Win: Herb Jones (1-0) Loss: Steve Bowsfield (11-6)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Steve Bowsfield pitching. Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tetsuya Nonaka pitching. Jim Smith singles to center field. Lee Coble singles to left field. Jim Smith advances to third on the hit. Masatoshi Kusaka strikes out. Al Miller grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason strikes out. Monty Lindeman doubles to left field. Alan Martin singles to left field. Monty Lindeman scores. Joe Williams strikes out. Lou Gick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Carl Leonard flies out to the center fielder. Jack Smith strikes out. Patrick McDavid hits an infield single to the pitcher. Alex Altenburg singles to right field. Patrick McDavid advances to third on the hit. Steve Bowsfield grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tetsuya Nonaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Pruett grounds out to the third baseman. Kenji Imazeki singles to left field. Jose Hohnhorst flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Smith flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Lee Coble grounds out to the shortstop. Masatoshi Kusaka flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason singles to center field. Monty Lindeman strikes out. Alan Martin strikes out. Joe Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Al Miller strikes out. Carl Leonard doubles to left field. Jack Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Leonard advances to third on the play. Patrick McDavid doubles to right field. Carl Leonard scores. Alex Altenburg walks. Steve Bowsfield singles to center field. Patrick McDavid scores. Alex Altenburg advances to third on the hit. Jim Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Lou Gick strikes out. Tetsuya Nonaka flies out to the center fielder. Bob Pruett reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack Smith. Kenji Imazeki walks. Jose Hohnhorst pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lee Coble walks. Masatoshi Kusaka doubles to right field. Lee Coble uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Miller flies out to the left fielder. Carl Leonard doubles to center field. Masatoshi Kusaka scores. Jack Smith strikes out. Patrick McDavid grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason singles to left field. Monty Lindeman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marcelino Eason advances to second on the play. Alan Martin singles to right field. Marcelino Eason is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Joe Williams bunts for a base hit. Lou Gick singles in front of the center fielder. Alan Martin scores. Joe Williams advances to third on the hit. Tetsuya Nonaka singles to center field. Joe Williams scores. Lou Gick is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Alex Altenburg strikes out. Steve Bowsfield singles to center field. Jim Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Bowsfield advances to second on the play. Lee Coble grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett reached on a 2-base throwing error by Carl Leonard. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the third baseman. Marcelino Eason doubles to right field. Bob Pruett scores. Monty Lindeman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Masatoshi Kusaka grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Al Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Alan Martin strikes out. Joe Williams flies out to the right fielder. Lou Gick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Monte Schulte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jack Smith pops out to the shortstop. Patrick McDavid strikes out. Alex Altenburg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Monte Schulte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Bill Hedlund grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki walks. Jose Hohnhorst strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Herb Jones pitching. Steve Bowsfield strikes out. Jim Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lee Coble singles to center field. Masatoshi Kusaka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason grounds out to the shortstop. Monty Lindeman is hit by a pitch. Alan Martin walks. Joe Williams hits a home run. Monty Lindeman scores. Alan Martin scores. Lou Gick grounds out to the third baseman. Herb Jones walks. Bob Pruett singles past the shortstop. Herb Jones advances to third on the hit. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Kansas City Al Miller strikes out. Carl Leonard flies out to the left fielder. Jack Smith singles to center field. Patrick McDavid strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Lee Coble is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: George Rogers improves in power_vs_righty Jose Pike improves in velocity Andy Walsh did not respond to coaching in velocity Vic Gullickson did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Pike did not respond to coaching in control Vic Gullickson did not respond to coaching in control Guy Crane improves in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jeff Gibbon did not respond to coaching in control Fenton Arft did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Stimmel did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Molinaro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Red Munson improves in range Jeff Gibbon did not respond to coaching in velocity