Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rube Grate pitching. Reggie Morse walks. Dick Herring singles to left field. Chris Parker grounds out to the pitcher. Reggie Morse advances to third on the play. Dick Herring advances to second on the play. Ronnie Belcher strikes out. Dale Carl flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Larry Winfield pitching. Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the pitcher. Peyton Stovall strikes out. March Roberge grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Tommy Brunsberg singles to center field. Art Battey grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Craig Bradley lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ray Trimble strikes out. Luis Boone flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bill Conroy doubles to center field. Joe Gamble grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Larry Winfield flies out to the right fielder. Reggie Morse lines out to the pitcher. Dick Herring pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Kip Oakes walks. Kip Oakes steals second. Rube Grate lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Kip Oakes is thrown out at third. Dick Chetkovich grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rube Grate is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dick Chetkovich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Chris Parker flies out to the center fielder. Ronnie Belcher strikes out. Dale Carl strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Peyton Stovall singles to right field. March Roberge strikes out. Ray Trimble flies out to the center fielder. Luis Boone reached on a fielding error by Ronnie Belcher. Bill Conroy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tommy Brunsberg reached on a fielding error by Joe Gamble. Art Battey flies out to the left fielder. Craig Bradley singles in front of the left fielder. Tommy Brunsberg advances to third on the hit. Craig Bradley steals second. Larry Winfield strikes out. Reggie Morse singles to left field. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Dick Herring pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Gamble grounds out to the third baseman. Kip Oakes grounds out to the second baseman. Rube Grate grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Chris Parker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ronnie Belcher singles to right field. Dale Carl walks. Tommy Brunsberg walks. Art Battey grounds out to the third baseman. Ronnie Belcher scores. Dale Carl advances to third on the play. Tommy Brunsberg advances to second on the play. Craig Bradley hits a home run. Dale Carl scores. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Keiichi Kawanishi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Winfield grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dick Chetkovich doubles to right field. Peyton Stovall grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Chetkovich is out trying to steal third. March Roberge singles to center field. Ray Trimble lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Reggie Morse grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Herring singles to center field. Chris Parker grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Luis Boone walks. Bill Conroy singles to center field. Luis Boone advances to third on the hit. Joe Gamble strikes out. Kip Oakes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ronnie Belcher walks. Dale Carl strikes out. Dick Bennett is pinch hitting for Tommy Brunsberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Bennett pops out to the shortstop. Art Battey doubles to right field. Ronnie Belcher uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ramon Swisher is pinch hitting for Craig Bradley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ramon Swisher walks. Shinya Maruo is pinch hitting for Larry Winfield. 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. Shinya Maruo singles to center field. Art Battey scores. Ramon Swisher advances to third on the hit. Al Chervinko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reggie Morse strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mike Currie pitching. Balor Helms is pinch hitting for Al Chervinko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Balor Helms grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Chetkovich walks. Peyton Stovall flies out to the right fielder. Dick Chetkovich steals second. March Roberge flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Elmer Allen pitching. Dick Herring grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Parker hits a home run. Ronnie Belcher flies out to the left fielder. Dale Carl flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ray Trimble singles past the second baseman. Luis Boone grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ray Trimble is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Conroy strikes out. Joe Gamble grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Art Battey (12).HR - Chris Parker (16), Craig Bradley (8).GIDP - Chris Parker, Art Battey. Baserunning: SB - Craig Bradley (7). Fielding: E - Ronnie Belcher.
Batting:2B - Dick Chetkovich (11), Bill Conroy (6).GIDP - Kip Oakes. Baserunning: SB - Dick Chetkovich (24), Kip Oakes (3).CS - Dick Chetkovich 2 (11). Fielding: E - Joe Gamble.
Game Notes Reggie Morse is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Patsy Drago did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Espinoza improves in speed Tom Crouch improves in power_vs_righty Emmett Knothe did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Crouch improves in power_vs_lefty Kim Baumer did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fritz Guzman did not respond to coaching in velocity Thornton Burrell did not respond to coaching in velocity Daryl Jenkins did not respond to coaching in endurance Scotty Wolf improves in control Cal Alcantara did not respond to coaching in endurance Cal Alcantara did not respond to coaching in velocity