Win: Bill Erickson (11-12) Loss: Mike Johnson (4-20)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Erickson pitching. Carl Berra strikes out. Kenta Shinohara grounds out to the second baseman. Gerry Yount flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Mike Johnson pitching. Willie Young grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Abrams flies out to the left fielder. Dean Rhodes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jack Brown strikes out. Chad Peterson flies out to the left fielder. Chick Lolich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Kazuyoshi Oshimoto singles in front of the left fielder. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ben Gerhardt strikes out. Gary Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Mark Gastall grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Hanford grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mike Wolf flies out to the right fielder. Art Gene Fulmer hits a home run. Bill Erickson strikes out. Willie Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Carl Berra flies out to the right fielder. Kenta Shinohara flies out to the left fielder. Gerry Yount strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bob Abrams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dean Rhodes singles to left field. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto walks. Ben Gerhardt doubles to left field. Dean Rhodes scores. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gary Johnson walks. Mike Wolf pops out to the first baseman. Art Gene Fulmer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jack Brown grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Chad Peterson strikes out. Chick Lolich singles to left field. Mark Gastall hits a home run. Chick Lolich scores. Lee Hanford grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Erickson singles to right field. Willie Young strikes out. Bob Abrams lines out to the third baseman. Dean Rhodes grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Erickson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mike Johnson strikes out. Carl Berra strikes out. Kenta Shinohara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Kazuyoshi Oshimoto strikes out. Ben Gerhardt grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Gerry Yount singles to left field. Dave Pierotti is pinch hitting for Jack Brown. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Pierotti grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gerry Yount is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chad Peterson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Wolf strikes out. Art Gene Fulmer singles to right field. Bill Erickson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Willie Young pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Chick Lolich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Gastall grounds out to the shortstop. Lee Hanford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Perranoski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bob Abrams walks. Dean Rhodes singles to right field. Bob Abrams advances to third on the hit. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto singles to left field. Bob Abrams scores. Dean Rhodes advances to third on the hit. Dick Rainey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ben Gerhardt doubles to right field. Dean Rhodes scores. Kazuyoshi Oshimoto uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gary Johnson singles to left field. Ben Gerhardt scores. Mike Wolf singles to left field. Gary Johnson advances to third on the hit. Damian Darby is pinch hitting for Art Gene Fulmer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Damian Darby doubles to left field. Gary Johnson scores. Mike Wolf uses his aggressiveness and scores. Monte Kelsey is pinch hitting for Bill Erickson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Monte Kelsey strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Willie Young strikes out. Bob Abrams singles to left field. Damian Darby scores. Johnny Schmidt is pinch hitting for Dean Rhodes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Johnny Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Rance Sechrist pitching. King Gibson is pinch hitting for Dick Rainey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. King Gibson flies out to the left fielder. Carl Berra singles to right field. Kenta Shinohara strikes out. Gerry Yount strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5