Inning: 1 Minnesota Tony Bigelow pitching. Debs Westlake grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Kroll grounds out to the shortstop. Ian McNulty flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Steve Kipper pitching. Bob Pruett doubles to right field. Akinobu Kono singles to center field. Bob Pruett scores. Truck Perezchica grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Akinobu Kono advances to second on the play. Les Bryden strikes out. Bill Hedlund flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joseph Orwell singles to right field. Joseph Orwell steals second. Lamar Textor strikes out. Carl McElveen walks. Cupid Grace walks. Dick Holt strikes out. Steve Kipper singles to right field. Joseph Orwell scores. Carl McElveen scores. Cupid Grace advances to third on the hit. Debs Westlake grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett singles to right field. Dwight Hackett steals second. Vinnie Hammonds walks. Jerry Kruger grounds out to the shortstop. Dwight Hackett advances to third on the play. Vinnie Hammonds advances to second on the play. Tony Bigelow strikes out. Bob Pruett strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Eric Kroll flies out to the center fielder. Ian McNulty grounds out to the second baseman. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Akinobu Kono strikes out. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Les Bryden walks. Bill Hedlund grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Les Bryden is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Lamar Textor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carl McElveen doubles to left field. Cupid Grace walks. Dick Holt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett doubles to center field. Vinnie Hammonds reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cupid Grace. Dwight Hackett scores. Jerry Kruger lines out to the third baseman. Tony Bigelow strikes out. Bob Pruett singles to center field. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Steve Kipper lines out to the second baseman. Debs Westlake walks. Eric Kroll pops out to the shortstop. Debs Westlake steals second. Ian McNulty walks. Joseph Orwell singles to right field. Debs Westlake scores. Ian McNulty advances to third on the hit. Lamar Textor pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica singles to right field. Les Bryden strikes out. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Dwight Hackett pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Carl McElveen singles to center field. Cupid Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Carl McElveen advances to second on the play. Dick Holt pops out to the second baseman. Steve Kipper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Kruger grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Bigelow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Debs Westlake strikes out. Eric Kroll singles to center field. Eric Kroll steals second. Ian McNulty pops out to the first baseman. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett flies out to the left fielder. Akinobu Kono walks. Akinobu Kono is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Truck Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Lamar Textor singles to left field. Lamar Textor steals second. Carl McElveen strikes out. Cupid Grace grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Holt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Les Bryden flies out to the center fielder. Bill Hedlund singles to right field. Dwight Hackett singles to center field. John Jones 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. Vinnie Hammonds reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cupid Grace. Bill Hedlund scores. Jerry Kruger singles to right field. Dwight Hackett scores. Vinnie Hammonds scores. Jerry Mitchell is pinch hitting for Tony Bigelow. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jerry Mitchell singles to center field. Bob Pruett flies out to the center fielder. Akinobu Kono walks. Truck Perezchica walks. Jerry Kruger scores. Les Bryden walks. Jerry Mitchell scores. Bill Hedlund flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rene Pasquella pitching. Keiichi Tamaki is pinch hitting for John Jones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Keiichi Tamaki flies out to the right fielder. Debs Westlake strikes out. Eric Kroll walks. Ian McNulty grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eric Kroll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 10
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Skeeter Ennis did not respond to coaching in control Marty Cruz did not respond to coaching in speed George Stremmel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Walt Poat improves in arm Carlos Vollmer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Walt Poat improves in contact_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ken Schaal improves in contact_vs_righty Ken Schaal did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tom Breton did not respond to coaching in speed Hack Karlon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pug Hollins did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Alexander Gomez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Alexander Gomez did not respond to coaching in CF