Win: Steve Finley (7-4) Loss: Rene Pasquella (2-5)
Save: Van LaPalme (22)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jose Pike pitching. Stan Tobin hits an infield single to the second baseman. Len Hesterfer grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Stan Tobin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Patrick McDavid walks. John Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ron Young pitching. Bob Pruett triples. Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. Bob Pruett scores. Geronimo Conroy strikes out. Marcelino Eason flies out to the center fielder. Kenji Imazeki steals second. Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jim Smith walks. Bubba McDaniel flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Hank Aurilia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Smith advances to second on the play. Bob Brantley lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Lou Gick flies out to the center fielder. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the second baseman. Les Bryden pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ron Young singles to center field. Stan Tobin pops out to the third baseman. Len Hesterfer walks. Patrick McDavid flies out to the center fielder. John Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jose Pike grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Smith lines out to the second baseman. Bubba McDaniel hits an infield single to the catcher. Hank Aurilia strikes out. Bubba McDaniel steals second. Bob Brantley flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Geronimo Conroy pops out to the third baseman. Marcelino Eason pops out to the third baseman. Joe Williams singles to right field. Lou Gick hits a home run. Joe Williams scores. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Vern Hippauf is pinch hitting for Ron Young. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Vern Hippauf pops out to the shortstop. Stan Tobin walks. Len Hesterfer flies out to the center fielder. Patrick McDavid flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Gene Farner pitching. Les Bryden pops out to the second baseman. Jose Pike strikes out. Bob Pruett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Brown hits a home run. Jim Smith doubles to left field. Bubba McDaniel grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Aurilia strikes out. Bob Brantley hits a home run. Jim Smith scores. Gene Farner singles to left field. Stan Tobin grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gene Farner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki walks. Kenji Imazeki is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Geronimo Conroy lines out to the second baseman. Marcelino Eason flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Len Hesterfer singles to center field. Patrick McDavid strikes out. John Brown walks. Jim Smith strikes out. Rene Pasquella 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. Bubba McDaniel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Finley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Lou Gick doubles to right field. Quilvio Zitzmann flies out to the center fielder. Les Bryden singles to center field. Rene Pasquella flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hank Aurilia lines out to the third baseman. Bob Brantley grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Johnson is pinch hitting for Steve Finley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Johnson singles to right field. Stan Tobin doubles to center field. Len Hesterfer singles in front of the center fielder. Ed Johnson scores. Stan Tobin scores. Tom Butler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Patrick McDavid flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Van LaPalme pitching. Bob Pruett hits a home run. Kenji Imazeki walks. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the center fielder. Marcelino Eason grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kenji Imazeki is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Bubba McDaniel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Lou Gick singles to right field. Quilvio Zitzmann strikes out. Les Bryden strikes out. Monty Lindeman is pinch hitting for Tom Butler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Monty Lindeman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tim Comer did not respond to coaching in control Clay Irwin improves in speed Randy McElwee improves in arm Irv Barthelson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hack Karlon improves in arm Tom Molinaro did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Hudson improves in power_vs_righty Richie Stallings did not respond to coaching in velocity George Rogers did not respond to coaching in range Bob Head did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Cousineau improves in contact_vs_righty Alan Kantlehner improves in arm Guy Crane improves in LF