Win: Joe Christmas (10-3) Loss: Fred Beamon (1-10)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Fred Beamon pitching. Frank Polivka strikes out. Joe Kinslow grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Moeller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Joe Christmas pitching. Bob Gagne strikes out. Joel Briley singles to left field. Marv Almanza strikes out. Joel Briley gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Herm Schalk hits a home run. Carroll Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. George Kilduff grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Flannery strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ken Reinbach grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tom Wood grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Purnal Andrews hits an infield single to the pitcher. Walt Bailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Moonlight Blyzka singles to center field. Joe Christmas fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Joe Christmas flies out to the center fielder. Frank Polivka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Moonlight Blyzka is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Kinslow doubles to left field. Frank Polivka uses his aggressiveness and scores. Roy Moeller hits a home run. Joe Kinslow scores. Herm Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Orlando Lombardozzi grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Fred Beamon grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Gagne grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carroll Diaz flies out to the right fielder. George Kilduff singles to center field. Reggie Flannery walks. Moonlight Blyzka lines out to the third baseman. Joe Christmas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Joel Briley grounds out to the shortstop. Marv Almanza grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Reinbach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Frank Polivka singles to left field. Joe Kinslow strikes out. Roy Moeller strikes out. Herm Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tom Wood strikes out. Purnal Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Walt Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Carroll Diaz singles to right field. George Kilduff grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Carroll Diaz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Reggie Flannery flies out to the left fielder. Marty Durham is pinch hitting for Moonlight Blyzka. Marty Durham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Larry Knoblauch enters the game as a defensive replacement for Marty Durham at C. Orlando Lombardozzi strikes out. Fred Beamon lines out to the second baseman. Bob Gagne singles to left field. Joel Briley flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Joe Christmas singles to center field. Frank Polivka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Christmas advances to second on the play. Joe Kinslow walks. Roy Moeller grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Marv Almanza reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Kinslow. Ken Reinbach grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marv Almanza advances to third on the play. Tom Wood flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Marv Almanza scores. Purnal Andrews singles to center field. Walt Bailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ted Downing comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Herm Schalk flies out to the left fielder. Carroll Diaz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! George Kilduff hits an infield single to the first baseman. Reggie Flannery flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Orlando Lombardozzi flies out to the right fielder. Ted Downing flies out to the center fielder. Bob Gagne grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Larry Knoblauch walks. Paul Bowie is pinch hitting for Joe Christmas. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Paul Bowie grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Knoblauch advances to second on the play. Frank Polivka singles to left field. Larry Knoblauch scores. Frank Polivka steals second. Joe Kinslow strikes out. Roy Moeller walks. Herm Schalk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Burt Clinton pitching. Joel Briley singles to left field. Marv Almanza walks. Ken Reinbach pops out to the shortstop. Tom Wood singles to right field. Joel Briley scores. Marv Almanza advances to third on the hit. Purnal Andrews walks. Walt Bailey pops out to the first baseman. Orlando Lombardozzi grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Marv Almanza is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Joe Kinslow (15).HR - Roy Moeller (7), Herm Schalk (11).GIDP - Roy Moeller. Baserunning: SB - Frank Polivka (7). Fielding: E - Joe Kinslow.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Jonnard did not respond to coaching in arm Sal MacCormack did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Shawn Doheny improves in power_vs_righty Walt Richert did not respond to coaching in velocity Martin Neher improves in power_vs_righty Sal MacCormack did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Marty Anderson did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ellis Citarella did not respond to coaching in velocity Chad Martinez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Felipe Davila did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Edd Sargent improves in velocity George Meloan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Brent Rogers did not respond to coaching in control