Inning: 1 Minnesota Ray Kernek pitching. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Cupid Grace singles to center field. Debs Westlake grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Cupid Grace is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lamar Textor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Terry Martin pitching. Bob Pruett singles to left field. Les Bryden grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. Tom Breton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Walt Poat walks. Eric Kroll strikes out. Bobby Smith strikes out. Ian McNulty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Geronimo Conroy strikes out. John Mercado pops out to the second baseman. Bill Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Terry Martin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Johnny Matthews flies out to the center fielder. Cupid Grace grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey singles to center field. Ray Kernek 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 walks. Les Bryden strikes out. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Debs Westlake grounds out to the shortstop. Lamar Textor singles to center field. Lamar Textor steals second. Lamar Textor steals third. Walt Poat walks. Eric Kroll hits a home run. Lamar Textor scores. Walt Poat scores. Bobby Smith flies out to the left fielder. Ian McNulty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tom Breton strikes out. Geronimo Conroy grounds out to the second baseman. John Mercado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Terry Martin flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Matthews walks. Cupid Grace flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Matthews steals second. Debs Westlake flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson doubles to center field. Johnny Hafey lines out to the shortstop. Ray Kernek grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Hudson advances to third on the play. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Lamar Textor triples. Walt Poat singles to center field. Lamar Textor scores. Walt Poat steals second. Eric Kroll flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Smith strikes out. Ian McNulty doubles past the third baseman. Walt Poat scores. Terry Martin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Les Bryden singles to right field. Kenji Imazeki grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Les Bryden is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Breton pops out to the pitcher. Geronimo Conroy singles to right field. John Mercado grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny Matthews triples. Cupid Grace singles to center field. Johnny Matthews scores. Debs Westlake strikes out. Lamar Textor walks. Walt Poat singles to left field. Cupid Grace scores. Lamar Textor advances to third on the hit. Walt Poat steals second. Eric Kroll grounds out to the second baseman. Lamar Textor scores. Walt Poat advances to third on the play. Bobby Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson hits an infield single to the second baseman. Johnny Hafey strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds is pinch hitting for Ray Kernek. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vinnie Hammonds singles to center field. Bill Hudson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Vinnie Hammonds steals second. Bobby Smith throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Bill Hudson scores. Bob Pruett grounds out to the third baseman. Vinnie Hammonds scores. Alan Kantlehner is pinch hitting for Les Bryden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alan Kantlehner doubles to center field. Dave Lopez is pinch hitting for Kenji Imazeki. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mike Ruffcorn pitching. Ian McNulty strikes out. Terry Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tom Breton grounds out to the shortstop. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Kruger is pinch hitting for John Mercado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Kruger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Cupid Grace singles to center field. Cupid Grace steals second. Debs Westlake flies out to the center fielder. Lamar Textor grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Poat flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Hafey singles to right field. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Mike Ruffcorn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Akinobu Kono walks. Bob Pruett singles to center field. Johnny Hafey scores. Alan Kantlehner grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jamey Forster improves in arm Skeeter Ennis improves in velocity Mike Morton did not respond to coaching in velocity Placido Beck did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Jonnard did not respond to coaching in range George Cooper did not respond to coaching in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Yordan Montero did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Charlie Gagliano improves in speed George Long did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Brooks Teufel did not respond to coaching in range Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Goslin did not respond to coaching in speed Harry Cousineau improves in 3B