Inning: 1 Kansas City Tetsuya Nonaka pitching. Masatoshi Kusaka flies out to the center fielder. Carl Leonard grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Altenburg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Hajime Yamamoto pitching. Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the left fielder. Jose Hohnhorst flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Brown singles to right field. Hank Aurilia singles to right field. John Brown advances to third on the hit. Jim Smith is hit by a pitch. Jim McIntosh flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Brown scores. Hirotsugu Araidai singles in front of the left fielder. Hajime Yamamoto grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason strikes out. Joe Williams flies out to the center fielder. Lou Gick singles to center field. Lou Gick steals second. Quilvio Zitzmann flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Masatoshi Kusaka singles to left field. Carl Leonard walks. Alex Altenburg pops out to the catcher. John Brown strikes out. Hank Aurilia grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Carl Leonard is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jeff Samuel pops out to the shortstop. Tetsuya Nonaka grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Pruett singles to left field. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Jim McIntosh pops out to the third baseman. Hirotsugu Araidai singles to center field. Hajime Yamamoto singles to right field. Hirotsugu Araidai advances to third on the hit. Masatoshi Kusaka singles to left field. Hirotsugu Araidai scores. Carl Leonard pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the shortstop. Marcelino Eason grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Williams singles to right field. Lou Gick strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alex Altenburg singles to center field. John Brown flies out to the left fielder. Hank Aurilia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Altenburg advances to second on the play. Jim Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Samuel grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tetsuya Nonaka grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim McIntosh singles to left field. Hirotsugu Araidai singles to center field. Hajime Yamamoto lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Jim McIntosh is thrown out at third. Hirotsugu Araidai advances to second on the play. Hirotsugu Araidai advances to second on the play. Masatoshi Kusaka singles in front of the center fielder. Carl Leonard flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Hirotsugu Araidai scores. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki singles to right field. Boileryard Picone 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 1st. Jose Hohnhorst walks. Marcelino Eason walks. Joe Williams strikes out. Lou Gick strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Brown hits a home run. Hank Aurilia singles to left field. Jim Smith singles to center field. Jim McIntosh grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Hank Aurilia advances to third on the play. Hirotsugu Araidai grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Samuel reached on a fielding error by Boileryard Picone. Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Tetsuya Nonaka. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Bob Pruett grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jeff Samuel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Monte Schulte pitching. Ed Johnson is pinch hitting for Boileryard Picone. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Johnson strikes out. Masatoshi Kusaka flies out to the center fielder. Carl Leonard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Greg Forbes pitching. Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. Jose Hohnhorst walks. Marcelino Eason flies out to the right fielder. Joe Williams grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jose Hohnhorst is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lou Gick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Alex Altenburg flies out to the right fielder. John Brown flies out to the right fielder. Hank Aurilia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Quilvio Zitzmann pops out to the second baseman. Jeff Samuel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kip Yerkes is pinch hitting for Monte Schulte. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kip Yerkes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in velocity Bubba McDaniel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Alex Roy did not respond to coaching in range Cliff Fuentes did not respond to coaching in control Randy McElwee improves in speed Billy Clark did not respond to coaching in range
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dwight Hackett did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Head did not respond to coaching in velocity Akinobu Kono did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dwight Hackett improves in contact_vs_righty Les Bryden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tink Morehead did not respond to coaching in velocity Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in SS