Win: Tim Roberts (5-12) Loss: Nigel Kern (8-15)
Save: Joel Fortugno (2)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Tim Roberts pitching. Bobby Ortiz walks. Bob Garcia strikes out. Bill Rettig flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Ortiz steals second. Hugh Alexander grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Nigel Kern pitching. Abe Daal grounds out to the third baseman. Gordon Hennessey reached on a 2-base throwing error by Drew Villone. Erv Owens strikes out. Moose Fullerton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dick Ibanez singles to center field. Roger Kelb flies out to the left fielder. Drew Villone hits a home run. Dick Ibanez scores. Dick Ness singles to center field. Nigel Kern lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Curtis grounds out to the second baseman. Taemon Fukae grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Love singles to center field. Deacon Zacher lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Bill Rettig strikes out. Hugh Alexander flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tim Roberts singles to center field. Abe Daal hits a home run. Tim Roberts scores. Gordon Hennessey grounds out to the shortstop. Erv Owens singles to center field. Moose Fullerton grounds out to the shortstop. Erv Owens advances to second on the play. Bill Curtis singles to center field. Erv Owens scores. Taemon Fukae hits a home run. Bill Curtis scores. Dale Love grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dick Ibanez flies out to the right fielder. Roger Kelb flies out to the left fielder. Drew Villone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Deacon Zacher hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tim Roberts fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tim Roberts flies out to the center fielder. Abe Daal singles to center field. Deacon Zacher aggressively advances to third on the hit. Gordon Hennessey flies out to the left fielder. Erv Owens hits a home run. Deacon Zacher scores. Abe Daal scores. Harry Cunningham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Moose Fullerton walks. Bill Curtis grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dick Ness strikes out. Harry Cunningham flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Ortiz singles to right field. Bobby Ortiz steals second. Bob Garcia doubles past the first baseman. Bobby Ortiz scores. Bill Rettig grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Taemon Fukae pops out to the catcher. Dale Love singles to center field. Deacon Zacher strikes out. Tim Roberts pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Hugh Alexander grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Ibanez walks. Roger Kelb walks. Drew Villone grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Abe Daal strikes out. Gordon Hennessey strikes out. Erv Owens grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dick Ness grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ernie Ward is pinch hitting for Harry Cunningham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ernie Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Ortiz doubles to center field. Bob Garcia doubles to center field. Bobby Ortiz scores. John Coleman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Rettig hits a home run. Bob Garcia scores. Hugh Alexander grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Buddy Garrett pitching. Moose Fullerton doubles to center field. Moose Fullerton is out trying to steal third. Bill Curtis strikes out. Taemon Fukae pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dick Ibanez grounds out to the shortstop. Roger Kelb singles past the first baseman. Drew Villone grounds out to the third baseman. Roger Kelb advances to second on the play. Hank Gilmore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Ness grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dale Love grounds out to the third baseman. Deacon Zacher grounds out to the third baseman. Johnnie Thompson is pinch hitting for Hank Gilmore. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnnie Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Joel Fortugno pitching. Cliff Munson is pinch hitting for Buddy Garrett. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cliff Munson walks. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Cliff Munson steals second. Bob Garcia reached on a 2-base fielding error by Taemon Fukae. Cliff Munson scores. Bill Rettig grounds out to the shortstop. Hugh Alexander strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brad Hechinger improves in control Scott Hunt improves in control Sam Kainer did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Lamb improves in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brad Dickey improves in range Mark Harris improves in range Ed Steiner improves in contact_vs_lefty Sherman Wilkins improves in arm Ron Gleich improves in 2B