Win: Ed Ortenzio (11-8) Loss: Dick Hoag (5-9)
Save: Kazutaka K Yamada (41)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Steve K Chouinard pitching. Todd Adams walks. Don Brinkman pops out to the second baseman. Sparky Lutenberg flies out to the right fielder. Paul Hug doubles to left field. Todd Adams uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ted Konnick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Buck Boak pitching. Wade K Almeida grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Chuck W Pierce singles to center field. Mike Meares singles past the second baseman. Chuck W Pierce advances to third on the hit. Dorsey W Stewart reached on a fielding error by Magglio Maldonado. Chuck W Pierce scores. Marvin K Monroe walks. Steve K Ward doubles to center field. Mike Meares scores. Dorsey W Stewart scores. Marvin K Monroe is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Lew W Stein grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Magglio Maldonado flies out to the right fielder. George Fick hits an infield single to the pitcher. Vern Buskey strikes out. Buck Boak pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chuck T Rodriguez singles to right field. Chuck T Rodriguez steals second. Steve K Chouinard lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Wade K Almeida walks. Chuck W Pierce grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Todd Adams lines out to the second baseman. Don Brinkman flies out to the left fielder. Sparky Lutenberg lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Meares walks. Dorsey W Stewart walks. Marvin K Monroe strikes out. Steve K Ward strikes out. Lew W Stein grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dorsey W Stewart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Paul Hug singles to center field. Ted Konnick doubles to right field. Paul Hug uses his aggressiveness and scores. Magglio Maldonado singles to right field. Ted Konnick scores. Magglio Maldonado is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). George Fick singles to center field. Vern Buskey singles to center field. George Fick advances to third on the hit. Buck Boak singles to right field. George Fick scores. Todd Adams singles to right field. Vern Buskey scores. Ruben K Puente comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Don Brinkman strikes out. Sparky Lutenberg pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Chuck T Rodriguez strikes out. Ruben K Puente flies out to the left fielder. Wade K Almeida pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Paul Hug singles to right field. Ted Konnick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Hug advances to second on the play. Magglio Maldonado triples. Paul Hug scores. George Fick grounds out to the shortstop. Magglio Maldonado scores. Ed Ortenzio comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vern Buskey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chuck W Pierce grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Meares walks. Dorsey W Stewart doubles to center field. Mike Meares uses his aggressiveness and scores. Marvin K Monroe walks. Steve K Ward doubles to left field. Dorsey W Stewart scores. Lew W Stein singles past the shortstop. Marvin K Monroe scores. Steve K Ward scores. Dick Hoag comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck T Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Ed Ortenzio grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Lew W Stein is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Dick Hoag flies out to the right fielder. Todd Adams strikes out. Don Brinkman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Wade K Almeida walks. Chuck W Pierce singles to left field. Mike Meares grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Wade K Almeida advances to third on the play. Dorsey W Stewart singles in front of the left fielder. Wade K Almeida scores. Russ Auker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marvin K Monroe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Sparky Lutenberg grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Hug singles to right field. Ted Konnick singles to center field. Magglio Maldonado flies out to the right fielder. George Fick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Steve K Ward walks. Lew W Stein singles to right field. Chuck T Rodriguez singles to left field. Steve K Ward scores. Milt W Hogan is pinch hitting for Ed Ortenzio. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Milt W Hogan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lew W Stein advances to third on the play. Chuck T Rodriguez advances to second on the play. Wade K Almeida grounds out to the second baseman. Lew W Stein scores. Chuck T Rodriguez advances to third on the play. Bill Goodwin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck W Pierce strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Kazutaka K Yamada pitching. Vern Buskey grounds out to the second baseman. Reggie Moncewicz is pinch hitting for Bill Goodwin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Reggie Moncewicz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Todd Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Vaughn pitching. Mike Meares strikes out. Dorsey W Stewart strikes out. Marvin K Monroe pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Mark Ayrault is pinch hitting for Don Brinkman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Ayrault grounds out to the shortstop. Bryan Williams is pinch hitting for Sparky Lutenberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bryan Williams walks. Paul Hug grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bryan Williams is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ted Konnick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bernardo Malmberg did not respond to coaching in arm Mickey Bridges improves in power_vs_righty Tracy Cockrell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bernardo Malmberg did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charlie Stanicek did not respond to coaching in control John Sparks improves in arm John Sparks did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rolla K McLish did not respond to coaching in arm Luther TK Levis did not respond to coaching in control Wes W Giebell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Doc K Garrett improves in power_vs_righty Jim K Koy improves in velocity Ginger K Cristante did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ginger K Cristante did not respond to coaching in 2B