Win: Mike Manning (10-10) Loss: Larry Christensen (4-10)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Larry Christensen pitching. Early Juul strikes out. Salomon Hancock walks. Lou Feller strikes out. Emil Kapaun hits a home run. Salomon Hancock scores. Pete Good singles to right field. Jose Gleaton singles to left field. Pete Good advances to third on the hit. Bill Ryerson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mike Manning pitching. BobbyBobJimBo walks. Gabe Egan flies out to the left fielder. Boogie Woogie singles to right field. BobbyBobJimBo advances to third on the hit. Ed Cortazzo strikes out. Boog Williams walks. Dale Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mike Coveney grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Manning strikes out. Early Juul pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Yadier Molina grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Nieman singles to center field. Larry Christensen lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. BobbyBobJimBo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Salomon Hancock singles to left field. Lou Feller hits a home run. Salomon Hancock scores. Emil Kapaun singles to left field. Pete Good flies out to the right fielder. Jose Gleaton grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Gabe Egan singles to left field. Boogie Woogie singles to center field. Ed Cortazzo pops out to the third baseman. Boog Williams strikes out. Dale Murphy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Ryerson is hit by a pitch. Mike Coveney singles past the third baseman. Bill Ryerson advances to third on the hit. Mike Manning singles to center field. Bill Ryerson scores. Mike Coveney advances to third on the hit. Early Juul strikes out. Salomon Hancock walks. Lou Feller strikes out. Emil Kapaun grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Yadier Molina strikes out. Tim Nieman grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Christensen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Pete Good grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Gleaton pops out to the shortstop. Bill Ryerson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo singles to right field. Gabe Egan walks. Boogie Woogie grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. BobbyBobJimBo advances to third on the play. Ed Cortazzo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mike Coveney walks. Mike Manning fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Manning reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ed Cortazzo. Early Juul flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Salomon Hancock lines out to the shortstop. Lou Feller lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Boog Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Murphy walks. Yadier Molina grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Mayo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Emil Kapaun singles to right field. Pete Good grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jose Gleaton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jim Bowie is pinch hitting for Tim Nieman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Bowie strikes out. Dippo Hippo is pinch hitting for Joe Mayo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Dippo Hippo grounds out to the second baseman. BobbyBobJimBo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Troy Candiotti pitching. Joe Trevino is pinch hitting for Bill Ryerson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Trevino strikes out. Mike Coveney grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Manning lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gabe Egan strikes out. Boogie Woogie singles to right field. Ed Cortazzo singles to center field. Boog Williams grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Cortazzo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dale Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Early Juul grounds out to the pitcher. Salomon Hancock flies out to the center fielder. Lou Feller singles to left field. Dan Wilkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Emil Kapaun grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bill Nunez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Tenn Pounds is pinch hitting for Yadier Molina. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tenn Pounds grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Bowie hits a home run. Rusty Dark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Lane is pinch hitting for Dan Wilkins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mark Lane flies out to the left fielder. BobbyBobJimBo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cleatus Townsend did not respond to coaching in velocity Cleatus Townsend did not respond to coaching in velocity Cleatus Townsend did not respond to coaching in control Ron Pickrel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dolph Christman improves in contact_vs_righty Al Lowery did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rabbit Brickner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lou Fernandez improves in range Art Cissell did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank McELray did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Taira Kanazawa improves in contact_vs_lefty John Swartz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty