Win: Sparky Vann (12-11) Loss: Jimmy Comellas (4-14)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Sparky Vann pitching. Jim Hiatt grounds out to the shortstop. Osvaldo Riddle singles to right field. Minnie Bair flies out to the right fielder. Lute Delis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Osvaldo Riddle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jimmy Comellas pitching. Ernie Kane grounds out to the third baseman. Wish Burrows flies out to the left fielder. Mike Durst walks. Greg Perez singles past the second baseman. Mike Durst advances to third on the hit. Howie Ramirez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Phil Danzig strikes out. Al Davenport singles to center field. Johnny Ramsdell walks. Sam Hoeft walks. Jimmy Comellas strikes out. Jim Hiatt walks. Al Davenport scores. Osvaldo Riddle grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Johnny Ramsdell is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Izzy Minnick walks. Kazuo Muranishi strikes out. Jim Twombly singles to right field. Sparky Vann pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Ernie Kane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Minnie Bair strikes out. Lute Delis walks. Lute Delis is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Phil Danzig hits an infield single to the second baseman. Al Davenport strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Wish Burrows hits a home run. Mike Durst grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Perez flies out to the center fielder. Howie Ramirez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Johnny Ramsdell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sam Hoeft reached on a 2-base fielding error by Greg Perez. Jimmy Comellas strikes out. Jim Hiatt singles to center field. Sam Hoeft scores. Osvaldo Riddle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Izzy Minnick singles in front of the left fielder. Kazuo Muranishi walks. Jim Twombly flies out to the center fielder. Sparky Vann lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Izzy Minnick is thrown out at third. Kazuo Muranishi advances to second on the play. Kazuo Muranishi advances to second on the play. Ernie Kane singles to left field. Kazuo Muranishi scores. Sparky Vann advances to third on the hit. Wish Burrows grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Minnie Bair strikes out. Lute Delis strikes out. Phil Danzig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Mike Durst grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Perez strikes out. Howie Ramirez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al Davenport grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Ramsdell strikes out. Sam Hoeft strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Izzy Minnick walks. Kazuo Muranishi hits a home run. Izzy Minnick scores. Andy Clyde comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Twombly doubles past the center fielder. Sparky Vann lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Jim Twombly is thrown out at third. Ernie Kane singles to right field. Wish Burrows grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ernie Kane is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Durst strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Merito Lemongello is pinch hitting for Andy Clyde. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Merito Lemongello grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Hiatt grounds out to the pitcher. Osvaldo Riddle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Brian Kennedy pitching. Greg Perez walks. Howie Ramirez hits a home run. Greg Perez scores. Nelson Niedenfuer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Izzy Minnick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kazuo Muranishi flies out to the left fielder. Jim Twombly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City John Pierson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ernie Kane at LF. Mike Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Minnie Bair grounds out to the pitcher. Lute Delis grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Danzig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Birdie Durham is pinch hitting for Mike Johnson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Birdie Durham flies out to the center fielder. John Pierson walks. Wish Burrows walks. Mike Durst doubles past the first baseman. John Pierson scores. Wish Burrows scores. Greg Perez singles to center field. Mike Durst scores. Howie Ramirez singles to right field. Greg Perez advances to third on the hit. Izzy Minnick singles to left field. Greg Perez scores. Howie Ramirez advances to third on the hit. Kazuo Muranishi strikes out. Jim Twombly grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ray Rodriguez pitching. Al Davenport flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Ramsdell flies out to the center fielder. Sam Hoeft singles to right field. John Radinsky is pinch hitting for Nelson Niedenfuer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Radinsky flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Alex Nicol did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tommy Flannery did not respond to coaching in range Tommy Flannery improves in contact_vs_righty Keiichi Nakagawa did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill May did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill May improves in velocity Dave Jeffries improves in power_vs_lefty Pascual Howser improves in range