Win: Billy Distel (3-1) Loss: Skinny Zahniser (3-3)
Save: Sam Enwright (1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Guido Otis pitching. Vern Rasmussen walks. Paul Dailey flies out to the right fielder. Passed ball. Vern Rasmussen advances to second. Casey Cheadle pops out to the catcher. Oddibe Castillo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Brian Wynn pitching. Walt Gilbert strikes out. Yoshihiro Numata flies out to the center fielder. Doc Sprite singles to right field. Doc Sprite steals second. Warren Booles doubles to center field. Doc Sprite scores. Sammy Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Larkin doubles to right field. Dick Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Gross flies out to the left fielder. Roy Wolf grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tex Cruz strikes out. Kite Squires strikes out. Bill Rader strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Brian Wynn strikes out. Vern Rasmussen singles to left field. Paul Dailey singles to left field. Vern Rasmussen advances to third on the hit. Casey Cheadle strikes out. Oddibe Castillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Guido Otis singles to left field. Walt Gilbert flies out to the left fielder. Yoshihiro Numata singles to left field. Doc Sprite grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Larkin walks. Dick Thompson strikes out. Ted Gross grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bill Larkin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy Wolf grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Warren Booles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sammy Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Tex Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Brian Wynn grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Rasmussen walks. Vern Rasmussen steals second. Paul Dailey singles to left field. Vern Rasmussen is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Casey Cheadle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Kite Squires strikes out. Bill Rader grounds out to the shortstop. Guido Otis doubles to center field. Walt Gilbert walks. Yoshihiro Numata lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Oddibe Castillo flies out to the right fielder. Bill Larkin reached on a fielding error by Yoshihiro Numata. Dick Thompson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Doc Sprite flies out to the center fielder. Warren Booles flies out to the left fielder. Sammy Fitzgerald singles to left field. Sammy Fitzgerald steals second. Tex Cruz lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ted Gross hits a home run. Roy Wolf strikes out. Keizo Kawahara is pinch hitting for Brian Wynn. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Keizo Kawahara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Skinny Zahniser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Vern Rasmussen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Red Mitchell pitching. Kite Squires flies out to the center fielder. Bill Rader strikes out. Skinny Zahniser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Paul Dailey flies out to the left fielder. Casey Cheadle pops out to the second baseman. Oddibe Castillo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Walt Gilbert grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshihiro Numata flies out to the center fielder. Doc Sprite grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bill Larkin flies out to the right fielder. Dick Thompson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ted Gross strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Warren Booles grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Fitzgerald flies out to the center fielder. Tex Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Roy Wolf flies out to the right fielder. Byron Holloman is pinch hitting for Red Mitchell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Byron Holloman strikes out. Vern Rasmussen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Minnesota Billy Distel pitching. Kite Squires pops out to the third baseman. Frank Riesgo is pinch hitting for Bill Rader. Frank Riesgo grounds out to the pitcher. Skinny Zahniser grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Tampa Bay Crazy Rau enters the game as a defensive replacement for Frank Riesgo at C. Paul Dailey grounds out to the third baseman. Casey Cheadle flies out to the left fielder. Oddibe Castillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Minnesota Walt Gilbert walks. Yoshihiro Numata grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Walt Gilbert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Doc Sprite grounds out to the pitcher. Yoshihiro Numata advances to second on the play. Warren Booles flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Tampa Bay Bill Larkin singles to right field. Dick Thompson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Larkin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ted Gross grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dick Thompson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy Wolf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Minnesota Sammy Fitzgerald strikes out. Tex Cruz strikes out. Kite Squires strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Tampa Bay Charlie Shriver is pinch hitting for Billy Distel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Charlie Shriver singles to center field. Vern Rasmussen grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Shriver advances to second on the play. Paul Dailey bunts for a base hit. Joe Phillips 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. Casey Cheadle singles to left field. Charlie Shriver scores. Paul Dailey advances to third on the hit. Oddibe Castillo flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Paul Dailey scores. Bill Larkin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 13 Minnesota Sam Enwright pitching. Michael Jeltz is pinch hitting for Crazy Rau. Michael Jeltz strikes out. Eddie Greenberg is pinch hitting for Joe Phillips. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Greenberg strikes out. Walt Gilbert grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Wheeler improves in speed Floyd Rowan did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Rajsich did not respond to coaching in range Steve Wise did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brian Steinfeldt did not respond to coaching in endurance Rich Youngblood improves in range Mark Creel did not respond to coaching in control George Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty