Inning: 1 Kansas City Tetsuya Nonaka pitching. Brian Simmons grounds out to the pitcher. Lee Coble pops out to the second baseman. Masatoshi Kusaka doubles to center field. Al Miller doubles to left field. Masatoshi Kusaka scores. Hirotsugu Araidai is hit by a pitch. Jim McIntosh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bucky McDonald pitching. Bob Pruett walks. Bob Pruett steals second. Kenji Imazeki hits a home run. Bob Pruett scores. Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the second baseman. Marcelino Eason flies out to the center fielder. Monty Lindeman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Patrick McDavid hits a home run. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the second baseman. Bucky McDonald grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Simmons strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Alan Martin singles to left field. Joe Williams strikes out. Lou Gick strikes out. Tetsuya Nonaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lee Coble doubles to left field. Masatoshi Kusaka singles to left field. Lee Coble uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Miller grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Masatoshi Kusaka is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hirotsugu Araidai reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kenji Imazeki. Jim McIntosh grounds out to the shortstop. Al Miller scores. Hirotsugu Araidai advances to third on the play. Patrick McDavid walks. Alex Altenburg doubles to center field. Hirotsugu Araidai scores. Bucky McDonald flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett grounds out to the third baseman. Kenji Imazeki walks. Kenji Imazeki steals second. Jose Hohnhorst strikes out. Marcelino Eason flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Brian Simmons singles past the shortstop. Lee Coble singles to left field. Masatoshi Kusaka grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Simmons advances to third on the play. Lee Coble advances to second on the play. Al Miller singles to left field. Brian Simmons scores. Hirotsugu Araidai flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Lee Coble scores. Jim McIntosh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Monty Lindeman flies out to the center fielder. Alan Martin pops out to the second baseman. Joe Williams triples. Lou Gick hits a home run. Joe Williams scores. Boileryard Picone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tetsuya Nonaka grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Patrick McDavid flies out to the center fielder. Alex Altenburg flies out to the left fielder. Boileryard Picone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Jose Hohnhorst strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Brian Simmons flies out to the right fielder. Lee Coble grounds out to the shortstop. Masatoshi Kusaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason singles to center field. Monty Lindeman strikes out. Alan Martin singles to left field. Marcelino Eason advances to third on the hit. Alan Martin steals second. Joe Williams flies out to the left fielder. Lou Gick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al Miller walks. Hirotsugu Araidai strikes out. Jim McIntosh lines out to the third baseman. Patrick McDavid singles to left field. Alex Altenburg walks. Carl Leonard is pinch hitting for Boileryard Picone. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Carl Leonard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Buckshot Small pitching. Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Tetsuya Nonaka. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Hedlund singles to center field. Bill Hedlund steals second. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Hedlund advances to third on the play. Jose Hohnhorst singles to center field. Bill Hedlund scores. Mike Ulisney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marcelino Eason flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gary Gonzalez pitching. Brian Simmons singles to right field. Lee Coble strikes out. Masatoshi Kusaka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Brian Simmons is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Al Miller flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Monty Lindeman singles to center field. Alan Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Monty Lindeman advances to second on the play. Joe Williams strikes out. Lou Gick doubles to center field. Monty Lindeman scores. Van LaPalme comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kip Yerkes is pinch hitting for Gary Gonzalez. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Kip Yerkes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rene Pasquella pitching. Hirotsugu Araidai flies out to the right fielder. Jim McIntosh singles to left field. Patrick McDavid flies out to the center fielder. Alex Altenburg grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim McIntosh is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Hohnhorst singles to right field. Marcelino Eason strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Lee Coble (2), Masatoshi Kusaka (6), Al Miller (5), Alex Altenburg (10).HR - Patrick McDavid (3).SF - Hirotsugu Araidai.HBP - Hirotsugu Araidai (1).
Batting:2B - Lou Gick (8).3B - Joe Williams (3).HR - Kenji Imazeki (12), Lou Gick (9). Baserunning: SB - Bob Pruett (9), Kenji Imazeki (5), Alan Martin (15), Bill Hedlund (8). Fielding: E - Kenji Imazeki.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Randy McElwee improves in arm Fenton Arft did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Molinaro improves in contact_vs_lefty Paul Hooper improves in velocity Red Munson did not respond to coaching in range Jim Stimmel did not respond to coaching in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Richie Stallings improves in control Akinobu Kono did not respond to coaching in range Guy Crane did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dwight Hackett did not respond to coaching in arm Quilvio Zitzmann did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Rogers did not respond to coaching in 3B