Win: Art Billingham (3-4) Loss: Koji Kuroda (3-6)
Save: Ernie Rolls (4)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Koji Kuroda pitching. Charlie Bellhorn singles past the shortstop. Charlie Bellhorn steals second. Clint Malmberg strikes out. Wilfredo Harvey grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Bellhorn advances to third on the play. Phil Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Art Billingham pitching. Petie Kirkwood singles to right field. Matt Harkness flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Pickering flies out to the left fielder. Bill Mulligan singles to left field. Jon Zubal grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Russ Hamrick grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Pleis strikes out. Joe Stanage flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Sammy Halladay strikes out. Frank Skeels flies out to the right fielder. Matt Saberhagen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Byrnes flies out to the right fielder. Art Billingham strikes out. Charlie Bellhorn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Koji Kuroda strikes out. Petie Kirkwood singles to center field. Petie Kirkwood steals second. Matt Harkness strikes out. Kevin Pickering doubles to center field. Petie Kirkwood scores. Bill Mulligan walks. Jon Zubal walks. Sammy Halladay strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Clint Malmberg grounds out to the third baseman. Wilfredo Harvey singles past the second baseman. Wilfredo Harvey steals second. Phil Bailey strikes out. Russ Hamrick walks. Frank Pleis singles to center field. Wilfredo Harvey scores. Russ Hamrick advances to third on the hit. Joe Stanage flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Frank Skeels singles to left field. Matt Saberhagen flies out to the right fielder. Koji Kuroda lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Petie Kirkwood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bob Byrnes singles to left field. Art Billingham fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Art Billingham singles to left field. Bob Byrnes advances to third on the hit. Charlie Bellhorn strikes out. Clint Malmberg flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Byrnes scores. Wilfredo Harvey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Matt Harkness grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Pickering grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Mulligan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Phil Bailey strikes out. Russ Hamrick flies out to the right fielder. Frank Pleis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jon Zubal grounds out to the third baseman. Sammy Halladay singles to center field. Sammy Halladay steals second. Frank Skeels walks. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Koji Kuroda grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Skeels is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Stanage pops out to the catcher. Bob Byrnes flies out to the left fielder. Art Billingham singles to center field. Charlie Bellhorn walks. Clint Malmberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Petie Kirkwood grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Harkness grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Pickering strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Dean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Wilfredo Harvey flies out to the right fielder. Phil Bailey pops out to the shortstop. Russ Hamrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Mulligan flies out to the right fielder. Jon Zubal reached on a fielding error by Bob Byrnes. Ernie Rolls 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 1st. Sammy Halladay pops out to the second baseman. Frank Skeels singles to right field. Jon Zubal advances to third on the hit. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Frank Pleis strikes out. Joe Stanage singles to right field. Bob Byrnes grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Dane Doolan is pinch hitting for Joe Dean. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dane Doolan flies out to the center fielder. Petie Kirkwood singles to right field. Matt Harkness grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Skip Jones improves in range Ollie Sain did not respond to coaching in velocity Buddy Donohue did not respond to coaching in range Tom Munoz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom McCaffery did not respond to coaching in arm Glenn Vance improves in power_vs_righty Brian Herbel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Carl Gorecki improves in contact_vs_righty