Inning: 1 Minnesota Bruce Moryn pitching. Punch Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Hayward flies out to the center fielder. Gabe Patterson hits a home run. Hank Chapman walks. John Crabtree pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Marv Hernandez pitching. Tony Putnam pops out to the shortstop. Mike Ennis pops out to the first baseman. Rip Hungling hits a home run. Joe McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Damian Baker flies out to the left fielder. Joe Day strikes out. Johnny Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Andy Listach hits a home run. Hughie Ferson singles to left field. Walt Owens strikes out. Damaso Bonino grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Marv Hernandez reached on a fielding error by Damaso Bonino. Punch Rodriguez singles to center field. Steve Hayward singles to right field. Marv Hernandez is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Punch Rodriguez advances to third on the play. Gabe Patterson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bruce Moryn singles to center field. Tony Putnam grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mike Ennis singles past the shortstop. Rip Hungling singles to center field. Joe McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hank Chapman flies out to the right fielder. John Crabtree triples. Damian Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Day grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Andy Listach singles to center field. Hughie Ferson singles to left field. Andy Listach is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Walt Owens grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hughie Ferson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Damaso Bonino flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Johnny Brown strikes out. Marv Hernandez singles to left field. Marv Hernandez steals second. Punch Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Steve Hayward singles to right field. Gabe Patterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bruce Moryn strikes out. Tony Putnam grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Ennis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hank Chapman singles to right field. John Crabtree strikes out. Damian Baker strikes out. Joe Day grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hank Chapman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Rip Hungling singles to center field. Joe McGraw flies out to the right fielder. Andy Listach grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rip Hungling is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Andy Listach steals second. Hughie Ferson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny Brown walks. Charlie McDowell is pinch hitting for Marv Hernandez. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Charlie McDowell strikes out. Johnny Brown is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Punch Rodriguez doubles to center field. Steve Hayward walks. Gabe Patterson singles to left field. Punch Rodriguez scores. Hank Chapman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Cal McConnell pitching. Walt Owens pops out to the shortstop. Damaso Bonino grounds out to the shortstop. Prentiss Smith is pinch hitting for Bruce Moryn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Prentiss Smith doubles to right field. Tony Putnam grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yasuji Toyama pitching. John Crabtree singles to right field. Damian Baker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joe Day singles to center field. Johnny Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mike Ennis doubles to right field. Rip Hungling grounds out to the shortstop. Joe McGraw flies out to the right fielder. Al Flaherty 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 2nd. Andy Listach walks. Hughie Ferson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Orlando Snell is pinch hitting for Al Flaherty. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Orlando Snell grounds out to the second baseman. Punch Rodriguez singles to right field. Steve Hayward grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Punch Rodriguez advances to second on the play. Gabe Patterson hits a home run. Punch Rodriguez scores. Lew Sheldon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hank Chapman singles to right field. John Crabtree walks. Damian Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bibb Kilhullen pitching. Walt Owens singles to left field. Damaso Bonino strikes out. Leo Brown is pinch hitting for Lew Sheldon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Leo Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walt Owens advances to second on the play. Tony Putnam singles to right field. Walt Owens scores. Mike Ennis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 11 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Punch Rodriguez (20).3B - John Crabtree (4).HR - Gabe Patterson 2 (17).GIDP - Gabe Patterson, Damian Baker. Baserunning: SB - Marv Hernandez (3).CS - Johnny Brown (3).
Game Notes Leo Brown is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Pat Shepard did not respond to coaching in control Irv Metzig did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Rachunok improves in power_vs_lefty Ham Wright did not respond to coaching in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ron Williams improves in power_vs_righty David Geishert did not respond to coaching in speed Johnnie LaRue did not respond to coaching in velocity John Cannizzaro improves in contact_vs_righty David Geishert improves in CF