Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Thornton Donovan pitching. Lou House doubles to left field. Clarence Lint pops out to the third baseman. Lou House steals third. Dick Herring reached on a 2-base throwing error by Billy Perdue. Lou House scores. Chris Parker singles to right field. Dick Herring scores. Ronnie Belcher grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bombo Dudra pitching. Dick Chetkovich flies out to the center fielder. Fred Krause strikes out. Balor Helms walks. March Roberge singles to right field. Balor Helms advances to third on the hit. Ray Trimble grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ed Camnitz strikes out. Reggie Shaw strikes out. Tommy Brunsberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Vance Cromer singles to right field. Todd Smith strikes out. Billy Perdue grounds out to the pitcher. Vance Cromer advances to second on the play. Thornton Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bombo Dudra strikes out. Lou House flies out to the left fielder. Clarence Lint strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Krause walks. Balor Helms grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dick Herring hits a home run. Chris Parker strikes out. Ronnie Belcher flies out to the center fielder. Ed Camnitz singles to center field. Reggie Shaw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota March Roberge grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Trimble flies out to the center fielder. Vance Cromer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tommy Brunsberg doubles to right field. Bombo Dudra lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lou House triples. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Clarence Lint grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou House scores. Dick Herring hits an infield single to the catcher. Chris Parker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Todd Smith hits a home run. Billy Perdue flies out to the left fielder. Thornton Donovan strikes out. Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Ronnie Belcher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Camnitz flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Shaw singles to right field. Reggie Shaw steals second. Tommy Brunsberg walks. Bombo Dudra strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Fred Krause singles to right field. Fred Krause is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Balor Helms flies out to the center fielder. March Roberge walks. Ray Trimble singles to left field. March Roberge advances to third on the hit. Vance Cromer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Lou House flies out to the center fielder. Monte Thomas is pinch hitting for Clarence Lint. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Monte Thomas hits a home run. Al Chervinko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Herring triples. Chris Parker singles to right field. Dick Herring scores. Chris Parker steals second. Ronnie Belcher singles to right field. Chris Parker scores. Cameron Ortiz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Halicki is pinch hitting for Ed Camnitz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Halicki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ronnie Belcher advances to second on the play. Keith Hughes is pinch hitting for Reggie Shaw. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Keith Hughes walks. Tommy Brunsberg grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ronnie Belcher is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Todd Smith singles to left field. Billy Perdue strikes out. Tom Gamble is pinch hitting for Cameron Ortiz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Gamble flies out to the right fielder. Todd Smith steals second. Dick Chetkovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Foley pitching. Sam Hopp is pinch hitting for Bombo Dudra. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Sam Hopp singles to right field. Lou House singles to right field. Monte Thomas singles to right field. Sam Hopp scores. Lou House advances to third on the hit. Monte Thomas steals second. Dick Herring lines out to the shortstop. Chris Parker grounds out to the pitcher. Ronnie Belcher flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ed Lewis pitching. Fred Krause strikes out. Balor Helms singles to center field. Balor Helms is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). March Roberge strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Pete Halicki grounds out to the second baseman. Keith Hughes singles to right field. Tommy Brunsberg pops out to the second baseman. Ed Lewis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ray Trimble singles to left field. Vance Cromer pops out to the shortstop. Todd Smith flies out to the center fielder. Billy Perdue lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Lou House (13), Tommy Brunsberg (5).3B - Lou House (5), Dick Herring (11).HR - Monte Thomas (3), Dick Herring (9).GIDP - Ronnie Belcher. Baserunning: SB - Lou House (14), Monte Thomas (6), Chris Parker (19), Reggie Shaw (10).
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Percy Lake did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bob Laskey did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Bennett improves in power_vs_righty Craig Bradley did not respond to coaching in speed Ramon Swisher improves in contact_vs_lefty Reggie Morse did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Linc Bullinger did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty David Johnson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Linc Bullinger did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Thornton Burrell did not respond to coaching in endurance Phil Lint did not respond to coaching in velocity Buster Gaw did not respond to coaching in velocity