Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Cliff Fuentes pitching. Joe Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Mitchell singles to right field. Bob Pruett pops out to the catcher. Bill Hedlund flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jose Pike pitching. Alex Altenburg flies out to the left fielder. Bill Ruberto walks. Tsutomu Kadota grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson flies out to the left fielder. Les Bryden strikes out. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Reid Nicholson grounds out to the pitcher. Bubba McDaniel grounds out to the second baseman. Quilvio Zitzmann hits a home run. Jason Metz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bill Hudson. Bob Brantley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay John Mercado lines out to the first baseman. Jose Pike grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Williams pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Cliff Fuentes grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Altenburg singles to right field. Bill Ruberto strikes out. Tsutomu Kadota pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Pruett strikes out. Bill Hedlund pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Reid Nicholson singles to center field. Bubba McDaniel pops out to the third baseman. Quilvio Zitzmann singles to left field. Jason Metz grounds out to the third baseman. Reid Nicholson advances to third on the play. Quilvio Zitzmann advances to second on the play. Bob Brantley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson lines out to the second baseman. Les Bryden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Cliff Fuentes doubles past the center fielder. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cliff Fuentes advances to third on the play. Bill Ruberto is hit by a pitch. Tsutomu Kadota singles to right field. Cliff Fuentes scores. Reid Nicholson hits a home run. Bill Ruberto scores. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Bubba McDaniel hits an infield single to the shortstop. Quilvio Zitzmann walks. Jason Metz is hit by a pitch. Bob Brantley walks. Bubba McDaniel scores. Cliff Fuentes grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay John Mercado flies out to the right fielder. Jose Pike grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Williams walks. Jerry Mitchell doubles to center field. Joe Williams uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Pruett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Alex Altenburg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Ruberto hits a home run. Tsutomu Kadota walks. Reid Nicholson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bubba McDaniel walks. Quilvio Zitzmann strikes out. Jason Metz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett is pinch hitting for Bill Hedlund. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dwight Hackett flies out to the center fielder. Bill Hudson grounds out to the second baseman. Alan Kantlehner is pinch hitting for Les Bryden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alan Kantlehner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tom Butler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bob Brantley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cliff Fuentes pops out to the first baseman. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki walks. Jerry Kruger is pinch hitting for John Mercado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Kruger lines out to the third baseman. Tom Butler lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Vinnie Hammonds is pinch hitting for Joe Williams. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Ruberto singles to right field. Teruo Takeuchi is pinch hitting for Tsutomu Kadota. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Teruo Takeuchi walks. Reid Nicholson walks. Bubba McDaniel singles to center field. Bill Ruberto scores. Teruo Takeuchi scores. Reid Nicholson advances to third on the hit. Quilvio Zitzmann hits a home run. Reid Nicholson scores. Bubba McDaniel scores. Jason Metz lines out to the second baseman. Bob Brantley singles to right field. Cliff Fuentes fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cliff Fuentes strikes out. Gordon Fosnow is pinch hitting for Alex Altenburg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gordon Fosnow flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica is pinch hitting for Jerry Mitchell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Bob Pruett flies out to the left fielder. Dwight Hackett singles to left field. Bill Hudson grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dwight Hackett is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Brooks Teufel did not respond to coaching in arm Guy Crane did not respond to coaching in arm Mike Ruffcorn did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Lopez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Long improves in power_vs_lefty Richie Stallings did not respond to coaching in velocity Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Flea Burton did not respond to coaching in range Jay Brewster improves in power_vs_righty Jay Brewster improves in arm Ross Rohr-Beck did not respond to coaching in range Steve Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Gerner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty