Inning: 1 Minnesota Andy Stewart pitching. Mike Howell grounds out to the second baseman. Oddibe Knoll walks. Brad Didier grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rip Menze pitching. Danny Tipple pops out to the second baseman. Pat Coble lines out to the shortstop. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Fisher grounds out to the second baseman. Pete High strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Grover Carney flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Lockwood walks. Dewayne DD Dorgan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Charlie Lockwood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jeff Gonzalez singles to center field. Tommy Balls Eunick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Butts Girardi doubles to right field. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Rip Menze flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Mike Howell walks. Oddibe Knoll singles to left field. Butts Girardi scores. Mike Howell advances to third on the hit. Oddibe Knoll is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Andy Stewart strikes out. Danny Tipple hits an infield single to the pitcher. Pat Coble grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Brad Didier flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Kaiser lines out to the second baseman. Rick Fisher pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Gene Ha-Ha Hannah singles to center field. Grover Carney grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Charlie Lockwood singles to right field. Dewayne DD Dorgan walks. Jeff Gonzalez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pete High hits a home run. Butts Girardi flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Rip Menze pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick grounds out to the pitcher. Hot Heinie Haid is pinch hitting for Andy Stewart. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Hot Heinie Haid walks. Danny Tipple pops out to the first baseman. Pat Coble singles to left field. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah doubles to center field. Hot Heinie Haid scores. Pat Coble is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yoshinori Uchiyama pitching. Mike Howell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Oddibe Knoll flies out to the right fielder. Brad Didier flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Claude West is pinch hitting for Grover Carney. Claude West grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Brown is pinch hitting for Charlie Lockwood. Rod Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jim Rock Robinson is pinch hitting for Dewayne DD Dorgan. Jim Rock Robinson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Howell. Jeff Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Del Walsh enters the game as a defensive replacement for Claude West at 2B. Chuck Kaiser singles to center field. Rick Fisher flies out to the center fielder. Pete High singles to center field. Butts Girardi walks. Clarence Hernandez singles to left field. Chuck Kaiser scores. Pete High scores. Kevin Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Flannery is pinch hitting for Rip Menze. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Flannery doubles to right field. Butts Girardi scores. Mike Howell singles to center field. Clarence Hernandez scores. Oddibe Knoll singles to right field. Tom Flannery scores. Brad Didier reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pat Coble. Mike Howell scores. Chuck Kaiser triples. Oddibe Knoll scores. Brad Didier scores. Rick Fisher doubles to center field. Chuck Kaiser scores. Pete High walks. Butts Girardi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Fisher advances to third on the play. Pete High advances to second on the play. Clarence Hernandez singles to right field. Rick Fisher scores. Tom Flannery singles to right field. Pete High scores. Jack Lovelace comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mike Howell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Chief Linton pitching. Tommy Balls Eunick grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Dunbar is pinch hitting for Jack Lovelace. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Cliff Dunbar doubles to left field. Danny Tipple singles to left field. Cliff Dunbar is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Pat Coble strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Len Hale pitching. Oddibe Knoll walks. Brad Didier walks. Greg Pepper is pinch hitting for Chuck Kaiser. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Greg Pepper strikes out. Skip Edens is pinch hitting for Rick Fisher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Oddibe Knoll is out trying to steal third. Skip Edens pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gene Ha-Ha Hannah grounds out to the shortstop. Del Walsh flies out to the center fielder. Rod Brown walks. Jim Rock Robinson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Pete High strikes out. Butts Girardi strikes out. Clarence Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jeff Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Scott comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Tommy Balls Eunick singles to right field. Whitey Conovar is pinch hitting for Len Hale. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Whitey Conovar pops out to the second baseman. Danny Tipple flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Rick Fisher (13), Butts Girardi (15), Tom Flannery (7).3B - Chuck Kaiser (1).HR - Pete High (20).GIDP - Brad Didier. Baserunning: CS - Oddibe Knoll 2 (8). Fielding: E - Mike Howell.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Lipski did not respond to coaching in velocity John Swindells improves in range Joe Nathan improves in power_vs_lefty Al Walsh did not respond to coaching in control Jose Ford did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Osvaldo Alvarez did not respond to coaching in arm Herman Dunne improves in contact_vs_righty Pep Pillette improves in contact_vs_righty George Lang improves in power_vs_righty Fred Ley did not respond to coaching in 3B