Win: Buddy Samford (2-1) Loss: Marv Hallahan (11-9)
Save: George Kusnyer (27)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Borden pitching. Jackie Sheehan pops out to the third baseman. Jack Shannon singles to center field. Masanori Kobayashi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Marv Hallahan pitching. Fred Seerey grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Pearce hits a home run. Danny Woods strikes out. Jake Jelincich grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Fred Drescher hits a home run. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the third baseman. Satoru Fukumoto hits a home run. Raul Rives flies out to the center fielder. Chris Castleton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bill Ludolph singles to left field. Tony Fox grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Skip Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Marv Hallahan grounds out to the catcher. Jackie Sheehan strikes out. Jack Shannon pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Harry Rueter strikes out. Bill Borden flies out to the right fielder. Fred Seerey singles to right field. Kevin Pearce strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Masanori Kobayashi singles to center field. Fred Drescher triples. Masanori Kobayashi scores. Johnny Cedeno flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Satoru Fukumoto pops out to the first baseman. Raul Rives singles to right field. Fred Drescher scores. Chris Castleton grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Raul Rives is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Danny Woods flies out to the center fielder. Jake Jelincich walks. Bill Ludolph strikes out. Tony Fox lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Marv Hallahan strikes out. Jackie Sheehan flies out to the right fielder. Jack Shannon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Skip Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Rueter grounds out to the shortstop. Walter Schmidt is pinch hitting for Bill Borden. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Walter Schmidt hits a home run. Fred Seerey pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Buddy Samford pitching. Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Fred Drescher doubles to left field. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the shortstop. Satoru Fukumoto walks. Raul Rives grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Satoru Fukumoto is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Kevin Pearce grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Woods flies out to the right fielder. Jake Jelincich pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Chris Castleton strikes out. Marv Hallahan strikes out. Jackie Sheehan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bill Ludolph grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Fox strikes out. Skip Thomas singles to center field. Harry Rueter reached on a 2-base fielding error by Masanori Kobayashi. Bert Gentry is pinch hitting for Buddy Samford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bert Gentry doubles to right field. Skip Thomas scores. Harry Rueter scores. Fred Seerey doubles to right field. Bert Gentry scores. Kevin Pearce is hit by a pitch. Danny Woods grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Newton Oliver pitching. Jack Shannon flies out to the left fielder. Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Fred Drescher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jake Jelincich doubles to right field. Bill Ludolph strikes out. Tony Fox pops out to the first baseman. Walt Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Skip Thomas lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay George Kusnyer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Johnny Cedeno singles to left field. Satoru Fukumoto flies out to the left fielder. Raul Rives strikes out. Chris Castleton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Johnny Cedeno is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jim Brown improves in power_vs_righty Hal McGee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Wally DeVogt improves in arm Joe Ake did not respond to coaching in range
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Igoy Berra improves in power_vs_lefty Tony Amico did not respond to coaching in control Overton Jenkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Maria Fenner improves in power_vs_lefty Maria Fenner did not respond to coaching in LF