Win: Red Erickson (6-10) Loss: Mike Petrocelli (4-4)
Save: Steve Rau (6)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Virgil Billings pitching. Tim Judy grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Slaughter walks. Tommy Henrich singles to left field. Rich Slaughter advances to third on the hit. Keith Geiger singles to left field. Rich Slaughter scores. Tommy Henrich advances to third on the hit. Arthur Liebhardt singles to center field. Tommy Henrich scores. Keith Geiger advances to third on the hit. Otis Hawes hits a home run. Keith Geiger scores. Arthur Liebhardt scores. Edwin Noce flies out to the center fielder. Bill Eshelman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lou Kerwin pitching. Jerry Berry strikes out. Pascual Howard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Red McGowan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Lou Kerwin grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Judy grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rich Slaughter singles to center field. Tommy Henrich singles to left field. Rich Slaughter advances to third on the hit. Keith Geiger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hector Dowd singles to left field. Steve Judson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Roger Smith singles to right field. Don Perry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Arthur Liebhardt grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Otis Hawes walks. Edwin Noce grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Darrell Hack strikes out. Virgil Billings singles to right field. Jerry Berry lines out to the second baseman. Pascual Howard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Eshelman pops out to the second baseman. Lou Kerwin strikes out. Tim Judy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Red McGowan hits a home run. Hector Dowd singles to right field. Steve Judson singles to center field. Hector Dowd advances to third on the hit. Roger Smith pops out to the shortstop. Don Perry strikes out. Darrell Hack singles past the second baseman. Hector Dowd scores. George Hodapp is pinch hitting for Virgil Billings. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. George Hodapp singles to left field. Jerry Berry pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ed Gulley pitching. Rich Slaughter strikes out. Tommy Henrich pops out to the second baseman. Keith Geiger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pascual Howard strikes out. Red McGowan reached on a fielding error by Arthur Liebhardt. Hector Dowd singles to center field. Steve Judson flies out to the right fielder. Roger Smith singles to right field. Red McGowan scores. Don Perry strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Arthur Liebhardt grounds out to the third baseman. Otis Hawes singles to center field. Edwin Noce grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Darrell Hack singles to left field. Ed Gulley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Berry lines out to the second baseman. Pascual Howard singles past the first baseman. Red McGowan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Eshelman grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Kerwin singles to right field. Tim Judy grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lou Kerwin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rich Slaughter triples. Tim Judy scores. Vic Mathews is pinch hitting for Tommy Henrich. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Vic Mathews walks. Red Erickson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Keith Geiger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hector Dowd walks. Steve Judson walks. Mike Petrocelli comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roger Smith singles to left field. Hector Dowd scores. Steve Judson advances to third on the hit. Don Perry singles to left field. Steve Judson scores. Roger Smith advances to third on the hit. Don Perry steals second. Darrell Hack strikes out. Red Erickson grounds out to the third baseman. Roger Smith scores. Don Perry advances to third on the play. Jerry Berry singles to center field. Don Perry scores. Gus Schwenck comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pascual Howard grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Arthur Liebhardt flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Otis Hawes doubles to center field. Edwin Noce grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Eshelman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Red McGowan flies out to the right fielder. Hector Dowd grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Judson singles to left field. Roger Smith pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Steve Rau comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jackie Smith is pinch hitting for Gus Schwenck. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jackie Smith walks. Tim Judy grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rich Slaughter pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Minnesota total runners left on base: 11
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gus Kehn improves in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Al Green improves in range Bob Quintana did not respond to coaching in velocity Les McNamara improves in velocity Jack Kume did not respond to coaching in control Al Green improves in range Walt Demola did not respond to coaching in control