Win: John Schmidt (15-2) Loss: Dick Baker (5-12)
Save: Keith Heitmuller (21)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Barry Singleton pitching. Walt Gilbert strikes out. Willie McCabe flies out to the right fielder. Sammy Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Roger Johnston pitching. Vern Rasmussen strikes out. King Bragan singles to center field. Keizo Kawahara grounds into a force play to the third baseman. King Bragan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. George Womack singles to center field. Keizo Kawahara advances to third on the hit. Casey Cheadle singles to left field. Keizo Kawahara scores. Bill Larkin hits a home run. George Womack scores. Casey Cheadle scores. Roy Wolf grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tex Cruz strikes out. Bill Rader flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Greenberg grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Byron Holloman walks. Barry Singleton lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Vern Rasmussen strikes out. King Bragan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Michael Jeltz grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshihiro Numata grounds out to the shortstop. Roger Johnston grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Keizo Kawahara singles to left field. George Womack hits an infield single to the shortstop. Casey Cheadle walks. John Schmidt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Larkin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Keizo Kawahara scores. George Womack advances to third on the play. Roy Wolf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Walt Gilbert grounds out to the third baseman. Willie McCabe strikes out. Sammy Fitzgerald pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Byron Holloman singles to center field. Barry Singleton pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Vern Rasmussen flies out to the center fielder. King Bragan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tex Cruz walks. Bill Rader grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Eddie Greenberg hits a home run. Michael Jeltz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Keizo Kawahara singles to left field. George Womack singles past the third baseman. Casey Cheadle flies out to the center fielder. Bill Larkin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yoshihiro Numata flies out to the center fielder. John Schmidt singles to center field. Walt Gilbert grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Schmidt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Willie McCabe singles to right field. Walt Gilbert advances to third on the hit. Sammy Fitzgerald singles to right field. Walt Gilbert scores. Willie McCabe advances to third on the hit. Tex Cruz walks. Bill Rader doubles to left field. Willie McCabe scores. Sammy Fitzgerald scores. Tex Cruz scores. Sam Enwright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Greenberg grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Roy Wolf is hit by a pitch. Byron Holloman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Wolf advances to second on the play. Ted Gross is pinch hitting for Sam Enwright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ted Gross flies out to the left fielder. Vern Rasmussen doubles to center field. Roy Wolf scores. King Bragan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dick Baker pitching. Michael Jeltz singles to center field. Yoshihiro Numata singles to center field. Michael Jeltz advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. John Schmidt strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Walt Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshihiro Numata advances to second on the play. Willie McCabe singles to right field. Michael Jeltz scores. Yoshihiro Numata scores. Sandy Moeller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sammy Fitzgerald flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Keizo Kawahara grounds out to the second baseman. George Womack singles to left field. Casey Cheadle singles to right field. George Womack advances to third on the hit. Bill Larkin flies out to the right fielder. Skinny Zahniser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Roy Wolf flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Tex Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Rader grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Greenberg pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Byron Holloman strikes out. Charlie Shriver is pinch hitting for Sandy Moeller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Charlie Shriver pops out to the shortstop. Vern Rasmussen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Enrique Moreno pitching. Kite Squires is pinch hitting for Michael Jeltz. Kite Squires grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshihiro Numata grounds out to the pitcher. Maury Castleman is pinch hitting for Skinny Zahniser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Maury Castleman walks. Walt Gilbert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Keith Heitmuller pitching. King Bragan walks. Keizo Kawahara flies out to the center fielder. George Womack flies out to the center fielder. Casey Cheadle grounds into a force play to the second baseman. King Bragan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 3 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bob Fletcher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Gus Caldwell improves in arm Abner Moseby did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Erardi improves in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shag Hughes did not respond to coaching in control Floyd Rowan did not respond to coaching in control Steve Wise did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Schmidt improves in velocity