third baseman. Joseph Orwell singles to right field. Dick Holt flies out to the right fielder. Joseph Orwell steals second. John Mercado throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Yoshio Kaneko pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay John Mercado flies out to the center fielder. Bill Hudson strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds singles to left field. Tony Bigelow pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Cupid Grace flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the shortstop. Lamar Textor singles to right field. Mike Benitez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica is pinch hitting for Jerry Mitchell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Bob Pruett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Akinobu Kono flies out to the center fielder. Dwight Hackett is pinch hitting for Bill Hedlund. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ronn Moreno strikes out. Keiichi Tamaki grounds out to the shortstop. Joseph Orwell walks. Dick Holt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Alan Kantlehner is pinch hitting for Les Bryden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki walks. John Mercado grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Mercado is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota 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 first baseman (unassisted). Cupid Grace walks. Johnny Matthews grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Lucky Mankowski pitching. Bill Hudson singles to right field. Vinnie Hammonds walks. Jerry Kruger is pinch hitting for Tony Bigelow. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jerry Kruger flies out to the center fielder. Truck Perezchica grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Ruffcorn pitching. Lamar Textor singles to center field. Mike Benitez grounds out to the second baseman. Lamar Textor advances to second on the play. Ronn Moreno reached on a fielding error by Kenji Imazeki. Keiichi Tamaki singles to center field. Lamar Textor scores. Joseph Orwell flies out to the right fielder. Dick Holt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Bill Hedlund (2), Les Bryden (2).HR - Bob Pruett (1), Vinnie Hammonds (1).SF - Bill Hudson.GIDP - Truck Perezchica. Baserunning: CS - John Mercado (1). Fielding: E - Kenji Imazeki, John Mercado.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Goslin improves in range Toji Sudo did not respond to coaching in control Steve Goslin improves in contact_vs_righty Ken Schaal improves in range Joe Davis improves in arm Bobby Reese did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Carlos Vollmer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Todd Zeile did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Walt Poat improves in arm Len Dedrick did not respond to coaching in velocity George Stremmel did not respond to coaching in arm Aurelio Brideweser did not respond to coaching in control