Inning: 1 Minnesota Bob Horton pitching. Ronn Moreno strikes out. Cupid Grace flies out to the right fielder. Placido Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Len Dedrick pitching. Akinobu Kono hits a home run. Tom Breton pops out to the shortstop. Alan Kantlehner flies out to the left fielder. Vinnie Hammonds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Carl McElveen flies out to the left fielder. Lamar Textor doubles to right field. Walt Poat pops out to the second baseman. Joseph Orwell hits a home run. Lamar Textor scores. Bobby Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey hits an infield single to the shortstop. John Mercado hits an infield single to the second baseman. Dave Lopez hits a home run. Johnny Hafey scores. John Mercado scores. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Horton pops out to the second baseman. Akinobu Kono singles to right field. Tom Breton singles to right field. Alan Kantlehner singles to center field. Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Minnesota Len Dedrick grounds out to the third baseman. Ronn Moreno singles to center field. Cupid Grace pops out to the third baseman. Placido Beck singles to right field. Ronn Moreno advances to third on the hit. Carl McElveen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey strikes out. John Mercado walks. Dave Lopez singles to right field. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the third baseman. John Mercado advances to third on the play. Dave Lopez advances to second on the play. Bob Horton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Lamar Textor walks. Walt Poat strikes out. Lamar Textor steals second. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Bobby Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Akinobu Kono strikes out. Tom Breton triples. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the third baseman. Vinnie Hammonds pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Len Dedrick flies out to the right fielder. Ronn Moreno walks. Cupid Grace grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey reached on a fielding error by Placido Beck. John Mercado is hit by a pitch. Dave Lopez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Johnny Hafey advances to third on the play. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Placido Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Carl McElveen lines out to the second baseman. Lamar Textor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mickey Young is pinch hitting for Bob Horton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mickey Young flies out to the right fielder. Akinobu Kono singles to center field. Billy Macias comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Akinobu Kono is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tom Breton walks. Alan Kantlehner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mark Bradley pitching. Walt Poat hits a home run. Joseph Orwell reached on a fielding error by Alan Kantlehner. Bobby Smith pops out to the shortstop. Ian McNulty is pinch hitting for Billy Macias. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ian McNulty doubles to center field. Joseph Orwell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ian McNulty steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cupid Grace grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Lucky Mankowski pitching. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Hafey grounds out to the second baseman. Geronimo Conroy is pinch hitting for John Mercado. Geronimo Conroy hits a home run. Dave Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jerry Kruger enters the game as a defensive replacement for Geronimo Conroy at C. Placido Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Carl McElveen singles to left field. Lamar Textor singles to center field. Carl McElveen advances to third on the hit. Lamar Textor is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Walt Poat singles to center field. Carl McElveen scores. Tom Butler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Skeeter Ennis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Butler flies out to the center fielder. Akinobu Kono grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bobby Smith pops out to the first baseman. Eric Kroll is pinch hitting for Skeeter Ennis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Eric Kroll grounds out to the pitcher. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay John Jones pitching. Tom Breton grounds out to the shortstop. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the second baseman. Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Minnesota Cupid Grace walks. Placido Beck flies out to the center fielder. Carl McElveen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Cupid Grace is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lamar Textor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Kruger grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Minnesota Walt Poat strikes out. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Bobby Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Butler pops out to the second baseman. Akinobu Kono singles past the second baseman. Tom Breton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Akinobu Kono is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Minnesota John Jones flies out to the center fielder. Ronn Moreno flies out to the left fielder. Cupid Grace flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Tampa Bay Alan Kantlehner walks. Vinnie Hammonds hits a home run. Alan Kantlehner scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 6 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Bob Horton is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Todd Zeile did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Morton did not respond to coaching in control Robin Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Robin Fisher improves in control Mike Bream did not respond to coaching in velocity John Clemens did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Bergamo improves in range Hank Atkinson did not respond to coaching in arm Freddie Castro improves in range Frank Bergamo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Long improves in contact_vs_righty Hack Karlon improves in contact_vs_lefty