Win: Toji Sudo (13-15) Loss: Ron Young (9-10)
Save: Herb Jones (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Toji Sudo pitching. Stan Tobin grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Aurilia grounds out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ron Young pitching. Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Vern Hippauf singles to right field. Alex Altenburg singles to center field. Vern Hippauf aggressively advances to third on the hit. Clay Irwin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Altenburg advances to second on the play. Eddie Tanana singles past the second baseman. Vern Hippauf scores. Alex Altenburg scores. Ed Johnson doubles to left field. Eddie Tanana uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ron Young strikes out. Stan Tobin walks. Hank Aurilia walks. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason flies out to the left fielder. Les Bryden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Mitchell singles to center field. Jerry Mitchell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Vern Hippauf doubles to left field. Alex Altenburg doubles to left field. Vern Hippauf scores. Clay Irwin strikes out. Eddie Tanana strikes out. Ed Johnson singles to center field. Alex Altenburg scores. Ron Young grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Gick grounds out to the third baseman. Toji Sudo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Stan Tobin walks. Hank Aurilia grounds out to the second baseman. Stan Tobin advances to second on the play. Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the center fielder. Vern Hippauf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Joe Williams triples. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the right fielder. Bob Pruett reached on a fielding error by Eddie Tanana. Joe Williams scores. Marcelino Eason walks. Les Bryden hits a home run. Bob Pruett scores. Marcelino Eason scores. Jerry Mitchell pops out to the shortstop. Bill Hedlund walks. Lou Gick singles to left field. Bill Hedlund advances to third on the hit. Toji Sudo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alex Altenburg strikes out. Clay Irwin strikes out. Eddie Tanana strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Bob Pruett singles to right field. Marcelino Eason walks. Les Bryden walks. Jerry Mitchell singles to center field. Bob Pruett scores. Marcelino Eason scores. Les Bryden advances to third on the hit. Steve Finley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Hedlund walks. Lou Gick lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Johnson singles to right field. Steve Finley lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Stan Tobin doubles to left field. Hank Aurilia lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Toji Sudo strikes out. Joe Williams pops out to the first baseman. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Vern Hippauf grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Altenburg doubles to left field. Clay Irwin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett strikes out. Marcelino Eason grounds out to the second baseman. Les Bryden doubles to left field. Van LaPalme 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. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Herb Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Tanana singles to center field. Ed Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Van LaPalme fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Van LaPalme grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund doubles to center field. Lou Gick doubles to center field. Bill Hedlund scores. Herb Jones lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Williams singles to center field. Lou Gick scores. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Williams advances to second on the play. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Stan Tobin pops out to the first baseman. Hank Aurilia flies out to the left fielder. Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in endurance Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control Irv Barthelson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Buddy Ruiz did not respond to coaching in velocity Jay Brewster improves in power_vs_righty Hajime Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Mike Ruffcorn did not respond to coaching in velocity Pug Hollins improves in contact_vs_lefty Ray Kernek did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Lopez improves in range Frank Bergamo did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Hudson improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Lopez did not respond to coaching in 3B