Win: Bret Hernandez (17-7) Loss: Herm Young (8-13)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Herm Young pitching. Crazy Elarton strikes out. Greasy Fuentes grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Murphy triples. Reed Davis walks. Dick Doran flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bret Hernandez pitching. Rene Fermin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Elmer Flick strikes out. John Walton hits an infield single to the second baseman. John Walton gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Eiji Tsuji singles past the second baseman. Neal Stobbs doubles past the right fielder. Eiji Tsuji uses his aggressiveness and scores. Whitey Lydy strikes out. Bret Hernandez strikes out. Crazy Elarton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Al Suter pops out to the shortstop. Bob Rodriguez strikes out. Jim Broskie singles to right field. Jim Broskie is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Greasy Fuentes strikes out. Charlie Murphy strikes out. Reed Davis walks. Dick Doran pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Cy Gouzzie flies out to the center fielder. Tony Pallidan strikes out. Herm Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Eiji Tsuji strikes out. Neal Stobbs strikes out. Whitey Lydy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rene Fermin singles to left field. Rene Fermin steals second. Elmer Flick strikes out. John Walton walks. Al Suter singles in front of the left fielder. Rene Fermin scores. John Walton advances to third on the hit. Bob Rodriguez strikes out. Jim Broskie strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bret Hernandez strikes out. Crazy Elarton grounds out to the second baseman. Greasy Fuentes doubles to right field. Charlie Murphy triples. Greasy Fuentes scores. Reed Davis walks. Dick Doran singles to right field. Charlie Murphy scores. Reed Davis advances to third on the hit. Eiji Tsuji grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Cy Gouzzie pops out to the shortstop. Tony Pallidan strikes out. Herm Young flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Neal Stobbs grounds out to the third baseman. Whitey Lydy grounds out to the second baseman. Bret Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Rene Fermin grounds out to the shortstop. Elmer Flick pops out to the third baseman. John Walton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Crazy Elarton singles to right field. Joe Qualls comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Greasy Fuentes hits a home run. Crazy Elarton scores. Chuck Zimmerman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Murphy singles to center field. Reed Davis hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dick Doran singles to left field. Charlie Murphy scores. Reed Davis advances to third on the hit. Eiji Tsuji grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Reed Davis scores. Dick Doran advances to second on the play. Neal Stobbs walks. Whitey Lydy grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Doran advances to third on the play. Neal Stobbs advances to second on the play. Bret Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Al Suter grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Rodriguez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dick Doran. Jim Broskie strikes out. Cy Gouzzie singles to right field. Tony Pallidan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Doyle is pinch hitting for Crazy Elarton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Doyle flies out to the right fielder. Greg Goodwin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Greasy Fuentes flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Curt Scott is pinch hitting for Greg Goodwin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Curt Scott pops out to the third baseman. Jerry Lee Leja is pinch hitting for Rene Fermin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Lee Leja grounds out to the second baseman. Elmer Flick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Charlie Molinaro pitching. Ken Bell is pinch hitting for Reed Davis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ken Bell grounds out to the third baseman. Pedro Smith is pinch hitting for Dick Doran. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pedro Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Edwards is pinch hitting for Eiji Tsuji. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kevin Edwards pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay John Walton singles to left field. Al Suter grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Bob Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Weimer improves in power_vs_lefty Palmer Parker improves in contact_vs_righty Lou Delahanty did not respond to coaching in control Hersh Southworth did not respond to coaching in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Gerald Travers did not respond to coaching in control Pat Sharperson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ross Purdy improves in control Jorge Bliss did not respond to coaching in control Billy Mills did not respond to coaching in 1B