Win: Fred Scalzi (10-6) Loss: Tony Bigelow (4-14)
Save: Ron Mails (14)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Cliff Fuentes pitching. Jerry Mitchell walks. Bob Pruett walks. Bill Hedlund singles to right field. Jerry Mitchell scores. Les Bryden flies out to the right fielder. Ox Morlan grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tony Bigelow pitching. Bobby Rooney strikes out. Minnie Patton strikes out. Ed Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki pops out to the shortstop. Charlie Kennedy walks. Tom Breton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck flies out to the center fielder. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the second baseman. Reid Nicholson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tony Bigelow grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Pruett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Irv Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Clete Schoonmaker doubles to right field. Cliff Fuentes walks. Bobby Rooney grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund strikes out. Les Bryden singles to right field. Les Bryden steals second. Ox Morlan singles past the second baseman. Les Bryden scores. Kenji Imazeki walks. Charlie Kennedy grounds out to the shortstop. Ox Morlan advances to third on the play. Kenji Imazeki advances to second on the play. Tom Breton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Minnie Patton pops out to the second baseman. Ed Johnson hits a home run. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Kadota singles to right field. Reid Nicholson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tony Bigelow singles to center field. Jerry Mitchell singles past the second baseman. Tony Bigelow advances to third on the hit. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Bigelow scores. Jerry Mitchell advances to second on the play. Fred Scalzi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Les Bryden walks. Ox Morlan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Irv Barthelson walks. Clete Schoonmaker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Irv Barthelson advances to second on the play. Fred Scalzi grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Rooney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Tom Breton singles to right field. Tony Bigelow flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Minnie Patton walks. Ed Johnson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Hedlund. Ross Rohr-Beck doubles to center field. Minnie Patton scores. Ed Johnson scores. Tsutomu Kadota bunts for a base hit. Reid Nicholson walks. Irv Barthelson singles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Reid Nicholson advances to third on the hit. Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the left fielder. Fred Scalzi grounds out to the shortstop. Reid Nicholson scores. Irv Barthelson advances to second on the play. Bobby Rooney pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jerry Mitchell walks. Bob Pruett strikes out. Bill Hedlund grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Minnie Patton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Alex Altenburg enters the game as a defensive replacement for Minnie Patton at RF. Stan Tobin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Irv Barthelson at 1B. Les Bryden singles to right field. Ox Morlan pops out to the second baseman. Kenji Imazeki grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Ruffcorn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tsutomu Kadota pops out to the first baseman. Reid Nicholson lines out to the third baseman. Stan Tobin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ron Mails comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Kennedy hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tom Breton grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Charlie Kennedy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Mike Ruffcorn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mark Bradley did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Reese improves in power_vs_lefty Pug Hollins did not respond to coaching in arm Hack Karlon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Brooks Teufel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Lopez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Alexander Gomez did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Buddy Ruiz did not respond to coaching in control Danny Heaton did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny McKeithan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Danny McKeithan improves in power_vs_lefty Bubba McDaniel did not respond to coaching in arm Danny McKeithan improves in range