Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Chick Lyle pitching. John Sparks singles to center field. John Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Masao Hara singles to center field. Buck Thomas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ike Cunningham pitching. Roy Flowers grounds out to the pitcher. Wally Clancy flies out to the right fielder. Alan Herges walks. Von Babb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Frank Cartwright strikes out. Earl Casey grounds out to the third baseman. Jed Simpson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Julio Polanco flies out to the left fielder. Junior Grimes strikes out. Ernest Pinnance grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Curt Melton grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Cunningham grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Sparks grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Hiroshi Miura walks. Chick Lyle lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Roy Flowers singles to left field. Hiroshi Miura is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Roy Flowers is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay John Robinson singles to left field. Masao Hara strikes out. Buck Thomas strikes out. Frank Cartwright grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Robinson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Wally Clancy strikes out. Alan Herges flies out to the left fielder. Von Babb grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Earl Casey grounds out to the shortstop. Jed Simpson grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Melton singles to center field. Ike Cunningham grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Curt Melton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Julio Polanco flies out to the right fielder. Junior Grimes walks. Junior Grimes steals second. Ernest Pinnance strikes out. Hiroshi Miura grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay John Sparks grounds out to the pitcher. John Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Masao Hara singles to right field. Buck Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Chick Lyle singles to center field. Roy Flowers strikes out. Wally Clancy flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Alan Herges flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Frank Cartwright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Earl Casey walks. Jed Simpson flies out to the center fielder. Earl Casey steals second. Curt Melton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Von Babb grounds out to the pitcher. Julio Polanco flies out to the center fielder. Junior Grimes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ike Cunningham strikes out. John Sparks walks. Doug Levey 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 1st. John Sparks steals second. John Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Sparks advances to third on the play. Masao Hara walks. Buck Thomas walks. Frank Cartwright walks. John Sparks scores. Earl Casey strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ernest Pinnance flies out to the right fielder. Danny Sheely comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Hiroshi Miura walks. Tadahiko Matsumoto is pinch hitting for Doug Levey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tadahiko Matsumoto grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Virgil Turner pitching. Jed Simpson strikes out. Curt Melton singles to right field. Danny Sheely lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Sparks walks. John Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Roy Flowers flies out to the center fielder. Wally Clancy hits a home run. Les Robinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alan Herges pops out to the first baseman. Von Babb grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Masao Hara hits a home run. Buck Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Cartwright grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Casey singles past the shortstop. Jed Simpson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Minnesota Julio Polanco strikes out. Junior Grimes singles past the second baseman. Ernest Pinnance walks. Hiroshi Miura pops out to the second baseman. Luis Sperry is pinch hitting for Virgil Turner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Luis Sperry walks. Roy Flowers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Tomokazu Doby did not respond to coaching in control Larry Collins did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Horsman improves in power_vs_lefty Glenn Balboni improves in endurance Larry Collins did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chuck Dougherty did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Skeeter Collins did not respond to coaching in control Wes Bader did not respond to coaching in control Jim Rosselli did not respond to coaching in velocity Mack Curry did not respond to coaching in control Chris Hutchison improves in power_vs_righty Skeeter Collins did not respond to coaching in velocity