Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Joe Foley pitching. Reggie Morse pops out to the third baseman. Art Battey strikes out. Dale Carl flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lew Williamson pitching. Jack Tomney flies out to the center fielder. John Heidrick grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Sterrett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ronnie Belcher strikes out. Ben Beatty grounds out to the third baseman. Tommy Brunsberg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Luis Boone grounds out to the shortstop. Jacob Raymond singles to right field. Kip Oakes flies out to the left fielder. Joe Dauer hits a home run. Jacob Raymond scores. Vance Cromer walks. Joe Foley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Craig Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Crouch strikes out. Lew Williamson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jacob Raymond. Reggie Morse walks. Art Battey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jack Tomney strikes out. John Heidrick grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Sterrett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dale Carl singles to left field. Ronnie Belcher singles to left field. Dale Carl advances to third on the hit. Ben Beatty strikes out. Tommy Brunsberg grounds out to the third baseman. Ronnie Belcher advances to second on the play. Craig Bradley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Luis Boone grounds out to the third baseman. Jacob Raymond strikes out. Kip Oakes flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tom Crouch flies out to the center fielder. Lew Williamson flies out to the center fielder. Reggie Morse grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Dauer walks. Vance Cromer singles to left field. Joe Foley lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jack Tomney walks. John Heidrick walks. Joe Dauer scores. Bob Sterrett walks. Vance Cromer scores. Luis Boone flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jack Tomney scores. Frank Trammell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jacob Raymond strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Art Battey flies out to the right fielder. Dale Carl grounds out to the third baseman. Ronnie Belcher pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Kip Oakes flies out to the left fielder. Joe Dauer grounds out to the shortstop. Vance Cromer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ben Beatty singles past the second baseman. Dick Bennett is pinch hitting for Tommy Brunsberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Bennett singles to right field. Ramon Swisher is pinch hitting for Craig Bradley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ramon Swisher grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ben Beatty advances to third on the play. Tom Crouch walks. Bob Jones is pinch hitting for Frank Trammell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Clyde Goossen pitching. Joe Foley grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Tomney lines out to the third baseman. John Heidrick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Charlie Peters is pinch hitting for Reggie Morse. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Peters flies out to the center fielder. Art Battey singles to right field. Doug Johnston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Dale Carl grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Battey advances to second on the play. Don Espinoza is pinch hitting for Ronnie Belcher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Don Espinoza grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bob Sterrett grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Boone flies out to the right fielder. Jacob Raymond flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ben Beatty flies out to the right fielder. Dick Bennett strikes out. Ramon Swisher lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Kip Oakes is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bo Benson improves in range Yoshimatsu Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Alex Zmich improves in power_vs_lefty Jeffrey Parker improves in velocity Jeffrey Parker did not respond to coaching in control Dave Coleman did not respond to coaching in control Bo Benson did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Steve Matthews did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Camilli did not respond to coaching in velocity Scotty Wolf did not respond to coaching in velocity Jesse Levsen improves in contact_vs_lefty Alex Brown did not respond to coaching in control Jesse Levsen improves in contact_vs_lefty