Inning: 1 Minnesota Bruce Moryn pitching. Punch Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Gabe Patterson strikes out. Hank Chapman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Kazuya Arasuna pitching. Rugger Foss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Putnam walks. Mike Ennis hits a home run. Tony Putnam scores. Andy Listach singles to left field. Hughie Ferson walks. Walt Owens strikes out. Bob Dugan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota John Crabtree grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny King singles to left field. Damian Baker walks. Joe Day lines out to the first baseman. David Pillette lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Gee Menendez singles past the second baseman. Bruce Moryn lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Rugger Foss strikes out. Tony Putnam flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Kazuya Arasuna strikes out. Punch Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Gabe Patterson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Mike Ennis strikes out. Andy Listach flies out to the right fielder. Hughie Ferson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hank Chapman singles to right field. John Crabtree grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hank Chapman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Crabtree steals second. Johnny King strikes out. Damian Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Walt Owens flies out to the right fielder. Bob Dugan strikes out. Gee Menendez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Day strikes out. David Pillette singles to center field. Kazuya Arasuna lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, David Pillette forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Punch Rodriguez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kazuya Arasuna is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bruce Moryn pops out to the third baseman. Rugger Foss doubles to left field. Tony Putnam triples. Rugger Foss scores. Mike Ennis flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tony Putnam scores. Andy Listach grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gabe Patterson singles to center field. Hank Chapman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Crabtree grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Hughie Ferson strikes out. Walt Owens singles to center field. Bob Dugan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Walt Owens is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gee Menendez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny King flies out to the right fielder. Damian Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Day singles to center field. Johnny Brown is pinch hitting for David Pillette. Johnny Brown singles to center field. Joe Day advances to third on the hit. Jerry Stringer is pinch hitting for Kazuya Arasuna. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jerry Stringer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay David Howard pitching. Charlie McDowell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Johnny Brown at 2B. Bruce Moryn walks. Rugger Foss singles to center field. Tony Putnam flies out to the left fielder. Mike Ennis singles to center field. Andy Listach lines out to the shortstop. Hughie Ferson singles to center field. Bruce Moryn scores. Rugger Foss scores. Jim Tucker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walt Owens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Punch Rodriguez walks. Gabe Patterson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Punch Rodriguez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gabe Patterson steals second. Hank Chapman singles to right field. Gabe Patterson scores. John Crabtree singles to center field. Hank Chapman advances to third on the hit. Johnny King walks. Larry Yellen 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 2nd. Damian Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Chapman scores. John Crabtree advances to third on the play. Johnny King advances to second on the play. Joe Day grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bob Dugan doubles to right field. Gee Menendez singles to center field. Bob Dugan scores. Prentiss Smith is pinch hitting for Larry Yellen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Prentiss Smith pops out to the first baseman. Gee Menendez steals second. Rugger Foss grounds out to the second baseman. Gee Menendez advances to third on the play. Al Flaherty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Putnam grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Johnnie LaRue pitching. Charlie McDowell singles to center field. George Sularz is pinch hitting for Al Flaherty. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Sularz pops out to the third baseman. Punch Rodriguez walks. Gabe Patterson hits a home run. Charlie McDowell scores. Punch Rodriguez scores. Kazuo Yamane comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hank Chapman grounds out to the shortstop. John Crabtree strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: D+ Improvements: Orlando Snell did not respond to coaching in arm Pat Shepard did not respond to coaching in control Garry Fox improves in contact_vs_righty Ewald Thompson improves in speed
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Dibut did not respond to coaching in range John Cannizzaro improves in range John Cannizzaro improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Schulte did not respond to coaching in range Russ Miller did not respond to coaching in 3B