Win: Bill Grover (8-15) Loss: Jose Davenport (6-8)
Save: Jamal Duncan (6)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jose Davenport pitching. Buck Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Hiromasa Fujio singles to center field. Rick Blanco doubles past the center fielder. Hiromasa Fujio uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ken Reinbach grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Gagne lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Grover pitching. Leroy Anchor singles past the shortstop. Jim Decker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Leroy Anchor advances to second on the play. Bob Zachary walks. Jim Koehler flies out to the right fielder. Topper Carney walks. Dave Mauch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Purnal Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Clem Manning lines out to the pitcher. Jesse Baez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rollie Arnsberg flies out to the left fielder. Rudy Walsh flies out to the center fielder. Jose Davenport grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bill Grover lines out to the second baseman. Buck Jones pops out to the second baseman. Hiromasa Fujio grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Leroy Anchor pops out to the first baseman. Jim Decker grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Zachary walks. Bob Zachary is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rick Blanco flies out to the right fielder. Ken Reinbach pops out to the second baseman. Bob Gagne grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Koehler grounds out to the second baseman. Topper Carney flies out to the right fielder. Dave Mauch grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Purnal Andrews strikes out. Clem Manning pops out to the second baseman. Jesse Baez walks. Bill Grover grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jesse Baez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rollie Arnsberg grounds out to the second baseman. Rudy Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Davenport singles to center field. Leroy Anchor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Buck Jones walks. Hiromasa Fujio grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rick Blanco grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Decker strikes out. Bob Zachary grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Koehler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ken Reinbach lines out to the shortstop. Bob Gagne pops out to the second baseman. Purnal Andrews grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Topper Carney strikes out. Dave Mauch walks. Rollie Arnsberg flies out to the center fielder. Rudy Walsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Clem Manning singles to left field. Jesse Baez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Marv Almanza is pinch hitting for Bill Grover. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Marv Almanza singles to left field. Buck Jones hits a home run. Marv Almanza scores. Hiromasa Fujio singles to center field. Rick Blanco lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jamal Duncan pitching. Ray Trucks enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Gagne at RF. Jose Davenport flies out to the right fielder. Leroy Anchor grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Decker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ken Reinbach flies out to the center fielder. Ray Trucks strikes out. Purnal Andrews hits a home run. Andy Niekro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clem Manning strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bob Zachary flies out to the left fielder. Jim Koehler reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ken Reinbach. Topper Carney grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Mauch walks. Rollie Arnsberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 3 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Waite Hendrickson improves in arm Orlando Lombardozzi improves in arm Waite Hendrickson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Walt Bailey improves in range Elmer Maloney did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Ray did not respond to coaching in velocity Skel Forsch improves in RF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kevin Griner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jay Jones did not respond to coaching in arm Roy Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Kane did not respond to coaching in arm Greg Martinez improves in power_vs_lefty Rex Steevens did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Kevin Griner did not respond to coaching in SS