Win: Livan Kuczek (9-6) Loss: Keitaro Takato (5-10)
Save: Harry Dean (19)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Livan Kuczek pitching. Bobby Ortiz pops out to the second baseman. Ernie Ward lines out to the second baseman. Chuck Leppert pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Keitaro Takato pitching. Jim Lemaster grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Mike Piniella singles to right field. Pancho Woodruff walks. Jeremy Southworth doubles past the third baseman. Mike Piniella scores. Pancho Woodruff uses his aggressiveness and scores. Milt Smithton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Drew Villone grounds out to the catcher. Cliff Munson walks. Jason Brown walks. Hugh Alexander flies out to the left fielder. Claude Murphy pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Pat Kennedy grounds out to the shortstop. Leonys Lara strikes out. Livan Kuczek pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Keitaro Takato flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Ernie Ward walks. Chuck Leppert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Lemaster pops out to the shortstop. Bill Johnson strikes out. Mike Piniella singles to center field. Pancho Woodruff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Drew Villone grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Cliff Munson flies out to the left fielder. Jason Brown singles to left field. Hugh Alexander singles to right field. Claude Murphy walks. Keitaro Takato pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jeremy Southworth triples. Milt Smithton pops out to the catcher. Pat Kennedy singles to center field. Jeremy Southworth scores. Leonys Lara singles past the shortstop. Pat Kennedy advances to third on the hit. Livan Kuczek strikes out. Jim Lemaster walks. Bill Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ernie Ward grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Leppert walks. Drew Villone grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chuck Leppert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Piniella hits a home run. Pancho Woodruff flies out to the center fielder. Jeremy Southworth pops out to the shortstop. Milt Smithton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Cliff Munson singles to center field. Jason Brown grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Cliff Munson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jason Brown is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hugh Alexander grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pat Kennedy grounds out to the third baseman. Leonys Lara flies out to the left fielder. Livan Kuczek walks. Jim Lemaster singles to right field. Harry Cunningham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Claude Murphy walks. Curt Overall is pinch hitting for Harry Cunningham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Claude Murphy steals second. Curt Overall grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Ernie Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Cliff Guardado pitching. Mike Piniella flies out to the left fielder. Pancho Woodruff strikes out. Jeremy Southworth walks. Milt Smithton pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Chuck Leppert grounds out to the second baseman. Drew Villone strikes out. Cliff Munson hits a home run. Jason Brown singles to left field. Hugh Alexander grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jason Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Pat Kennedy strikes out. Leonys Lara flies out to the center fielder. Buzz Moran is pinch hitting for Livan Kuczek. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Buzz Moran flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Harry Dean pitching. Johnnie Thompson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pat Kennedy at C. Claude Murphy walks. Bill Bonham is pinch hitting for Cliff Guardado. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Bonham walks. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Ernie Ward singles to left field. Claude Murphy scores. Bill Bonham aggressively advances to third on the hit. Chuck Leppert strikes out. Drew Villone strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 11 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Glavenich improves in contact_vs_righty Pat Helms did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Peters did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jack Singleton improves in range
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Dickerson improves in speed Mandy Hughes improves in contact_vs_righty Mandy Hughes did not respond to coaching in speed Abe Daal improves in contact_vs_lefty Jack Branyan did not respond to coaching in 2B