Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pete Walker pitching. Roy Spencer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Draper doubles to center field. Joe Inks singles to left field. Bill Draper scores. Rusty Christopher grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jake Smith pitching. Alta Dixon walks. George Kunkel flies out to the right fielder. Willie Sanders flies out to the right fielder. Bill Crockett lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rudy Rondon walks. Ralph Walsh doubles to right field. Rudy Rondon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shigeo Ube pops out to the first baseman. Keisuke Sano hits a home run. Ralph Walsh scores. Jake Smith flies out to the left fielder. Roy Spencer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alta Monroe pops out to the shortstop. Danny Melburn strikes out. George Speier pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bill Draper strikes out. Joe Inks grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Duffy Bradley walks. Pete Walker lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for one out, on to first for the 3-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Alta Dixon flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rudy Rondon singles past the second baseman. Ralph Walsh pops out to the first baseman. Shigeo Ube strikes out. Keisuke Sano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City George Kunkel grounds out to the shortstop. Willie Sanders flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bill Crockett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jake Smith singles to left field. Roy Spencer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bill Draper grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alta Monroe grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Melburn walks. George Speier grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Danny Melburn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Duffy Bradley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Joe Inks walks. Rusty Christopher grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Rudy Rondon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Bomback is pinch hitting for Pete Walker. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ed Bomback flies out to the right fielder. Alta Dixon strikes out. George Kunkel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Steinfeldt pitching. Ralph Walsh flies out to the left fielder. Shigeo Ube strikes out. Keisuke Sano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Phil King enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shigeo Ube at 2B. Willie Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Crockett grounds out to the pitcher. Alta Monroe reached on a fielding error by Jake Smith. Danny Melburn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jake Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Spencer grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Draper walks. Bill Draper is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Speier flies out to the center fielder. Duffy Bradley flies out to the center fielder. Sylvester Graham is pinch hitting for Joe Steinfeldt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sylvester Graham singles to left field. Larry Spriggs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Alta Dixon grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Mike Hairston pitching. Joe Inks hits a home run. Rusty Christopher grounds out to the pitcher. Rudy Rondon flies out to the right fielder. Toshikazu Shinada is pinch hitting for Ralph Walsh. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Toshikazu Shinada pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Kunkel flies out to the center fielder. Willie Sanders pops out to the catcher. Fred Passeau is pinch hitting for Bill Crockett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Passeau grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Bill Draper (12), Ralph Walsh (14).HR - Joe Inks (6), Keisuke Sano (6).GIDP - Roy Spencer, Rusty Christopher 2. Baserunning: CS - Bill Draper (8). Fielding: E - Jake Smith.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C Improvements: Bill Banister did not respond to coaching in velocity Stan Terry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Batch did not respond to coaching in range Charlie Ostrowski improves in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dan Zardon did not respond to coaching in speed Marv Linares did not respond to coaching in velocity Speed Evans did not respond to coaching in velocity Champ Hovlik improves in speed Ed Woods improves in 2B