Inning: 1 Tampa Bay John Barrett pitching. Joe Williams doubles to right field. Jerry Mitchell singles past the shortstop. Joe Williams scores. Bob Pruett singles to center field. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Bill Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Les Bryden grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Toji Sudo pitching. Stan Tobin flies out to the right fielder. Sean Wright grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Altenburg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki lines out to the second baseman. John Mercado flies out to the right fielder. Toji Sudo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Johnson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jason Metz singles to left field. Bill Ruberto grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Metz advances to second on the play. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Joe Williams grounds out to the catcher. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Pruett doubles to center field. Bill Hedlund flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the center fielder. John Barrett flies out to the left fielder. Stan Tobin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson triples. Les Bryden grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Hudson scores. Kenji Imazeki triples. John Mercado flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Kenji Imazeki scores. Toji Sudo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Sean Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Cliff Akers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Williams flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Mitchell walks. Jerry Mitchell steals second. Bob Pruett flies out to the left fielder. Bill Hedlund flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jason Metz walks. Bill Ruberto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jason Metz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Quilvio Zitzmann singles to right field. Bill Ruberto advances to third on the hit. Clete Schoonmaker grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Ruberto scores. Quilvio Zitzmann advances to second on the play. Cliff Akers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson grounds out to the shortstop. Les Bryden walks. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. 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. John Mercado hits a home run. Les Bryden scores. Red Graham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Toji Sudo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Stan Tobin singles to center field. Stan Tobin steals second. Sean Wright flies out to the right fielder. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Stan Tobin advances to third on the play. Ed Johnson singles to center field. Stan Tobin scores. Jason Metz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Williams strikes out. Jerry Mitchell flies out to the right fielder. Bob Pruett hits a home run. Gene Farner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Hedlund grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Ruberto grounds out to the second baseman. Quilvio Zitzmann walks. Clete Schoonmaker strikes out. Gene Farner walks. Stan Tobin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Les Bryden grounds out to the third baseman. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Sean Wright singles to right field. Alex Altenburg singles to left field. John Shilling 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. Ed Johnson hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jason Metz triples. Sean Wright scores. Alex Altenburg scores. Ed Johnson scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Bill Ruberto singles past the third baseman. Jason Metz scores. Bob Head comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Quilvio Zitzmann strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker singles to left field. Bill Ruberto advances to third on the hit. Gene Farner grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Ruberto scores. Clete Schoonmaker advances to second on the play. Stan Tobin hits a home run. Clete Schoonmaker scores. Rene Pasquella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sean Wright reached on a fielding error by Kenji Imazeki. Alex Altenburg walks. Ed Johnson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Alex Altenburg is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Teruo Takeuchi enters the game as a defensive replacement for Stan Tobin at SS. John Mercado grounds out to the third baseman. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Rene Pasquella. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Akinobu Kono grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Joe Williams (16), Bob Pruett (22).3B - Bill Hudson (3), Kenji Imazeki (4).HR - Bob Pruett (13), John Mercado (5).SF - John Mercado. Baserunning: SB - Jerry Mitchell (11). Fielding: E - Kenji Imazeki.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: George Rogers did not respond to coaching in speed Guy Crane improves in arm Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in arm Brooks Teufel did not respond to coaching in arm George Long did not respond to coaching in range Harry Cousineau improves in range George Rogers did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Johnny Gerner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Clay Irwin improves in range Bill Perez did not respond to coaching in speed Buddy Ruiz did not respond to coaching in velocity Irv Barthelson improves in power_vs_lefty Flea Burton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty