Win: Erisbel Castaneda (13-11) Loss: Jim Ryan (8-13)
Save: Al Cipriani (28)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Erisbel Castaneda pitching. Hiromasa Fujio singles to left field. Hiromasa Fujio steals second. Rick Blanco grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Reinbach pops out to the first baseman. Bob Gagne flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jim Ryan pitching. Jose Serrano singles to center field. Eddie Lamline grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jose Serrano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jethro Bodine grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Purnal Andrews grounds out to the third baseman. Clem Manning strikes out. Marv Almanza grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bob Zachary grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Cooke walks. Jim Decker walks. Rollie Arnsberg singles to left field. Topper Carney strikes out. Erisbel Castaneda strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Si Freeman grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Ryan flies out to the left fielder. Hiromasa Fujio flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jose Serrano walks. Eddie Lamline singles to left field. Jethro Bodine grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jose Serrano advances to third on the play. Bob Zachary doubles to right field. Jose Serrano scores. Mark Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rick Blanco strikes out. Ken Reinbach walks. Bob Gagne flies out to the center fielder. Purnal Andrews grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ken Reinbach is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Decker flies out to the center fielder. Rollie Arnsberg doubles to left field. Topper Carney strikes out. Erisbel Castaneda singles to center field. Rollie Arnsberg scores. Erisbel Castaneda is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Clem Manning flies out to the left fielder. Marv Almanza doubles to right field. Si Freeman flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jim Ryan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jose Serrano pops out to the second baseman. Eddie Lamline grounds out to the shortstop. Jethro Bodine grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Hiromasa Fujio walks. Hiromasa Fujio is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rick Blanco walks. Ken Reinbach strikes out. Rick Blanco steals second. Bob Gagne strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Zachary walks. Mark Cooke strikes out. Jim Decker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Zachary is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Decker steals second. Rollie Arnsberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Purnal Andrews walks. Clem Manning flies out to the right fielder. Purnal Andrews is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Marv Almanza flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Topper Carney pops out to the catcher. Erisbel Castaneda strikes out. Jose Serrano grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Si Freeman flies out to the center fielder. Ray Trucks is pinch hitting for Jim Ryan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ray Trucks grounds out to the shortstop. Hiromasa Fujio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dave Ritchie pitching. Eddie Lamline doubles past the center fielder. Jethro Bodine walks. Bob Zachary walks. Mark Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Eddie Lamline scores. Jim Decker flies out to the left fielder. Rollie Arnsberg singles to left field. Jethro Bodine scores. Bob Zachary advances to third on the hit. Lou Twombly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Topper Carney strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Rick Blanco strikes out. Ken Reinbach grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Gagne walks. Purnal Andrews walks. Al Cipriani comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Clem Manning singles to left field. Bob Gagne scores. Purnal Andrews advances to third on the hit. Marv Almanza strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Erisbel Castaneda is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brent Rogers did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Bailey did not respond to coaching in range Ray Freeman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chris Ezzell improves in speed Tyson Lancellotti did not respond to coaching in speed Gregg Roseman improves in range Orlando Davis improves in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Juan Clark did not respond to coaching in range Greg Martinez improves in power_vs_lefty Kevin Griner did not respond to coaching in arm Jay Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rex Steevens improves in speed Jim Kane did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Kevin Griner did not respond to coaching in SS