Win: Art Green (8-1) Loss: Darryl Lush (7-10)
Save: Jim Wertz (29)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ken Thomason pitching. Charlie Combe strikes out. Kenta Shinohara hits a home run. Diego Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. King Gibson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Darryl Lush pitching. Bob Abrams strikes out. Mike Patterson strikes out. Terry Keenan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jack Brown strikes out. Chick Lolich flies out to the left fielder. Gene Kelsey walks. Hal Howell walks. Darryl Lush walks. Charlie Combe hits a home run. Gene Kelsey scores. Hal Howell scores. Darryl Lush scores. Bob Rekar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kenta Shinohara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Skeeter Vitiello pops out to the second baseman. Wally Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dean Rhodes hits a home run. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Diego Johnson singles to right field. Diego Johnson steals second. King Gibson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Diego Johnson advances to third on the play. Jack Brown strikes out. Chick Lolich flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Brian Irvin strikes out. Bob Rekar flies out to the right fielder. Bob Abrams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Gene Kelsey singles to left field. Hal Howell grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Darryl Lush strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Patterson strikes out. Terry Keenan walks. Skeeter Vitiello doubles to center field. Terry Keenan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wally Hoffman hits a home run. Skeeter Vitiello scores. Dean Rhodes strikes out. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto hits a home run. Brian Irvin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Combe grounds out to the second baseman. Kenta Shinohara singles to left field. Diego Johnson walks. Art Green comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. King Gibson pops out to the shortstop. Jack Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Art Green grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Abrams hits a home run. Mike Patterson strikes out. Terry Keenan singles to right field. Skeeter Vitiello strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Chick Lolich walks. Gene Kelsey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chick Lolich is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hal Howell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Kelsey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Darryl Lush flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Wally Hoffman singles to left field. Dean Rhodes flies out to the right fielder. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto hits a home run. Wally Hoffman scores. Dick Rainey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Irvin grounds out to the shortstop. Art Green grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Charlie Combe strikes out. Kenta Shinohara doubles to left field. Diego Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. King Gibson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bob Abrams walks. Mike Patterson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bob Abrams is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Terry Keenan singles to left field. Skeeter Vitiello pops out to the shortstop. Wally Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Eddie Collins enters the game as a defensive replacement for Skeeter Vitiello at 1B. Jack Brown strikes out. Chick Lolich flies out to the left fielder. Gene Kelsey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dean Rhodes flies out to the left fielder. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto grounds out to the pitcher. Brian Irvin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jim Wertz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hal Howell strikes out. Carl Berra is pinch hitting for Dick Rainey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carl Berra grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Combe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Minnesota total runners left on base: 3