Win: Odell Bray (1-1) Loss: Barracuda Jones (2-5)
Save: Dave Ritchie (17)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bruce Crandall pitching. Jim Hanley flies out to the center fielder. Jim Decker flies out to the right fielder. Brian Judy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Marty Smith pitching. Warren Flaherty pops out to the first baseman. Jerry Lum hits a home run. Bug Manno strikes out. Johnny Warren walks. Hilly Naragon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gene Hotaling grounds out to the third baseman. Ebba McHale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Croucher pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Si Freeman hits a home run. Rusney Pupo walks. Charlie Knight singles to center field. Rusney Pupo advances to third on the hit. Charlie Knight is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bruce Crandall lines out to the second baseman. Warren Flaherty grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Carroll Habenicht strikes out. Cade Johnston grounds out to the second baseman. Marty Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jerry Lum flies out to the right fielder. Bug Manno walks. Johnny Warren flies out to the right fielder. Hilly Naragon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Hanley grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Decker grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Judy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Si Freeman flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Rusney Pupo strikes out. Charlie Knight strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Gene Hotaling grounds out to the shortstop. Ebba McHale singles to center field. Ebba McHale steals second. Steve Croucher grounds out to the third baseman. Carroll Habenicht strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bruce Crandall strikes out. Warren Flaherty singles to left field. Jerry Lum grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Cade Johnston grounds out to the shortstop. Marty Smith strikes out. Jim Hanley pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bug Manno singles to center field. Johnny Warren hits a home run. Bug Manno scores. Hilly Naragon grounds out to the pitcher. Si Freeman singles to center field. Rusney Pupo flies out to the right fielder. Bill Gettel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Si Freeman steals second. Charlie Knight walks. Bruce Crandall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Decker doubles to center field. Brian Judy strikes out. Gene Hotaling doubles to center field. Jim Decker scores. Ebba McHale doubles past the third baseman. Gene Hotaling scores. Odell Bray 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. Steve Croucher triples. Ebba McHale scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Carroll Habenicht strikes out. Cade Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Warren Flaherty strikes out. Jerry Lum grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bug Manno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jean Stuart is pinch hitting for Bill Gettel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Jean Stuart strikes out. Jim Hanley strikes out. Jim Decker singles past the first baseman. Brian Judy singles past the shortstop. Gene Hotaling singles to right field. Jim Decker scores. Ebba McHale pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Barracuda Jones pitching. Johnny Warren strikes out. Hilly Naragon walks. Si Freeman strikes out. Rusney Pupo doubles to right field. Hilly Naragon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Charlie Knight grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Dave Ritchie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Steve Croucher grounds out to the second baseman. Carroll Habenicht grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Cade Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Rusney Pupo (10).HR - Jerry Lum (11), Johnny Warren (8), Si Freeman (4).GIDP - Jerry Lum. Baserunning: SB - Si Freeman (1).CS - Charlie Knight (7).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Langford did not respond to coaching in control Toshikazu Kimura did not respond to coaching in velocity Cy Hall did not respond to coaching in range Rudy Walsh improves in arm Junior Spalding did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jack Lee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Grover did not respond to coaching in velocity Clem Manning did not respond to coaching in speed Marv Almanza improves in power_vs_righty Nobuhiko Fukuma did not respond to coaching in velocity Andy Griffin did not respond to coaching in control Art Ash improves in speed Clem Manning did not respond to coaching in 3B