Win: Vic Gullickson (1-3) Loss: Steve Gagliano (0-3)
Save: Mike Ruffcorn (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Vic Gullickson pitching. Quilvio Zitzmann singles past the second baseman. Teruo Takeuchi strikes out. Ed Johnson singles to center field. Tsutomu Kadota singles to center field. Quilvio Zitzmann scores. Ed Johnson advances to third on the hit. Clay Irwin strikes out. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Alex Altenburg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Steve Gagliano pitching. Akinobu Kono grounds out to the shortstop. Truck Perezchica pops out to the first baseman. Les Bryden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Stan Tobin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee singles to left field. Steve Gagliano lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund singles to right field. Dwight Hackett singles to right field. Vinnie Hammonds doubles to center field. Bill Hedlund scores. Dwight Hackett uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jerry Kruger grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Williams flies out to the left fielder. Vic Gullickson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Teruo Takeuchi strikes out. Ed Johnson singles to left field. Tsutomu Kadota walks. Clay Irwin pops out to the shortstop. Alex Altenburg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Akinobu Kono singles to right field. Truck Perezchica grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Akinobu Kono is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Les Bryden grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Stan Tobin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Steve Gagliano singles to center field. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund grounds out to the shortstop. Dwight Hackett flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Vinnie Hammonds hits a home run. Jerry Kruger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Teruo Takeuchi singles to right field. Teruo Takeuchi steals second. Ed Johnson singles in front of the left fielder. Teruo Takeuchi scores. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Clay Irwin strikes out. Alex Altenburg walks. Stan Tobin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Fred Scalzi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Williams flies out to the right fielder. Bill Hudson is pinch hitting for Vic Gullickson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Hudson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Akinobu Kono flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tom Butler pitching. Randy McElwee walks. Fred Scalzi lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the pitcher. Teruo Takeuchi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica flies out to the right fielder. Les Bryden singles to right field. Bill Hedlund grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ed Johnson lines out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Kadota doubles to center field. Clay Irwin grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Altenburg singles to center field. Tsutomu Kadota is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tsutomu Kadota. Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the second baseman. Dwight Hackett advances to third on the play. Kenji Imazeki is pinch hitting for Jerry Kruger. Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. Dwight Hackett scores. Joe Williams walks. Tom Butler lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City John Mercado enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kenji Imazeki at C. Stan Tobin flies out to the center fielder. Randy McElwee lines out to the pitcher. Ross Rohr-Beck is pinch hitting for Fred Scalzi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ross Rohr-Beck hits a home run. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gene Farner pitching. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Les Bryden flies out to the center fielder. Bill Hedlund flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mike Ruffcorn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Teruo Takeuchi flies out to the left fielder. Ed Johnson doubles to center field. Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the right fielder. Clay Irwin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 11 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control Andy Loftus did not respond to coaching in control Omar Clark improves in power_vs_righty Steve Foxen did not respond to coaching in control Omar Clark improves in range Jimmie Sanicki improves in endurance
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Danny Embrey did not respond to coaching in control Guy Crane did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Guy Crane improves in range Charlie Kennedy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Lopez did not respond to coaching in arm Hack Karlon did not respond to coaching in range Bobby Reese did not respond to coaching in 1B