Win: Steve Kipper (1-2) Loss: Vic Gullickson (0-3)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Steve Kipper pitching. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Akinobu Kono grounds out to the second baseman. Truck Perezchica pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Vic Gullickson pitching. Cupid Grace flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the second baseman. Lamar Textor doubles past the first baseman. Mike Benitez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Les Bryden strikes out. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ronn Moreno walks. Joseph Orwell singles to left field. Ronn Moreno advances to third on the hit. Ian McNulty strikes out. Jess Berry strikes out. Steve Kipper singles to center field. Ronn Moreno scores. Joseph Orwell advances to third on the hit. Cupid Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jerry Kruger grounds out to the third baseman. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Vic Gullickson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Johnny Matthews strikes out. Lamar Textor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Benitez hits a home run. Ronn Moreno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett walks. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Truck Perezchica grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bob Pruett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Les Bryden flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joseph Orwell singles to center field. Ian McNulty reached on a fielding error by Kenji Imazeki. Jess Berry walks. Steve Kipper grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joseph Orwell scores. Ian McNulty advances to third on the play. Cupid Grace singles to left field. Ian McNulty scores. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett walks. Vinnie Hammonds walks. Jerry Kruger lines out to the second baseman. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dwight Hackett advances to third on the play. Vinnie Hammonds advances to second on the play. Vic Gullickson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Lamar Textor flies out to the left fielder. Mike Benitez lines out to the third baseman. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett walks. Akinobu Kono grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joseph Orwell pops out to the shortstop. Ian McNulty strikes out. Jess Berry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Les Bryden strikes out. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the shortstop. Vinnie Hammonds lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Steve Kipper grounds out to the second baseman. Cupid Grace singles to left field. Johnny Matthews singles to left field. Bob Head 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. Lamar Textor flies out to the left fielder. Mike Benitez walks. Ronn Moreno singles to center field. Cupid Grace scores. Johnny Matthews scores. Mike Benitez advances to third on the hit. Joseph Orwell doubles to right field. Mike Benitez scores. Ronn Moreno uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ian McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jerry Kruger pops out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. Bob Head lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jess Berry grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Kipper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cupid Grace grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson is pinch hitting for Bob Pruett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Hudson walks. Akinobu Kono pops out to the shortstop. Truck Perezchica pops out to the shortstop. Alan Kantlehner is pinch hitting for Les Bryden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alan Kantlehner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Richie Stallings did not respond to coaching in velocity Ox Morlan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Steve Goslin improves in range Ken Schaal did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Richie Stallings did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Gagliano improves in power_vs_righty Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Len Dedrick did not respond to coaching in endurance Marty Cruz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sean Bones did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Smith improves in contact_vs_righty Jamey Forster improves in contact_vs_lefty Ryan Long did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty