Win: Kazutaka K Yamada (4-1) Loss: Harry Pedre (5-6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Buck Boak pitching. Steve K Ward walks. Steve K Ward steals second. Wade K Almeida walks. Chuck W Pierce walks. Dorsey W Stewart strikes out. Marvin K Monroe flies out to the center fielder. Jesus K Stark pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Chuck T Barris pitching. George Fick strikes out. Magglio Maldonado hits a home run. Paul Hug flies out to the right fielder. Ted Konnick hits a home run. Jerry Welsh singles to left field. Ernie Crowder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ken Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Lew W Stein grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck T Barris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Vern Buskey grounds out to the second baseman. Sparky Lutenberg grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Buck Boak flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Steve K Ward hits a home run. Wade K Almeida grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck W Pierce doubles past the center fielder. Dorsey W Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Marvin K Monroe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay George Fick strikes out. Magglio Maldonado singles to right field. Paul Hug flies out to the right fielder. Ted Konnick triples. Magglio Maldonado scores. Jerry Welsh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jesus K Stark hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ken Foster triples. Jesus K Stark scores. Lew W Stein flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ken Foster scores. Chuck T Barris grounds out to the pitcher. Steve K Ward pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ernie Crowder walks. Vern Buskey singles to right field. Ernie Crowder advances to third on the hit. Sparky Lutenberg walks. Buck Boak pops out to the third baseman. George Fick singles to center field. Ernie Crowder scores. Vern Buskey scores. Porfi K Maranville comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Magglio Maldonado flies out to the right fielder. Paul Hug grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Wade K Almeida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck W Pierce singles to right field. Dorsey W Stewart grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ted Konnick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Welsh hits a home run. Ernie Crowder grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Buskey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Marvin K Monroe strikes out. Jesus K Stark flies out to the center fielder. Ken Foster flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Sparky Lutenberg singles to right field. Buck Boak lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. George Fick grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Sparky Lutenberg advances to third on the play. Steve K Urban comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Magglio Maldonado singles to right field. Sparky Lutenberg scores. Paul Hug walks. Ted Konnick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lew W Stein singles to right field. Mark K Eunick is pinch hitting for Steve K Urban. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark K Eunick doubles to right field. Dick Hoag 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. Steve K Ward grounds out to the second baseman. Lew W Stein scores. Mark K Eunick advances to third on the play. Wade K Almeida flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mark K Eunick scores. Chuck W Pierce doubles past the center fielder. Dorsey W Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ed Ortenzio pitching. Jerry Welsh walks. Ernie Crowder strikes out. Vern Buskey pops out to the third baseman. Reggie Moncewicz is pinch hitting for Sparky Lutenberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Reggie Moncewicz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jerry Welsh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Marvin K Monroe flies out to the right fielder. Jesus K Stark hits a home run. Harry Pedre comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Foster grounds out to the shortstop. Lew W Stein singles to right field. Albert K Shaffer is pinch hitting for Ed Ortenzio. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Albert K Shaffer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Kazutaka K Yamada pitching. Harry Pedre grounds out to the second baseman. George Fick strikes out. Magglio Maldonado walks. Paul Hug flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve K Ward walks. Wade K Almeida strikes out. Chuck W Pierce walks. Dorsey W Stewart pops out to the third baseman. Marvin K Monroe walks. Jesus K Stark singles to left field. Steve K Ward scores. Chuck W Pierce scores. Marvin K Monroe advances to third on the hit. Byron Stuffel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Foster walks. Lew W Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ted Konnick grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Welsh singles to center field. Ernie Crowder grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Chuck W Pierce 2 (31), Mark K Eunick (12).3B - Ken Foster (2).HR - Steve K Ward (15), Jesus K Stark (3).SF - Wade K Almeida, Lew W Stein.GIDP - Dorsey W Stewart. Baserunning: SB - Steve K Ward (33).
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 contact_vs_righty Paul K Pattee improves in power_vs_lefty Elmer K Ingerton did not respond to coaching in speed Elmer K Ingerton improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Brown improves in speed Chuck K Smith improves in arm Chuck K Smith did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Matt Guerra did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Jones improves in endurance Joe Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Bernardo Malmberg improves in power_vs_lefty Mickey Bridges improves in arm Claudell Martinez did not respond to coaching in control John Sparks did not respond to coaching in 2B