Win: Lefty K Abernathy (11-12) Loss: Charlie Herges (10-5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ike Cunningham pitching. Bob K Fuller walks. Bill K Moore grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob K Fuller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tim K Galan flies out to the left fielder. Bill K Moore is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Lefty K Abernathy pitching. Mike Churry grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Buck Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Robinson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Paul K Greer flies out to the center fielder. Marty K Kelly singles in front of the left fielder. Joe Wilson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Masao Hara pops out to the second baseman. Chuck Dougherty singles to right field. Curt Melton strikes out. Chuck Dougherty steals second. Tim Moss singles to right field. Chuck Dougherty scores. Frank Horsman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ethan K Dempsey grounds out to the shortstop. Ryuichi Shimamura strikes out. Lefty K Abernathy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ike Cunningham pops out to the shortstop. Mike Churry grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob K Fuller strikes out. Bill K Moore strikes out. Tim K Galan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay John Robinson walks. Masao Hara singles to center field. John Robinson advances to third on the hit. Chuck Dougherty flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John Robinson scores. Curt Melton flies out to the center fielder. Tim Moss flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Paul K Greer pops out to the third baseman. Marty K Kelly pops out to the third baseman. Joe Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Frank Horsman walks. Ike Cunningham lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Churry walks. Buck Thomas pops out to the second baseman. John Robinson bunts for a base hit. Masao Hara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ethan K Dempsey grounds out to the third baseman. Ryuichi Shimamura walks. Lefty K Abernathy lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob K Fuller walks. Bill K Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Chuck Dougherty strikes out. Curt Melton strikes out. Tim Moss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tim K Galan strikes out. Paul K Greer strikes out. Marty K Kelly singles to right field. Joe Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Howard Ruth is pinch hitting for Frank Horsman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Howard Ruth strikes out. Ike Cunningham strikes out. Mike Churry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ethan K Dempsey walks. Ryuichi Shimamura flies out to the right fielder. Tim K Meulens is pinch hitting for Lefty K Abernathy. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ethan K Dempsey steals second. Tim K Meulens singles past the shortstop. Ethan K Dempsey scores. Charlie Herges 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. Bob K Fuller pops out to the pitcher. Bill K Moore reached on a 2-base throwing error by Howard Ruth. Tim K Galan singles past the second baseman. Tim K Meulens scores. Bill K Moore scores. Paul K Greer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tim K Galan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jim K Vasbinder pitching. Buck Thomas singles to left field. John Robinson grounds out to the pitcher. Buck Thomas advances to second on the play. Masao Hara grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Thomas advances to third on the play. Chuck Dougherty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Marty K Kelly walks. Joe Wilson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Marty K Kelly is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ethan K Dempsey strikes out. Ryuichi Shimamura doubles to center field. Joe Wilson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ed Fowler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank K Crosby is pinch hitting for Jim K Vasbinder. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank K Crosby hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bob K Fuller singles past the first baseman. Ryuichi Shimamura scores. Bill K Moore singles to center field. Frank K Crosby scores. Bob K Fuller advances to third on the hit. Tim K Galan singles to center field. Bob K Fuller scores. Bill K Moore advances to third on the hit. Rusty Burrows comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul K Greer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Joe K Smith pitching. Curt Melton flies out to the left fielder. Tim Moss lines out to the second baseman. Howard Ruth walks. Bob Lines is pinch hitting for Rusty Burrows. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Lines strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rick K Mays did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry K Cromer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Troy K Albanese did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Vern W Hargrave did not respond to coaching in control Troy K Albanese improves in range Jose K Harper improves in power_vs_righty Ed K Marshall did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Hopp improves in speed Sam Hopp improves in contact_vs_righty Lou House did not respond to coaching in speed Doug Fryman improves in power_vs_lefty Craig Naranjo did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Boggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Pop Stelmaszek did not respond to coaching in 2B