Inning: 1 Kansas City Jax Adams pitching. Loy Barbeau flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Nieves doubles to center field. Urbano Arnold flies out to the left fielder. John Lowdermilk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave McCabe pitching. Jose Dustal strikes out. Romello Warren strikes out. Porter Crews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jack Freigau grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tom Torkelson flies out to the center fielder. Dan Pierzynski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz grounds out to the shortstop. Rich Vargas walks. Diego Freese flies out to the center fielder. Aiden Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Jude grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Dave McCabe strikes out. Loy Barbeau grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay George Davis singles past the shortstop. Jax Adams lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jose Dustal grounds out to the second baseman. George Davis advances to third on the play. Romello Warren singles to right field. George Davis scores. Porter Crews grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Romello Warren is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Eddie Nieves singles to center field. Urbano Arnold strikes out. Eddie Nieves steals second. John Lowdermilk reached on a 2-base throwing error by George Davis. Eddie Nieves scores. Jack Freigau strikes out. Tom Torkelson hits a home run. John Lowdermilk scores. Dan Pierzynski grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz pops out to the second baseman. Rich Vargas walks. Diego Freese grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rich Vargas advances to second on the play. Aiden Garcia pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Jude grounds out to the second baseman. Dave McCabe grounds out to the third baseman. Loy Barbeau doubles to center field. Eddie Nieves flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay George Davis singles to left field. Jax Adams fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jax Adams grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jose Dustal grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Urbano Arnold strikes out. John Lowdermilk singles to right field. Jack Freigau flies out to the right fielder. Tom Torkelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Romello Warren grounds out to the second baseman. Porter Crews flies out to the center fielder. Bill Fritz walks. Rich Vargas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dan Pierzynski strikes out. Jim Jude walks. Dave McCabe fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dave McCabe flies out to the center fielder. Loy Barbeau strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Diego Freese flies out to the center fielder. Aiden Garcia strikes out. George Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Eddie Nieves triples. Urbano Arnold grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Nieves scores. John Lowdermilk strikes out. Jack Freigau grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Shawn Essian enters the game as a defensive replacement for Urbano Arnold at 2B. Mike Stoneham is pinch hitting for Jax Adams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Stoneham strikes out. Jose Dustal grounds out to the second baseman. Romello Warren grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jack Ostendorf pitching. Tom Torkelson singles past the second baseman. Dan Pierzynski grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Jude flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hal Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Porter Crews grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Fritz hits a home run. Tohru Yoshikawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Vargas pops out to the second baseman. Diego Freese flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Loy Barbeau (32), Eddie Nieves (24).3B - Eddie Nieves (7).HR - Tom Torkelson (16).GIDP - Dan Pierzynski. Baserunning: SB - Eddie Nieves (6).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Callahan did not respond to coaching in arm Jose Armas did not respond to coaching in endurance Jack Diaz improves in arm Charlie McNally improves in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hal Rocco did not respond to coaching in range Pete Outen did not respond to coaching in arm Merv Ledesma improves in control Henry Balenti improves in power_vs_righty Nick Yazzo did not respond to coaching in 3B