Win: Ray Strittmatter (2-3) Loss: Doogy Young (0-2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Tommy Ware pitching. Toby Kamm grounds out to the pitcher. Hans Ullrich triples. Joe Polanco walks. Hugh Riles grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Polanco advances to second on the play. Joe Boyd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Clayton Davison pitching. Joe Filipi strikes out. Eugene Erixson singles to center field. Arnold Bond walks. Nick Prieto singles to center field. The defense is playing the infield in. Kip Dobler strikes out. Jim McMurray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Korwan flies out to the left fielder. Jack Purdy strikes out. Johnny Cook flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Homer James lines out to the first baseman. Chuck Tapia strikes out. Tommy Ware strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Clayton Davison strikes out. Toby Kamm grounds out to the shortstop. Hans Ullrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Joe Filipi grounds out to the third baseman. Eugene Erixson strikes out. Arnold Bond singles to right field. Nick Prieto grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Arnold Bond is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Polanco grounds out to the shortstop. Hugh Riles strikes out. Joe Boyd grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Kip Dobler walks. Jim McMurray walks. Homer James grounds out to the third baseman. Kip Dobler advances to third on the play. Jim McMurray advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Chuck Tapia reached on a fielding error by Hans Ullrich. Kip Dobler scores. Tommy Ware grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Korwan singles to center field. Jack Purdy strikes out. Johnny Cook doubles to right field. Joe Korwan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Garcia is pinch hitting for Clayton Davison. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Garcia walks. Toby Kamm strikes out. Hans Ullrich walks. Joe Polanco flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Rube Cotter pitching. Joe Filipi grounds out to the third baseman. Eugene Erixson pops out to the shortstop. Arnold Bond doubles past the first baseman. Nick Prieto flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hugh Riles flies out to the center fielder. Joe Boyd singles to left field. Joe Korwan doubles to center field. Jack Purdy singles to right field. Joe Boyd scores. Johnny Cook strikes out. Jamey Atkins is pinch hitting for Rube Cotter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jamey Atkins grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Lefty Harrelson pitching. Kip Dobler flies out to the right fielder. Jim McMurray is hit by a pitch. Homer James doubles to center field. Jim McMurray scores. Chuck Tapia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Homer James advances to third on the play. Tommy Ware flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Toby Kamm grounds out to the second baseman. Hans Ullrich flies out to the right fielder. Joe Polanco flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Filipi strikes out. Eugene Erixson strikes out. Arnold Bond lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Hugh Riles strikes out. Joe Boyd pops out to the catcher. Doogy Young 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. Joe Korwan walks. Jack Purdy singles to right field. Johnny Cook walks. Glenn Moronko is pinch hitting for Lefty Harrelson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Glenn Moronko strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ray Strittmatter pitching. Nick Prieto flies out to the right fielder. Kip Dobler strikes out. Jim McMurray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Toby Kamm walks. Hans Ullrich doubles to center field. Toby Kamm uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Polanco flies out to the right fielder. Hugh Riles pops out to the third baseman. Joe Boyd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Homer James grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Tapia grounds out to the third baseman. Adolph Vasquez is pinch hitting for Doogy Young. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Adolph Vasquez singles past the third baseman. Ryan Ensberg is pinch running for Adolph Vasquez on 1st base. Joe Filipi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 11 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Les Falteisek improves in arm Dean Powers improves in endurance Jeremy Hassey did not respond to coaching in control Tim Martinez did not respond to coaching in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rick Merola improves in arm Neil Hart did not respond to coaching in range Steven Webster did not respond to coaching in control David Goodhue did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Danny Brooks did not respond to coaching in 2B