Inning: 1 Kansas City
Tetsuya Nonaka pitching.
Masatoshi Kusaka singles to left field.
Howie Nordhagen singles to left field.
Masatoshi Kusaka advances to third on the hit.
Alex Altenburg singles to center field.
Masatoshi Kusaka scores.
Patrick McDavid strikes out.
Jim Smith strikes out.
Hirotsugu Araidai grounds out to the pitcher.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 1 Tampa Bay
Bucky McDonald pitching.
Bob Pruett walks.
Kenji Imazeki triples.
Bob Pruett scores.
Jose Hohnhorst singles to right field.
Kenji Imazeki scores.
Monty Lindeman walks.
Dennis Styles pops out to the second baseman.
Alan Martin singles past the shortstop.
Jose Hohnhorst scores.
Kip Yerkes strikes out.
Matt Laga strikes out.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 2 Kansas City
Brian Davis grounds out to the third baseman.
Al Miller strikes out.
Bucky McDonald flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 2 Tampa Bay
Tetsuya Nonaka strikes out.
Bob Pruett reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Smith.
Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single!
Bob Pruett advances to third on the play.
Jose Hohnhorst flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 3 Kansas City
Masatoshi Kusaka flies out to the right fielder.
Howie Nordhagen flies out to the right fielder.
Alex Altenburg grounds out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 3 Tampa Bay
Monty Lindeman walks.
Dennis Styles singles to left field.
Alan Martin flies out to the left fielder.
Kip Yerkes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 4 Kansas City
Patrick McDavid strikes out.
Jim Smith singles to center field.
Jim Smith gets picked off first.
Hirotsugu Araidai grounds out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 4 Tampa Bay
Matt Laga walks.
Matt Laga steals second.
Tetsuya Nonaka lays a bunt down the first base line.
He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance.
Bob Pruett singles to left field.
Matt Laga scores.
Buckshot Small comes in from the bullpen to pitch.
Bob Pruett is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd).
Kenji Imazeki singles to right field.
Jose Hohnhorst flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 5 Kansas City
Brian Davis grounds out to the third baseman.
Al Miller grounds out to the shortstop.
Buckshot Small singles to right field.
Masatoshi Kusaka singles to left field.
Buckshot Small aggressively advances to third on the hit.
Howie Nordhagen singles past the shortstop.
Buckshot Small scores.
Masatoshi Kusaka advances to third on the hit.
Alex Altenburg grounds out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 5 Tampa Bay
Monty Lindeman strikes out.
Dennis Styles grounds out to the second baseman.
Alan Martin hits an infield single to the pitcher.
Kip Yerkes strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 6 Kansas City
Patrick McDavid flies out to the center fielder.
Jim Smith singles to right field.
Jim Smith steals second.
Hirotsugu Araidai flies out to the right fielder.
Brian Davis lines out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 6 Tampa Bay
Van LaPalme 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.
Matt Laga singles past the shortstop.
Tetsuya Nonaka lays down a bunt.
The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first
for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st).
Bob Pruett pops out to the second baseman.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 7 Kansas City
Al Miller hits a home run.
Lee Coble is pinch hitting for Van LaPalme. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning.
Lee Coble doubles to left field.
Masatoshi Kusaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted).
Lee Coble advances to third on the play.
The defense is playing the corners in.
Howie Nordhagen strikes out.
Alex Altenburg pops out to the second baseman.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 7 Tampa Bay
Hajime Yamamoto pitching.
Kenji Imazeki singles to center field.
Jose Hohnhorst walks.
Monty Lindeman singles to left field.
Kenji Imazeki scores.
Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Dennis Styles.
Bill Hedlund walks.
Alan Martin walks.
Jose Hohnhorst scores.
Kip Yerkes walks.
Monty Lindeman scores.
Matt Laga flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags,
Bill Hedlund scores.

The catcher fields the ball and Alan Martin is thrown out at third.
Kip Yerkes advances to second on the play. Kip Yerkes advances to second on the play.
Bob Pruett flies out to the right fielder.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 8 Kansas City
Lou Gick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Hedlund at C.
Patrick McDavid grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single!
Jim Smith grounds out to the third baseman.
Jim McIntosh is pinch hitting for Hirotsugu Araidai. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats.
Jim McIntosh grounds out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 8 Tampa Bay
Kenji Imazeki strikes out.
Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the shortstop.
Monty Lindeman lines out to the second baseman.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 9 Kansas City
Ed Johnson is pinch hitting for Brian Davis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats.
Ed Johnson flies out to the center fielder.
Al Miller walks.
Hajime Yamamoto lays a bunt down the first base line.
He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance.
Masatoshi Kusaka triples.
Al Miller scores.
Monte Schulte 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.
Howie Nordhagen strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1
Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8