Win: Johnny Reese (6-11) Loss: Travis Carsey (5-2)
Save: Andre Torres (12)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Travis Carsey pitching. Heinie Mack strikes out. Dick Ness singles to center field. Dick Ness steals second. Bobby Ortiz triples. Dick Ness scores. George Hitt strikes out. Ernie Ward flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Johnny Reese pitching. Kentaro Machida strikes out. Charley Jones is hit by a pitch. Mike Piniella singles to center field. Jeremy Southworth singles to left field. Charley Jones scores. Mike Piniella is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Johnnie Thompson singles to left field. Jeremy Southworth advances to third on the hit. Milt Smithton walks. Pancho Woodruff flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Chuck Leppert grounds out to the third baseman. Drew Villone flies out to the center fielder. Greg Cristall flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Buzz Moran walks. Travis Carsey fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Travis Carsey reached on a fielding error by George Hitt. Kentaro Machida grounds out to the second baseman. Buzz Moran advances to third on the play. Travis Carsey advances to second on the play. Charley Jones walks. Mike Piniella grounds out to the shortstop. Buzz Moran scores. Travis Carsey advances to third on the play. Charley Jones advances to second on the play. Jeremy Southworth flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Johnny Reese grounds out to the shortstop. Heinie Mack strikes out. Dick Ness flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Johnnie Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Milt Smithton flies out to the right fielder. Pancho Woodruff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. George Hitt walks. Ernie Ward lines out to the first baseman. Chuck Leppert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Buzz Moran grounds out to the second baseman. Travis Carsey singles to right field. Kentaro Machida flies out to the right fielder. Charley Jones reached on a fielding error by Johnny Reese. Mike Piniella strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Drew Villone reached on a 2-base throwing error by Buzz Moran. Greg Cristall walks. Johnny Reese lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Drew Villone is thrown out at third. Greg Cristall advances to second on the play. Greg Cristall advances to second on the play. Heinie Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Cristall advances to third on the play. Johnny Reese advances to second on the play. Dick Ness flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jeremy Southworth flies out to the right fielder. Johnnie Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Milt Smithton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. George Hitt hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ernie Ward flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Leppert singles to right field. George Hitt advances to third on the hit. Packy Phebus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Drew Villone hits a home run. George Hitt scores. Chuck Leppert scores. Greg Cristall flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pancho Woodruff strikes out. Buzz Moran pops out to the shortstop. Packy Phebus strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Hugh Alexander is pinch hitting for Johnny Reese. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Hugh Alexander singles to right field. Heinie Mack strikes out. Hugh Alexander steals second. Dick Ness grounds out to the pitcher. Hank Gilmore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Ortiz walks. George Hitt walks. Ernie Ward grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Hugh Alexander is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Cliff Guardado pitching. Kentaro Machida walks. Charley Jones strikes out. Mike Piniella pops out to the third baseman. Jeremy Southworth grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kentaro Machida is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Chuck Leppert walks. Drew Villone singles to left field. Chuck Leppert advances to third on the hit. Greg Cristall grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Chuck Leppert scores. Ozzie Matchick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Brown is pinch hitting for Cliff Guardado. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jason Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Al Carisch pitching. Johnnie Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Milt Smithton grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pancho Woodruff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Ness strikes out. Bobby Ortiz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Charley Jones. George Hitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Andre Torres comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Buzz Moran strikes out. Bill Johnson is pinch hitting for Ozzie Matchick. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Johnson strikes out. Kentaro Machida grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Batting:3B - Bobby Ortiz (2).HR - Drew Villone (18).GIDP - Greg Cristall. Baserunning: SB - Dick Ness (6), Hugh Alexander (4). Fielding: E - George Hitt, Johnny Reese.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Eric Harrell did not respond to coaching in arm Pat Helms did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Peters improves in power_vs_righty Cotton Corcoran did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bruce Brown improves in speed Harvey Velazquez did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Schaeffer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Abe Daal improves in power_vs_lefty Jack Branyan did not respond to coaching in 2B