Win: John Batten (8-3) Loss: Soichiro Nakane (8-10)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Soichiro Nakane pitching. Bert Dunham grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jamie Zahniser doubles to left field. Denny Mora strikes out. Dan Ragland strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay John Batten pitching. Frank Davis hits a home run. Howard Norman strikes out. Red Harrison grounds out to the shortstop. Yukio Kawagishi singles to center field. Roy Blair doubles to right field. Yukio Kawagishi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Lowry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tommy Hosley flies out to the right fielder. Josh Nieman flies out to the center fielder. Bill DeMiller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Wes Voigt grounds out to the third baseman. Soichiro Nakane flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Red Zuber hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Batten lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bert Dunham strikes out. Jamie Zahniser pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Frank Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Howard Norman doubles to center field. Red Harrison grounds out to the second baseman. Howard Norman advances to third on the play. Yukio Kawagishi hits an infield single to the second baseman. Howard Norman scores. Roy Blair grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Denny Mora doubles to center field. Dan Ragland singles to center field. Denny Mora scores. Tommy Hosley doubles to left field. Dan Ragland uses his aggressiveness and scores. Josh Nieman flies out to the center fielder. Bill DeMiller doubles to right field. Tommy Hosley scores. Red Zuber singles to right field. Bill DeMiller scores. John Batten pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Bert Dunham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jack Lowry flies out to the right fielder. Eduardo Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Wes Voigt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jamie Zahniser singles to right field. Denny Mora singles to left field. Jamie Zahniser advances to third on the hit. Denny Mora is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dan Ragland flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jamie Zahniser scores. Dan Janvrin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tommy Hosley walks. Josh Nieman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dan Janvrin flies out to the left fielder. Frank Davis walks. Howard Norman grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Davis advances to second on the play. Red Harrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bill DeMiller singles to right field. Red Zuber flies out to the center fielder. John Batten lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bert Dunham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Yukio Kawagishi singles to center field. Yukio Kawagishi steals second. Roy Blair grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Lowry pops out to the second baseman. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jamie Zahniser triples. Denny Mora grounds out to the second baseman. Jamie Zahniser scores. Dan Ragland singles to right field. Tommy Hosley flies out to the right fielder. Josh Nieman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Wes Voigt strikes out. Paul Mmahat is pinch hitting for Dan Janvrin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Paul Mmahat singles to center field. Frank Davis grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Mmahat is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Howard Norman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mike Ziem pitching. Bill DeMiller strikes out. Red Zuber grounds out to the shortstop. Karl Fields is pinch hitting for John Batten. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Karl Fields grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Nolan Briggs pitching. Red Harrison strikes out. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bert Dunham singles to right field. Jamie Zahniser singles to center field. Bert Dunham advances to third on the hit. Denny Mora singles to center field. Bert Dunham scores. Jamie Zahniser advances to third on the hit. Dan Ragland walks. Tommy Hosley strikes out. Josh Nieman singles to right field. Jamie Zahniser scores. Randy Bautista comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill DeMiller grounds out to the shortstop. Denny Mora scores. Dan Ragland advances to third on the play. Josh Nieman advances to second on the play. Red Zuber walks. Carl Bell is pinch hitting for Nolan Briggs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Carl Bell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bill Jester pitching. Pop Riesgo is pinch hitting for Jack Lowry. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pop Riesgo singles past the second baseman. Eduardo Garcia walks. Wes Voigt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pop Riesgo advances to third on the play. Jack Martz is pinch hitting for Randy Bautista. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Martz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Kahn did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Villafuerte did not respond to coaching in speed Ramon Ruether did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Kahn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Kahn did not respond to coaching in range Mike Kahn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Arlett improves in velocity Alan Ripley did not respond to coaching in speed George Knoll did not respond to coaching in control Queenie Ramsey did not respond to coaching in range Alan Ripley did not respond to coaching in range John Serad improves in arm Rudy Warner improves in LF