Inning: 1 Minnesota
Richie Stallings pitching.
Cupid Grace strikes out.
Johnny Matthews grounds out to the shortstop.
Mike Benitez strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 1 Tampa Bay
Steve Kipper pitching.
Akinobu Kono grounds out to the shortstop.
Tom Breton grounds out to the shortstop.
Les Bryden flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 2 Minnesota
Keiichi Tamaki flies out to the left fielder.
Debs Westlake singles to center field.
Walt Poat strikes out.
Debs Westlake steals second.
Eric Kroll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single!
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 2 Tampa Bay
Vinnie Hammonds hits a home run.
Johnny Hafey walks.
John Mercado doubles past the center fielder.
Johnny Hafey uses his aggressiveness and scores.
Dave Lopez singles to center field.
John Mercado scores.
Dwight Hackett walks.
Richie Stallings fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes.
Richie Stallings grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
Dave Lopez advances to third on the play.
Akinobu Kono strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 3 Minnesota
Bobby Smith singles to right field.
Steve Kipper fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes.
Steve Kipper strikes out.
Bobby Smith steals second.
Cupid Grace singles to right field.
Johnny Matthews grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single!
Cupid Grace advances to second on the play.
Mike Benitez singles to center field.
Bobby Smith scores.
Cupid Grace scores.
Mike Benitez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd).
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 3 Tampa Bay
Tom Breton grounds out to the third baseman.
Les Bryden singles to center field.
Vinnie Hammonds doubles to right field.
Johnny Hafey grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single!
Les Bryden scores.
Vinnie Hammonds advances to third on the play.
John Mercado singles to center field.
Vinnie Hammonds scores.
Dave Lopez grounds into a force play to the shortstop.
John Mercado is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 4 Minnesota
Keiichi Tamaki strikes out.
Debs Westlake singles to left field.
Debs Westlake steals second.
Walt Poat grounds out to the shortstop.
Eric Kroll strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 4 Tampa Bay
Dwight Hackett hits a home run.
Bob Lake comes in from the bullpen to pitch.
Richie Stallings grounds out to the second baseman.
Akinobu Kono singles to right field.
Tom Breton reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cupid Grace.
Les Bryden doubles to right field.
Akinobu Kono scores.
Tom Breton scores.
Vinnie Hammonds lines out to the second baseman.
Johnny Hafey pops out to the third baseman.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 5 Minnesota
Bobby Smith lines out to the second baseman.
Ronn Moreno is pinch hitting for Bob Lake. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now.
Ronn Moreno pops out to the catcher.
Cupid Grace hits a home run.
Johnny Matthews singles to center field.
Mike Benitez flies out to the right fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 5 Tampa Bay
Yoshio Kaneko pitching.
John Mercado grounds out to the shortstop.
Dave Lopez grounds out to the second baseman.
Dwight Hackett strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 6 Minnesota
Keiichi Tamaki walks.
Debs Westlake walks.
Walt Poat strikes out.
Eric Kroll flies out to the left fielder.
Bobby Smith grounds out to the third baseman.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 6 Tampa Bay
Richie Stallings singles to left field.
Akinobu Kono strikes out.
Tom Breton strikes out.
Les Bryden flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 7 Minnesota
Ian McNulty is pinch hitting for Yoshio Kaneko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning.
Ian McNulty strikes out.
Cupid Grace singles past the third baseman.
Johnny Matthews triples.
Cupid Grace scores.
Mike Benitez strikes out.
Keiichi Tamaki strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 7 Tampa Bay
Lucky Mankowski pitching.
Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the shortstop.
Johnny Hafey walks.
Bill Hudson is pinch hitting for John Mercado.
Bill Hudson strikes out.
Dave Lopez singles to left field.
Johnny Hafey advances to third on the hit.
Dwight Hackett pops out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 8 Minnesota
Jerry Kruger enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Hudson at C.
Mark Bradley comes in from the bullpen to pitch.
Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats.
Debs Westlake grounds out to the second baseman.
Walt Poat singles to left field.
Eric Kroll grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 8 Tampa Bay
Mark Bradley flies out to the right fielder.
Akinobu Kono grounds out to the third baseman.
Tom Breton lines out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 9 Minnesota
Carl McElveen is pinch hitting for Bobby Smith.
Carl McElveen flies out to the center fielder.
Lamar Textor is pinch hitting for Lucky Mankowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat.
Lamar Textor walks.
Lamar Textor steals second.
Cupid Grace flies out to the right fielder.
Johnny Matthews strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1
Minnesota total runners left on base: 7
Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6