Win: Pete Hildebrand (13-7) Loss: Gene K Pettini (9-10)
Save: Dick Brown (29)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Pete Hildebrand pitching. Rudy K Roenicke strikes out. Billy Devarez reached on a fielding error by Daryl Kosman. Jack Kramer singles to center field. Chet K Daviault strikes out. Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Gene K Pettini pitching. Joe Selph flies out to the left fielder. Daryl Kosman grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Cox singles to center field. Cod Yadilloh walks. Bob Koster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the third baseman. Art K McDonald flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Phil Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Al Morris hits a home run. Dave Schmidt pops out to the third baseman. Erv Bichette flies out to the right fielder. Pete Hildebrand flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Gene K Pettini strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke pops out to the shortstop. Billy Devarez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Joe Selph singles to center field. Joe Selph steals second. Daryl Kosman hits a home run. Joe Selph scores. Danny Cox walks. Cod Yadilloh flies out to the right fielder. Bob Koster flies out to the left fielder. Al Morris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jack Kramer strikes out. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the shortstop. Claude TK Estalella singles to center field. Tomokazu T Kuzava walks. Art K McDonald doubles to center field. Claude TK Estalella scores. Tomokazu T Kuzava uses his aggressiveness and scores. Phil Jones pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dave Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Erv Bichette strikes out. Pete Hildebrand strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gene K Pettini strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Devarez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Selph grounds out to the second baseman. Daryl Kosman walks. Danny Cox grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jack Kramer flies out to the right fielder. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the second baseman. Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Alf T Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cod Yadilloh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Koster hits a home run. Al Morris strikes out. Dave Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tomokazu T Kuzava singles to left field. Art K McDonald walks. Phil Jones strikes out. Duke Sims Jr. is pinch hitting for Alf T Gardner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Duke Sims Jr. singles past the second baseman. Tomokazu T Kuzava scores. Art K McDonald advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. George Garbark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rudy K Roenicke grounds out to the pitcher. Duke Sims Jr. advances to second on the play. Billy Devarez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Luis W Velazquez pitching. Erv Bichette flies out to the right fielder. Jose Billings is pinch hitting for George Garbark. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Billings flies out to the left fielder. Joe Selph singles to center field. Daryl Kosman walks. Danny Cox flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Leo Dougherty pitching. Jack Kramer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Erv Bichette. Chet K Daviault flies out to the left fielder. Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Cod Yadilloh singles to left field. Bob Koster walks. Akihiko Ota comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Morris walks. Kirtley Dougherty is pinch hitting for Dave Schmidt. Kirtley Dougherty grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Cod Yadilloh scores. Bob Koster advances to third on the play. Erv Bichette flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Wiz Offerman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kirtley Dougherty at SS. Dick Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Art K McDonald grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Jones strikes out. Dutch K Young is pinch hitting for Akihiko Ota. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dutch K Young grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Gene K Pettini is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rube Lopez did not respond to coaching in velocity Rube Lopez did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Aulds did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Stapleton did not respond to coaching in control Ernie K Burns improves in 3B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Mize improves in power_vs_lefty Stan Napier did not respond to coaching in velocity Stan Napier improves in control Sam Haney did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Covington improves in 3B