Win: Mike Ulisney Loss: Yunier Diaz
Save: Van LaPalme
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mike Ulisney pitching. Hiromi Tanaka flies out to the center fielder. Katsuhiko Otsuka doubles past the left fielder. Alan Martin strikes out. Marcelino Eason singles to left field. Katsuhiko Otsuka scores. Danny Wolter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Yunier Diaz pitching. Harry Davis pops out to the shortstop. Darren Blackburn-Whiting walks. Ichiro Takagi pops out to the first baseman. Jan Vanderhaar strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Lou Gick grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Piechota grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim McHenry doubles to center field. Jim McHenry steals third. The defense is playing the corners in. Al Miller strikes out. The defense is playing the corners in. Masatoshi Kusaka grounds out to the second baseman. Jim McHenry scores. Art Rush singles to left field. Mike Ulisney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Yunier Diaz lines out to the shortstop. Hiromi Tanaka grounds out to the pitcher. Katsuhiko Otsuka grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Harry Davis strikes out. Darren Blackburn-Whiting grounds out to the shortstop. Ichiro Takagi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Alan Martin singles to left field. Marcelino Eason flies out to the right fielder. Alan Martin steals second. Danny Wolter flies out to the center fielder. Lou Gick singles to right field. Alan Martin scores. Gary Piechota strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jan Vanderhaar singles to left field. Jim McHenry walks. Al Miller walks. Masatoshi Kusaka singles to center field. Jan Vanderhaar scores. Jim McHenry scores. Art Rush strikes out. Mike Ulisney fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Ulisney pops out to the catcher. Harry Davis walks. Darren Blackburn-Whiting pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Williams flies out to the left fielder. Yunier Diaz flies out to the left fielder. Hiromi Tanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ichiro Takagi flies out to the left fielder. Jan Vanderhaar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim McHenry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Katsuhiko Otsuka flies out to the right fielder. Alan Martin strikes out. Marcelino Eason grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al Miller singles to center field. Masatoshi Kusaka singles to right field. Art Rush grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Al Miller advances to third on the play. Mike Ake 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. Jim McIntosh is pinch hitting for Mike Ulisney. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jim McIntosh flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Van LaPalme pitching. Danny Wolter strikes out. Lou Gick strikes out. Gary Piechota walks. Joe Williams walks. Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Mike Ake. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Hedlund grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Williams is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Shilling pitching. Harry Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Darren Blackburn-Whiting walks. Ichiro Takagi strikes out. Darren Blackburn-Whiting is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Hiromi Tanaka singles to left field. Katsuhiko Otsuka strikes out. Alan Martin singles to center field. Hiromi Tanaka advances to third on the hit. Marcelino Eason grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Alan Martin advances to second on the play. Danny Wolter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jan Vanderhaar hits a home run. Jim McHenry strikes out. Al Miller walks. Masatoshi Kusaka singles to center field. Al Miller advances to third on the hit. Art Rush singles to center field. Al Miller scores. Junior Sheffield comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Van LaPalme lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Lou Gick strikes out. Gary Piechota grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8