Inning: 1 Minnesota Sid Jackson pitching. Punch Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Steve Hayward doubles to left field. Gabe Patterson singles to left field. Steve Hayward uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gabe Patterson steals second. Damian Baker singles to center field. Gabe Patterson scores. Damian Baker steals second. Johnny King grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Day flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Vance Leonides pitching. Tony Putnam singles to right field. Mike Ennis grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Rip Hungling grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jerry Stringer singles to right field. Hank Chapman walks. Vance Leonides fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Vance Leonides strikes out. Punch Rodriguez singles to left field. Steve Hayward flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jerry Stringer scores. Gabe Patterson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Joe McGraw strikes out. Andy Listach grounds out to the shortstop. Hughie Ferson singles to center field. Walt Owens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Damian Baker flies out to the left fielder. Johnny King flies out to the center fielder. Joe Day strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Damaso Bonino walks. Sid Jackson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tony Putnam strikes out. Mike Ennis singles to center field. Damaso Bonino scores. Rip Hungling pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jerry Stringer strikes out. Hank Chapman singles to left field. Vance Leonides lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Punch Rodriguez singles past the second baseman. Steve Hayward pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Joe McGraw flies out to the right fielder. Andy Listach grounds out to the shortstop. Hughie Ferson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gabe Patterson grounds out to the shortstop. Damian Baker strikes out. Johnny King strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Walt Owens hits a home run. Damaso Bonino grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Sid Jackson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tony Putnam singles to center field. Mike Ennis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joe Day singles past the first baseman. Jerry Stringer walks. Charlie McDowell is pinch hitting for Hank Chapman. Charlie McDowell reached on a fielding error by Mike Ennis. Vance Leonides strikes out. Punch Rodriguez walks. Joe Day scores. Steve Hayward grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay George Sularz enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie McDowell at C. Rip Hungling singles to right field. Joe McGraw grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Hungling advances to second on the play. Andy Listach lines out to the shortstop. Hughie Ferson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gabe Patterson strikes out. Damian Baker singles to left field. Johnny King grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Walt Owens grounds out to the second baseman. Damaso Bonino grounds out to the shortstop. Jacque Kramer is pinch hitting for Sid Jackson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jacque Kramer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yasuji Toyama pitching. Joe Day strikes out. Jerry Stringer grounds out to the second baseman. George Sularz singles to center field. Vance Leonides flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tony Putnam strikes out. Mike Ennis pops out to the shortstop. Rip Hungling walks. Joe McGraw doubles to center field. Rip Hungling uses his aggressiveness and scores. Andy Listach strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Punch Rodriguez pops out to the catcher. Steve Hayward walks. Gabe Patterson singles to center field. Damian Baker grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bibb Kilhullen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hughie Ferson flies out to the center fielder. Walt Owens strikes out. Damaso Bonino pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Steve Hayward (20).SF - Steve Hayward.GIDP - Steve Hayward, Damian Baker, Johnny King. Baserunning: SB - Gabe Patterson (13), Damian Baker (6).
Game Notes Rip Hungling is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Orlando Snell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Irv Metzig did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Diggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Ewald Thompson improves in range
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Dibut improves in contact_vs_lefty Jerry Barron did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Barron did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Williams did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Russ Miller improves in 3B