Win: Andy Stewart (6-10) Loss: Izzy Lacy (5-11)
Save: Kevin Masterson (2)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Izzy Lacy pitching. Pat Coble grounds out to the second baseman. Whitey Conovar strikes out. Charlie Lockwood grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Andy Stewart pitching. Oddibe Knoll grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Skip Edens triples. Chuck Kaiser hits an infield single to the pitcher. Skip Edens scores. Pete High pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rod Brown flies out to the right fielder. Hot Heinie Haid walks. Claude West flies out to the right fielder. Del Walsh singles to left field. Jim Rock Robinson singles to right field. Andy Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Butts Girardi walks. Gabe Bomback pops out to the third baseman. Andy Leever walks. Izzy Lacy lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Oddibe Knoll singles to center field. Butts Girardi scores. Andy Leever is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Pat Coble strikes out. Whitey Conovar grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Lockwood singles to right field. Rod Brown grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Lockwood is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tim Tate flies out to the center fielder. Skip Edens singles to left field. Chuck Kaiser strikes out. Pete High grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Hot Heinie Haid singles to center field. Claude West grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hot Heinie Haid is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Del Walsh doubles to center field. Claude West uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Rock Robinson walks. Andy Stewart lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Jim Rock Robinson advances to second on the play. Jim Rock Robinson advances to second on the play. Pat Coble singles to left field. Jim Rock Robinson scores. Passed ball. Andy Stewart advances to third. Pat Coble advances to second. Whitey Conovar strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Butts Girardi hits a home run. Gabe Bomback lines out to the third baseman. Andy Leever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Izzy Lacy doubles to center field. Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Lockwood strikes out. Rod Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hot Heinie Haid singles to left field. Claude West hits a home run. Hot Heinie Haid scores. Del Walsh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tim Tate pops out to the second baseman. Skip Edens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Gene Ha-Ha Hannah is pinch hitting for Jim Rock Robinson. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah singles to right field. Tommy Balls Eunick is pinch hitting for Andy Stewart. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tommy Balls Eunick grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Pat Coble strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jack Lovelace pitching. Dewayne DD Dorgan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gene Ha-Ha Hannah at C. Pete High strikes out. Butts Girardi grounds out to the second baseman. Gabe Bomback grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Scott comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Danny Tipple is pinch hitting for Whitey Conovar. Danny Tipple pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Lockwood strikes out. Cliff Dunbar is pinch hitting for Rod Brown. Cliff Dunbar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Grover Carney enters the game as a defensive replacement for Danny Tipple at 3B. Andy Leever grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Flannery is pinch hitting for Joe Scott. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tom Flannery singles past the shortstop. Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Tim Tate flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Shannon Kubenka pitching. Hot Heinie Haid flies out to the center fielder. Claude West is hit by a pitch. Del Walsh grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Skip Edens hits an infield single to the pitcher. Chuck Kaiser strikes out. Jeff Harry Harrison 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. Pete High flies out to the left fielder. Skip Edens is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Dewayne DD Dorgan pops out to the third baseman. Jeff Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Jeff Harry Harrison. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jeff Gonzalez doubles to right field. Pat Coble triples. Jeff Gonzalez scores. Grover Carney singles to left field. Pat Coble scores. Charlie Lockwood singles to right field. Cliff Dunbar grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Charlie Lockwood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hot Heinie Haid grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Kevin Masterson pitching. Butts Girardi flies out to the left fielder. Gabe Bomback walks. Andy Leever grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Billy Haas improves in speed Ed Dexter did not respond to coaching in speed Charlie Brockett did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike 'Science Guy' Nye did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Ley did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Al Walsh did not respond to coaching in control Joe Nathan did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Lipski did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Ford did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jose Ford did not respond to coaching in 2B