Win: Ron "Duece" Valdez (17-11) Loss: Art Giebell (8-16)
Save: Andy Stewart (46)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Art Giebell pitching. Hot Heinie Haid singles to center field. Bob Hardware Cisco singles to center field. Hot Heinie Haid advances to third on the hit. Rod Pazik grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Hardware Cisco advances to second on the play. Grover Carney strikes out. Reutilio Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ron Duece Valdez pitching. Gabe Bomback flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Fisher singles past the second baseman. Jake Bradford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jim Rock Robinson walks. Tommy Balls Eunick walks. Charlie Proly strikes out. Ron Duece Valdez lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Hot Heinie Haid grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez pops out to the second baseman. Greg Pepper pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Hardware Cisco hits a home run. Rod Pazik grounds out to the second baseman. Grover Carney singles to right field. Reutilio Ramirez hits a home run. Grover Carney scores. Jim Rock Robinson lines out to the shortstop. Tommy Balls Eunick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Denny Pirkl strikes out. Art Giebell grounds out to the shortstop. Gabe Bomback grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Charlie Proly strikes out. Ron Duece Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Hot Heinie Haid grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser flies out to the right fielder. Rick Fisher singles to left field. Jake Bradford hits a home run. Rick Fisher scores. Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez singles to center field. Clarence Hernandez steals second. Greg Pepper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bob Hardware Cisco grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Pazik flies out to the right fielder. Grover Carney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Denny Pirkl singles to right field. Art Giebell lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gabe Bomback pops out to the second baseman. Chuck Kaiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Reutilio Ramirez doubles past the center fielder. Jim Rock Robinson strikes out. Tommy Balls Eunick pops out to the catcher. Rod Brown is pinch hitting for Charlie Proly. Rod Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Del Walsh enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rod Brown at 3B. Rick Fisher lines out to the third baseman. Jake Bradford grounds out to the third baseman. Butts Girardi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jake Scarborough comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ron Duece Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Hot Heinie Haid pops out to the second baseman. Bob Hardware Cisco grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the pitcher. Greg Pepper strikes out. Denny Pirkl reached on a fielding error by Grover Carney. Joe Just is pinch hitting for Jake Scarborough. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Joe Just walks. Gabe Bomback strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Rick Lefebvre pitching. Rod Pazik singles to left field. Grover Carney singles to center field. Rod Pazik advances to third on the hit. Reutilio Ramirez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Rod Pazik scores. Jim Rock Robinson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Fisher strikes out. Jake Bradford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick flies out to the right fielder. Luis Kappel is pinch hitting for Del Walsh. Luis Kappel flies out to the left fielder. Mark Emski Roznovsky is pinch hitting for Ron Duece Valdez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mark Emski Roznovsky strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Andy Stewart pitching. Bart Glove Distefano enters the game as a defensive replacement for Luis Kappel at 3B. Butts Girardi grounds out to the pitcher. Clarence Hernandez strikes out. Eddie Bateman is pinch hitting for Greg Pepper. Eddie Bateman walks. Denny Pirkl flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Scott Torres did not respond to coaching in arm Eddie Rasmussen improves in range Rick Quirk did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Brad Murphy did not respond to coaching in arm Eddie Rasmussen did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jose Ford improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Howell improves in range Freddy Dunkle improves in power_vs_lefty Ernie Campbell did not respond to coaching in arm Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C