Inning: 1 Minnesota Johnny Reese pitching. Jack Gonzales strikes out. Tim Smith strikes out. Toshio Kajima walks. Keith Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jim Sisler pitching. Vismay Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Crump flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Sackinsky grounds out to the catcher. Don Stearns pops out to the third baseman. Bud Rodas walks. Bud Rodas is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bob Garcia walks. Cal Morehead singles to right field. Bob Garcia advances to third on the hit. Dick Ibanez grounds out to the pitcher. Cal Morehead advances to second on the play. Dick Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Garcia scores. Ron Gleich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Alvin Bearnarth pops out to the shortstop. Jim Sisler strikes out. Jack Gonzales flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Johnny Reese grounds out to the second baseman. Vismay Ortiz strikes out. Bobby Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tim Smith flies out to the center fielder. Toshio Kajima pops out to the third baseman. Keith Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Al Crump hits a home run. Bob Garcia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cal Morehead strikes out. Dick Ibanez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Sackinsky singles to right field. Don Stearns strikes out. Joe Sackinsky is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bud Rodas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dick Smith doubles to center field. Ron Gleich grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Reese singles to right field. Dick Smith is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Vismay Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Alvin Bearnarth grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Sisler lines out to the shortstop. Jack Gonzales walks. Tim Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jack Gonzales is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz singles to center field. Al Crump strikes out. Bob Garcia grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bobby Ortiz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Garcia steals second. Cal Morehead grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Toshio Kajima walks. Keith Irwin strikes out. Joe Sackinsky grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dick Ibanez grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Smith strikes out. Ron Gleich singles to left field. Ron Gleich steals second. Johnny Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Don Stearns pops out to the shortstop. Bud Rodas singles to center field. Alvin Bearnarth strikes out. Jim Sisler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Vismay Ortiz walks. Vismay Ortiz steals second. Bobby Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Al Crump strikes out. Bob Garcia singles to center field. Vismay Ortiz scores. Bob Garcia is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bill Cox enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cal Morehead at 1B. Cotton Corcoran comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jack Gonzales singles to right field. Tim Smith pops out to the second baseman. Toshio Kajima flies out to the left fielder. Keith Irwin singles to center field. Joe Sackinsky singles to right field. Jack Gonzales uses his aggressiveness and scores. Keith Irwin advances to third on the hit. Don Stearns triples. Keith Irwin scores. Joe Sackinsky scores. Bucky Mitchell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bud Rodas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Damion Armbruster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Cox singles to left field. Dick Ibanez hits a home run. Bill Cox scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 4 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Dick Smith (7).HR - Al Crump (15), Dick Ibanez (2).SF - Dick Smith. Baserunning: SB - Vismay Ortiz (10), Bob Garcia (1), Ron Gleich (4).CS - Bob Garcia (6).
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Neil Smith did not respond to coaching in control Eliot Ness improves in arm Kevin Ott improves in contact_vs_righty Al Lamb did not respond to coaching in control Dutch Medina improves in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tink Castillo improves in range Spec Gabler improves in arm Armando Swetonic improves in arm Jim Lamb did not respond to coaching in control