Win: Lou Beatin (11-8) Loss: Dave Millar (3-13)
Save: Joe Scott (12)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Lou Beatin pitching. Danny Tipple flies out to the left fielder. Pat Coble pops out to the second baseman. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Dave Millar pitching. Robin Vahrenhorst flies out to the center fielder. Oddibe Knoll pops out to the first baseman. Brad Didier flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Grover Carney flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Lockwood strikes out. Dewayne DD Dorgan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tim Tate singles to right field. Greg Pepper flies out to the left fielder. Tom Flannery singles to right field. Deacon Leon strikes out. Ezra Birmingham singles in front of the right fielder. Lou Beatin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jeff Gonzalez strikes out. Tommy Balls Eunick flies out to the left fielder. Dave Millar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Robin Vahrenhorst flies out to the left fielder. Oddibe Knoll flies out to the left fielder. Brad Didier grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Danny Tipple grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Coble grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Gene Ha-Ha Hannah singles to left field. Grover Carney pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tim Tate singles to right field. Greg Pepper singles to center field. Tom Flannery doubles to right field. Tim Tate scores. Greg Pepper uses his aggressiveness and scores. Deacon Leon singles to right field. Ezra Birmingham grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Flannery scores. Deacon Leon advances to second on the play. Lou Beatin flies out to the left fielder. Robin Vahrenhorst flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Lockwood singles to center field. Dewayne DD Dorgan flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Gonzalez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Brad Didier flies out to the left fielder. Tim Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick walks. Dave Millar lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Danny Tipple singles to right field. Tommy Balls Eunick scores. Pat Coble strikes out. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Greg Pepper strikes out. Tom Flannery flies out to the right fielder. Deacon Leon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Grover Carney grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Lockwood walks. Dewayne DD Dorgan flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Gonzalez walks. Joe Scott 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. Tommy Balls Eunick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Yoshinori Uchiyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ezra Birmingham triples. Joe Scott strikes out. Robin Vahrenhorst singles to right field. Ezra Birmingham scores. Kevin Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Oddibe Knoll flies out to the center fielder. Brad Didier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Hot Heinie Haid is pinch hitting for Kevin Masterson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Hot Heinie Haid pops out to the first baseman. Danny Tipple strikes out. Pat Coble grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jack Lovelace pitching. Tim Tate strikes out. Greg Pepper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Flannery grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Gene Ha-Ha Hannah flies out to the right fielder. Grover Carney grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Lockwood grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Oscar Myers did not respond to coaching in range Ed Dexter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George Lang improves in arm Fred Ley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fred Ley did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tom Pearce improves in power_vs_righty Jose Ford improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Lipski did not respond to coaching in control Joe Nathan did not respond to coaching in speed Jose Ford did not respond to coaching in 2B