Inning: 1 Kansas City Terry Creel pitching. Jim McCrea singles to left field. Bernie Palmer flies out to the left fielder. Curt Beckwith pops out to the shortstop. Johnny Escobar lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave Grubb pitching. Carl Berra strikes out. Diego Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Chick Lolich singles to right field. Gene Kelsey grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tom Stone grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Steirer grounds out to the second baseman. Charley McAuley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Kenta Shinohara pops out to the shortstop. Jack Brown strikes out. Chad Peterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Lee reached on a 2-base fielding error by Chick Lolich. Dave Grubb lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim McCrea hits a home run. Jim Lee scores. Bernie Palmer flies out to the right fielder. Curt Beckwith singles past the second baseman. Johnny Escobar grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Charlie Combe strikes out. Terry Creel grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Berra singles past the second baseman. Diego Johnson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tom Stone singles to center field. Steve Steirer strikes out. Charley McAuley flies out to the left fielder. Jim Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Chick Lolich flies out to the left fielder. Gene Kelsey strikes out. Kenta Shinohara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dave Grubb strikes out. Jim McCrea strikes out. Bernie Palmer singles to center field. Bernie Palmer steals second. Curt Beckwith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jack Brown strikes out. Chad Peterson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Combe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Johnny Escobar strikes out. Tom Stone flies out to the right fielder. Steve Steirer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Terry Creel grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Berra grounds out to the second baseman. Diego Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Charley McAuley flies out to the center fielder. Jim Lee flies out to the center fielder. Dave Grubb strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Chick Lolich doubles to center field. Gene Kelsey strikes out. Kenta Shinohara flies out to the left fielder. Jack Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim McCrea strikes out. Bernie Palmer singles to left field. Curt Beckwith hits a home run. Bernie Palmer scores. Johnny Escobar grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Stone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Chad Peterson strikes out. Charlie Combe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Webster is pinch hitting for Terry Creel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jeff Webster grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tod Melton pitching. Steve Steirer lines out to the second baseman. Charley McAuley hits an infield single to the first baseman. Charley McAuley steals second. Jim Lee grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Grubb flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Carl Berra walks. Ray Metzler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Diego Johnson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chick Lolich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 3