Win: Bob Duzen (8-8) Loss: Ernie Obradovich (2-3)
Save: Jeff Koback (2)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ernie Obradovich pitching. Eric Pascual triples. Frank Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Pascual scores. Blas Sherry walks. Rusty Woodruff strikes out. Johnny Pierson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Duzen pitching. Johnny Liefer flies out to the right fielder. Brian Federoff grounds out to the third baseman. Len Smith singles in front of the left fielder. Ray Biggio grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Fay Zuber flies out to the center fielder. Paul Woodend lines out to the second baseman. Bill Brown singles to center field. Bob Duzen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Willy Fortugno singles to center field. Thorny Gilmore strikes out. Cy Nevers pops out to the first baseman. Barry Tavener walks. Ernie Obradovich grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Barry Tavener is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Eric Pascual flies out to the left fielder. Frank Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Blas Sherry walks. Rusty Woodruff flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Johnny Liefer strikes out. Brian Federoff walks. Len Smith flies out to the left fielder. Ray Biggio grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Johnny Pierson strikes out. Fay Zuber pops out to the first baseman. Paul Woodend grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Willy Fortugno pops out to the second baseman. Thorny Gilmore strikes out. Cy Nevers hits a home run. Barry Tavener singles to left field. Ernie Obradovich grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Barry Tavener is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Brown pops out to the third baseman. Bob Duzen strikes out. Eric Pascual strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Johnny Liefer grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Federoff strikes out. Len Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Frank Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Blas Sherry grounds out to the pitcher. Rusty Woodruff singles to right field. Johnny Pierson doubles to center field. Rusty Woodruff is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ray Biggio grounds out to the third baseman. Willy Fortugno flies out to the right fielder. Thorny Gilmore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Fay Zuber strikes out. Todd Hunt is pinch hitting for Paul Woodend. Todd Hunt strikes out. Bill Brown hits a home run. Bob Duzen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike Goeckel enters the game as a defensive replacement for Todd Hunt at LF. Cy Nevers flies out to the right fielder. Barry Tavener walks. Ray Jordan is pinch hitting for Ernie Obradovich. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ray Jordan strikes out. Johnny Liefer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Kazuyuki Ogawa pitching. Eric Pascual grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Johnson grounds out to the catcher. Blas Sherry walks. Rusty Woodruff doubles past the left fielder. Blas Sherry uses his aggressiveness and scores. Johnny Pierson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Brian Federoff flies out to the left fielder. Len Smith walks. Ray Biggio grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Len Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Willy Fortugno grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ray Biggio is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Dean Datz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fay Zuber walks. Mike Goeckel singles to center field. Fay Zuber aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bill Brown flies out to the center fielder. Ken Duncan is pinch hitting for Bob Duzen. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Goeckel gets picked off first. Ken Duncan singles to right field. Fay Zuber scores. Eric Pascual flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Clyde Nixon pitching. Jake Phillips is pinch hitting for Thorny Gilmore. Jake Phillips grounds out to the pitcher. Cy Nevers doubles to center field. Barry Tavener strikes out. Mike Huffman is pinch hitting for Dean Datz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Huffman hits a home run. Cy Nevers scores. Jeff Koback comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Liefer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shane Everitt improves in control Hunter Bradley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Johnson improves in control Bernie Reach did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Richie Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in endurance Rob Powers did not respond to coaching in endurance Royce Kehn improves in range