Win: Cliff Mullin (10-3) Loss: Mike Yeager (0-8)
Save: Joe Scott (5)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Cliff Mullin pitching. Pat Coble grounds out to the second baseman. Whitey Conovar flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Lockwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Mike Yeager pitching. Mike Howell grounds out to the second baseman. Oddibe Knoll reached on a fielding error by Claude West. Chuck Kaiser grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rod Brown strikes out. Hot Heinie Haid singles to right field. Claude West grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Brad Didier singles to left field. Brad Didier is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Pete High flies out to the center fielder. Butts Girardi triples. Andy Leever strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Del Walsh doubles to right field. Jim Rock Robinson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Oddibe Knoll. Del Walsh scores. Mike Yeager lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pat Coble strikes out. Whitey Conovar pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Gabe Bomback walks. Cliff Mullin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Howell pops out to the third baseman. Oddibe Knoll grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Charlie Lockwood walks. Rod Brown flies out to the right fielder. Hot Heinie Haid strikes out. Claude West singles past the shortstop. Del Walsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser reached on a fielding error by Mike Yeager. Brad Didier strikes out. Pete High flies out to the left fielder. Butts Girardi singles to right field. Chuck Kaiser advances to third on the hit. Passed ball. Chuck Kaiser scores. Butts Girardi advances to second. Andy Leever strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jim Rock Robinson singles past the shortstop. Mike Yeager lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pat Coble flies out to the right fielder. Whitey Conovar strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gabe Bomback flies out to the left fielder. Cliff Mullin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Howell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick is pinch hitting for Charlie Lockwood. Tommy Balls Eunick grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Dunbar is pinch hitting for Rod Brown. Cliff Dunbar grounds out to the shortstop. Hot Heinie Haid flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Oddibe Knoll walks. Chuck Kaiser strikes out. Brad Didier strikes out. Pete High singles to right field. Oddibe Knoll advances to third on the hit. Butts Girardi singles to right field. Oddibe Knoll scores. Pete High advances to third on the hit. Andy Leever doubles to center field. Pete High scores. Butts Girardi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gabe Bomback flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Claude West singles to right field. Del Walsh flies out to the left fielder. Jim Rock Robinson singles to right field. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah is pinch hitting for Mike Yeager. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah singles to center field. Claude West scores. Jim Rock Robinson advances to third on the hit. Pat Coble flies out to the right fielder. Whitey Conovar strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Yoshinori Uchiyama pitching. Tom Flannery is pinch hitting for Cliff Mullin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Flannery singles to right field. Mike Howell singles to left field. Oddibe Knoll flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Kaiser walks. Brad Didier grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Flannery scores. Mike Howell advances to third on the play. Chuck Kaiser advances to second on the play. Kevin Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete High walks. Butts Girardi strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Scott pitching. Tommy Balls Eunick singles to right field. Tommy Balls Eunick is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cliff Dunbar grounds out to the third baseman. Hot Heinie Haid strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Andy Leever triples. Gabe Bomback singles to center field. Andy Leever scores. Jeff Harry Harrison comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Scott lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Howell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gabe Bomback advances to third on the play. Oddibe Knoll walks. Chuck Kaiser flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Claude West walks. Del Walsh flies out to the right fielder. Jim Rock Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Harry Harrison reached on a 2-base throwing error by Oddibe Knoll. Pat Coble singles in front of the center fielder. Claude West scores. Jeff Harry Harrison scores. Whitey Conovar grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Del Walsh (3).GIDP - Claude West. Baserunning: CS - Tommy Balls Eunick (2). Fielding: E - Claude West, Mike Yeager.PB - Jim Rock Robinson.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ben Cliburn improves in power_vs_righty Haddie Davison did not respond to coaching in control Mike 'Science Guy' Nye did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Brockett did not respond to coaching in control George Lang improves in RF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hank Penn did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Lipski did not respond to coaching in control Deacon Leon improves in power_vs_righty Deacon Leon improves in contact_vs_lefty Jose Ford did not respond to coaching in 2B