Win: Tim Wagner (1-0) Loss: Rene Pasquella (0-3)
Save: Ed Constable (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Jose Pike pitching. Cupid Grace hits a home run. Placido Beck singles to left field. Walt Poat lines out to the shortstop. Lamar Textor walks. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Johnny Matthews pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay John Jones pitching. Akinobu Kono doubles to center field. Tom Breton flies out to the right fielder. Alan Kantlehner pops out to the shortstop. Vinnie Hammonds singles to right field. Akinobu Kono scores. Johnny Hafey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bobby Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Ian McNulty lines out to the second baseman. John Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dave Lopez doubles to right field. Dwight Hackett singles to right field. Dave Lopez scores. Jerry Kruger grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dwight Hackett is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jose Pike lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Akinobu Kono lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Cupid Grace grounds out to the pitcher. Placido Beck pops out to the shortstop. Walt Poat strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tom Breton grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the third baseman. Vinnie Hammonds singles to left field. Johnny Hafey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Vinnie Hammonds 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). Joseph Orwell grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Matthews doubles to center field. Bobby Smith pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dave Lopez hits a home run. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Kruger walks. Jose Pike lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Akinobu Kono flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ian McNulty flies out to the center fielder. John Jones pops out to the shortstop. Cupid Grace singles to right field. Placido Beck strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tom Breton grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Kantlehner flies out to the right fielder. Vinnie Hammonds walks. Johnny Hafey singles to right field. Vinnie Hammonds advances to third on the hit. Dave Lopez singles to center field. Vinnie Hammonds scores. Johnny Hafey aggressively advances to third on the hit. Dave Lopez steals second. Dwight Hackett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Walt Poat flies out to the right fielder. Lamar Textor strikes out. Joseph Orwell singles to center field. Johnny Matthews hits a home run. Joseph Orwell scores. Bobby Smith doubles to center field. Ian McNulty grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jerry Kruger pops out to the first baseman. Jose Pike strikes out. Akinobu Kono walks. Tom Breton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ronn Moreno is pinch hitting for John Jones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ronn Moreno flies out to the right fielder. Cupid Grace grounds out to the second baseman. Placido Beck singles to right field. Walt Poat pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tim Wagner pitching. Alan Kantlehner singles to center field. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Hafey grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Alan Kantlehner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave Lopez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Lamar Textor pops out to the shortstop. Joseph Orwell pops out to the second baseman. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett pops out to the catcher. Jerry Kruger grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Hudson is pinch hitting for Jose Pike. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Hudson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rene Pasquella pitching. Bobby Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Ian McNulty singles to center field. Mike Benitez is pinch hitting for Tim Wagner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Benitez hits an infield single to the second baseman. Cupid Grace pops out to the third baseman. Placido Beck reached on a fielding error by Johnny Hafey. Walt Poat doubles to center field. Ian McNulty scores. Mike Benitez scores. Placido Beck uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lamar Textor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ed Constable pitching. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Tom Breton grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Kantlehner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ron Muniz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Todd Zeile did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Brower improves in velocity Mike Morton did not respond to coaching in control Jim Jonnard did not respond to coaching in speed Pat Whiten improves in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Bergamo did not respond to coaching in speed Yordan Montero improves in power_vs_righty Jerald Shaute did not respond to coaching in endurance Pug Hollins did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Goslin improves in power_vs_righty Hack Karlon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty