Win: Hajime Yamamoto (3-4) Loss: Tim McCarver (1-13)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Fenton Arft pitching. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Geronimo Conroy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Joe Williams lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Toji Sudo pitching. Jim McIntosh walks. Vern Hippauf grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ed Johnson singles past the second baseman. Johnny Gerner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Lou Gick strikes out. Les Bryden walks. Kip Yerkes grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Smith singles past the second baseman. Hank Aurilia flies out to the right fielder. Al Miller grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Matt Laga walks. Truck Perezchica doubles to center field. Toji Sudo pops out to the second baseman. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Stan Tobin strikes out. Fenton Arft grounds out to the third baseman. Jim McIntosh flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Joe Williams singles to center field. Lou Gick grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Williams advances to second on the play. Les Bryden grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Williams advances to third on the play. Kip Yerkes singles to right field. Joe Williams scores. Matt Laga singles to center field. Truck Perezchica grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kip Yerkes is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Vern Hippauf strikes out. Ed Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Johnny Gerner walks. Jim Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Toji Sudo grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Geronimo Conroy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Hank Aurilia singles to center field. Al Miller singles to left field. Hank Aurilia advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Stan Tobin grounds out to the third baseman. Al Miller advances to second on the play. Fenton Arft doubles past the third baseman. Hank Aurilia scores. Al Miller scores. Jim McIntosh triples. Fenton Arft scores. Vern Hippauf flies out to the center fielder. Ed Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Joe Williams strikes out. Lou Gick walks. Les Bryden singles to center field. Kip Yerkes walks. Matt Laga strikes out. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Johnny Gerner singles to center field. Jim Smith pops out to the first baseman. Hank Aurilia flies out to the left fielder. Al Miller grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Johnny Gerner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Toji Sudo singles to left field. Gene Smykal 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. Kenji Imazeki hits a home run. Toji Sudo scores. Gene Farner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Geronimo Conroy reached on a fielding error by Gene Farner. Joe Williams singles to left field. Lou Gick hits an infield single to the pitcher. Les Bryden walks. Geronimo Conroy scores. Kip Yerkes strikes out. Matt Laga strikes out. Truck Perezchica flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Stan Tobin walks. Bob Brantley is pinch hitting for Gene Farner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Brantley strikes out. Jim McIntosh grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Stan Tobin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Vern Hippauf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Hajime Yamamoto pitching. Monty Lindeman is pinch hitting for Toji Sudo. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Monty Lindeman grounds out to the pitcher. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman. Geronimo Conroy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tim McCarver pitching. Ed Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Gerner singles to right field. Jim Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Gerner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Hank Aurilia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Gick flies out to the center fielder. Les Bryden grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Al Miller strikes out. Stan Tobin singles to left field. John Brown is pinch hitting for Hajime Yamamoto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Brown pops out to the first baseman. Jim McIntosh hits a home run. Stan Tobin scores. Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 10 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Richie Stallings did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Head did not respond to coaching in control Harry Cousineau improves in arm Bobby Reese improves in arm Ray Kernek did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Head did not respond to coaching in control Frank Bergamo did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Tsutomu Kadota improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Molinaro improves in power_vs_righty Clete Schoonmaker did not respond to coaching in arm Clay Irwin improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim Comer did not respond to coaching in endurance Clay Irwin improves in contact_vs_righty