Win: Brooks Woodward (4-2) Loss: John Miranda (4-1)
Save: Roy Biddle (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Pedro Konikowski pitching. Ray Bottenfield hits a home run. Tony Palmer hits a home run. Leo DeCinces strikes out. Alejandro Serrano flies out to the right fielder. Shawn Essian singles to right field. Bill Elliott walks. Mike Davenport strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Brooks Woodward pitching. Jose Dustal grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Fritz hits a home run. Shawn Burkhalter grounds out to the third baseman. Yovanny McNally flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tim Darrow singles to right field. Brooks Woodward lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Bottenfield pops out to the second baseman. Tony Palmer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ike Hines grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Davis walks. George Davis steals second. Rudy Holke lines out to the shortstop. Juan Rosario strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Leo DeCinces grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Alejandro Serrano grounds out to the pitcher. Shawn Essian grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Paxton Kowitz is pinch hitting for Pedro Konikowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Paxton Kowitz pops out to the second baseman. Jose Dustal singles to right field. Bill Fritz singles to right field. Jose Dustal is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Shawn Burkhalter singles past the second baseman. Bill Fritz advances to third on the hit. Yovanny McNally singles to center field. Bill Fritz scores. Shawn Burkhalter advances to third on the hit. Ike Hines grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City John Miranda pitching. Bill Elliott walks. Mike Davenport flies out to the left fielder. Tim Darrow reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bill Fritz. Brooks Woodward is hit by a pitch. Ray Bottenfield flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Elliott scores. Tony Palmer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay George Davis singles to center field. Rudy Holke grounds into a force play to the third baseman. George Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Juan Rosario singles to center field. Rudy Holke advances to third on the hit. John Miranda strikes out. Jose Dustal strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Leo DeCinces singles to left field. Alejandro Serrano pops out to the third baseman. Shawn Essian hits a home run. Leo DeCinces scores. Johnny Myers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Mike Davenport strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz strikes out. Shawn Burkhalter strikes out. Yovanny McNally strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tim Darrow singles past the third baseman. Brooks Woodward lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Bottenfield hits a home run. Tim Darrow scores. Gary Clay comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Palmer pops out to the first baseman. Leo DeCinces singles to right field. Leo DeCinces steals second. Alejandro Serrano lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Ike Hines strikes out. George Davis flies out to the left fielder. Rudy Holke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Shawn Essian flies out to the right fielder. Bill Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Mike Davenport singles to right field. Tim Darrow walks. Brooks Woodward grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Juan Rosario flies out to the center fielder. Gary Saunders is pinch hitting for Gary Clay. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gary Saunders flies out to the center fielder. Jose Dustal grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rey Gonzalez pitching. Ray Bottenfield grounds out to the pitcher. Tony Palmer pops out to the shortstop. Leo DeCinces singles to left field. Alejandro Serrano singles to left field. Leo DeCinces advances to third on the hit. Shawn Essian lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz hits a home run. Shawn Burkhalter flies out to the center fielder. Yovanny McNally walks. Yovanny McNally is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ike Hines strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Paul Crump is pinch hitting for Bill Elliott. Paul Crump singles to center field. Mike Davenport flies out to the left fielder. Tim Darrow strikes out. Vic Dowell is pinch hitting for Brooks Woodward. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vic Dowell singles to center field. Paul Crump advances to third on the hit. Ray Bottenfield grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Yukio Kuwata pitching. George Davis walks. Rudy Holke grounds into a force play to the first baseman. George Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Juan Rosario walks. Bill Laabs is pinch hitting for Rey Gonzalez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Laabs walks. Jose Dustal walks. Rudy Holke scores. Roy Biddle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Passed ball. Juan Rosario scores. Bill Laabs advances to third. Jose Dustal advances to second. Bill Fritz flies out to the left fielder. Shawn Burkhalter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yuichi Wada did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Loy Barbeau did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Lowdermilk improves in range Antonio Taylor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Wyse did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Aiden Garcia improves in power_vs_righty Geno Blazier improves in contact_vs_lefty Rip Hash improves in power_vs_lefty Romello Warren improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Tyriver did not respond to coaching in LF