Win: Richie Stallings (1-0) Loss: Andy Loftus (0-1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Andy Loftus pitching. Bob Pruett strikes out. Les Bryden singles to left field. Kenji Imazeki pops out to the third baseman. Tom Breton hits a home run. Les Bryden scores. Geronimo Conroy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Richie Stallings pitching. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the third baseman. Reid Nicholson flies out to the center fielder. Irv Barthelson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay John Mercado doubles to left field. Bill Hudson walks. Johnny Hafey strikes out. Richie Stallings lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Pruett grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Minnie Patton walks. Randy McElwee strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker strikes out. Ed Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Les Bryden singles to left field. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the right fielder. Tom Breton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Andy Loftus flies out to the center fielder. Tsutomu Kadota singles to right field. Reid Nicholson singles to center field. Tsutomu Kadota advances to third on the hit. Irv Barthelson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Tsutomu Kadota scores. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Geronimo Conroy flies out to the center fielder. John Mercado strikes out. Bill Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Minnie Patton grounds out to the second baseman. Randy McElwee flies out to the center fielder. Clete Schoonmaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey strikes out. Richie Stallings grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Pruett lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Loftus flies out to the right fielder. Tsutomu Kadota singles to center field. Reid Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Les Bryden walks. Les Bryden is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. Tom Breton strikes out. Geronimo Conroy doubles to left field. Kenji Imazeki scores. Harry Romero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Mercado singles to left field. Geronimo Conroy scores. Bill Hudson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Irv Barthelson grounds out to the shortstop. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Minnie Patton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey doubles to center field. Richie Stallings fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Richie Stallings strikes out. Bob Pruett strikes out. Les Bryden hits a home run. Johnny Hafey scores. Ron Mails comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kenji Imazeki singles to left field. Tom Breton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Randy McElwee singles to right field. Randy McElwee is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Clete Schoonmaker doubles to right field. Clete Schoonmaker steals third. Ed Johnson lines out to the second baseman. Ron Mails grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dave Lopez is pinch hitting for Geronimo Conroy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Lopez grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Kruger is pinch hitting for John Mercado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Kruger singles to center field. Bill Hudson doubles to right field. Johnny Hafey strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds is pinch hitting for Richie Stallings. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vinnie Hammonds walks. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Ruffcorn pitching. Jay Brewster is pinch hitting for Tsutomu Kadota. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jay Brewster doubles past the center fielder. Reid Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Irv Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. Yusaku Okamoto is pinch hitting for Ross Rohr-Beck. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Yusaku Okamoto grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Les Bryden grounds out to the third baseman. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Breton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Juan Schmidt is pinch hitting for Minnie Patton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Juan Schmidt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee singles to right field. Clay Irwin is pinch hitting for Clete Schoonmaker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Clay Irwin grounds out to the third baseman. Randy McElwee advances to second on the play. Ed Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Geronimo Conroy (4), John Mercado (1), Bill Hudson (2), Johnny Hafey (1).HR - Les Bryden (1), Tom Breton (1).GIDP - Tom Breton. Baserunning: CS - Les Bryden (1).
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Bergamo did not respond to coaching in arm Mickey Young did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hank Atkinson did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Pearson improves in speed Ed Sanders improves in range Mickey Young did not respond to coaching in speed 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: Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Ruiz did not respond to coaching in control Pete Haad did not respond to coaching in range Atsushi Ito did not respond to coaching in range Steve Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control