Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rico Weiser pitching. Jackie Sheehan strikes out. Felipe Birmingham pops out to the second baseman. Weldon Schepner pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Norm Johnson pitching. Bert Gentry grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Rueter hits a home run. Footsie DeJesus strikes out. Joe Boone grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Pete Larkin grounds out to the third baseman. Masanori Kobayashi flies out to the center fielder. Satoru Fukumoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jake Jelincich strikes out. Tony Fox strikes out. Skip Thomas singles to left field. Abel Baker grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Skip Thomas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Fred Drescher singles to center field. Charlie Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Norm Johnson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jackie Sheehan doubles to center field. Fred Drescher scores. Felipe Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Rico Weiser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Gentry doubles to center field. Harry Rueter flies out to the left fielder. Footsie DeJesus grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Weldon Schepner grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Larkin walks. Masanori Kobayashi flies out to the center fielder. Pete Larkin is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Boone hits an infield single to the third baseman. Jake Jelincich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Joe Boone advances to second on the play. Tony Fox grounds out to the shortstop. Skip Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Satoru Fukumoto strikes out. Fred Drescher grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Johnson singles to center field. Norm Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Abel Baker strikes out. Rico Weiser grounds out to the shortstop. Bert Gentry grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jackie Sheehan walks. Jackie Sheehan steals second. Felipe Birmingham strikes out. Weldon Schepner singles to center field. Jackie Sheehan scores. Pete Larkin grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Weldon Schepner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Masanori Kobayashi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Harry Rueter doubles to left field. Footsie DeJesus grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Boone grounds out to the third baseman. Jake Jelincich singles to center field. Harry Rueter scores. Tony Fox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Satoru Fukumoto flies out to the right fielder. Fred Drescher strikes out. Charlie Johnson walks. Norm Johnson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Johnson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Skip Thomas strikes out. Abel Baker flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Walter Schmidt is pinch hitting for Rico Weiser. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Walter Schmidt doubles to center field. 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. Bert Gentry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay George Kusnyer pitching. Jackie Sheehan flies out to the right fielder. Felipe Birmingham pops out to the catcher. Weldon Schepner singles to center field. Pete Larkin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Harry Rueter flies out to the right fielder. Footsie DeJesus strikes out. Joe Boone walks. Jake Jelincich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Satoru Fukumoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Drescher singles to left field. Charlie Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tony Fox flies out to the right fielder. Skip Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Abel Baker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Herb Kelleher is pinch hitting for Walt Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Herb Kelleher grounds out to the second baseman. Jackie Sheehan walks. Felipe Birmingham singles to left field. Weldon Schepner singles to right field. Jackie Sheehan scores. Felipe Birmingham advances to third on the hit. Buddy Samford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Larkin walks. Masanori Kobayashi singles to right field. Felipe Birmingham scores. Weldon Schepner scores. Pete Larkin advances to third on the hit. Satoru Fukumoto singles past the first baseman. Pete Larkin scores. Masanori Kobayashi advances to third on the hit. Newton Oliver comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Drescher strikes out. Charlie Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Minnesota Bob Musgraves pitching. Kevin Pearce is pinch hitting for Newton Oliver. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kevin Pearce flies out to the left fielder. Bert Gentry grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Rueter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Roy Underhill did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Polly Gillenwater did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill House did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Polly Gillenwater improves in power_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Igoy Berra improves in contact_vs_righty Overton Jenkins did not respond to coaching in control Tony Amico improves in velocity Pop Smith improves in power_vs_righty Bill Autry did not respond to coaching in 1B