Win: John Villone (12-4) Loss: Shallo Grave (5-11)
Save: Ray Strittmatter (39)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Shallo Grave pitching. Toby Kamm triples. Hans Ullrich pops out to the second baseman. Hugh Riles singles to left field. Toby Kamm scores. Joe Boyd singles to center field. Hugh Riles advances to third on the hit. J.D. Virgil walks. Joe Polanco flies out to the right fielder. Scott Crow grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay John Villone pitching. Danny Brooks grounds out to the pitcher. Homer James singles to left field. Arnold Bond flies out to the center fielder. Nick Prieto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Les Falteisek walks. John Villone lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Toby Kamm walks. Hans Ullrich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jackie McWilliams flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Eddie McAllister hits a home run. Joe Filipi doubles to center field. Chuck Tapia walks. Shallo Grave fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Shallo Grave flies out to the left fielder. Danny Brooks grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Hugh Riles grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Boyd grounds out to the second baseman. J.D. Virgil flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Homer James flies out to the center fielder. Arnold Bond grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Nick Prieto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Polanco pops out to the first baseman. Scott Crow doubles to center field. Les Falteisek strikes out. John Villone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jackie McWilliams pops out to the third baseman. Eddie McAllister grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Filipi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Toby Kamm doubles to center field. Hans Ullrich hits a home run. Toby Kamm scores. Hugh Riles lines out to the second baseman. Joe Boyd pops out to the shortstop. J.D. Virgil singles to center field. J.D. Virgil steals second. Joe Polanco grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Chuck Tapia walks. Shallo Grave lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Danny Brooks singles to center field. Homer James pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Scott Crow triples. Les Falteisek grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Crow scores. John Villone strikes out. Toby Kamm singles to left field. Toby Kamm is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Arnold Bond grounds out to the shortstop. Nick Prieto flies out to the left fielder. Jackie McWilliams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hans Ullrich strikes out. 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. Hugh Riles grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Boyd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Eddie McAllister singles to right field. Joe Filipi flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Tapia hits a home run. Eddie McAllister scores. Joe Rosello is pinch hitting for Doogy Young. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Joe Rosello walks. Ryan Ensberg is pinch running for Joe Rosello on 1st base. Ryan Ensberg is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Danny Brooks strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Storm Stember pitching. J.D. Virgil flies out to the center fielder. Joe Polanco singles to center field. Scott Crow walks. Les Falteisek singles to left field. Joe Polanco scores. John Villone fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Villone flies out to the left fielder. Toby Kamm strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Homer James pops out to the third baseman. Arnold Bond flies out to the left fielder. Nick Prieto triples. Ken Maksudian comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jackie McWilliams singles to right field. Nick Prieto scores. Eddie McAllister flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Hans Ullrich grounds out to the shortstop. Hugh Riles pops out to the shortstop. Joe Boyd pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ray Strittmatter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Filipi strikes out. Chuck Tapia strikes out. Kip Dobler is pinch hitting for Storm Stember. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kip Dobler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Roy Noonan improves in contact_vs_lefty Frank Martinez improves in contact_vs_lefty Rube Cotter did not respond to coaching in endurance Joe Crimian improves in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Larsen did not respond to coaching in control Tony Padgua did not respond to coaching in control John Hernandez improves in power_vs_lefty Neil Hart did not respond to coaching in speed