Win: Dave Grubb (19-7) Loss: John Bittiger (10-17)
Save: Jeff Wingfield (33)
Inning: 1 Kansas City John Bittiger pitching. Wilcy Rincon grounds out to the second baseman. Wedo Black walks. Skeeter Vitiello grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Wedo Black is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Skeeter Vitiello gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave Grubb pitching. Carl Berra singles to right field. Diego Johnson hits a home run. Carl Berra scores. Chick Lolich grounds out to the second baseman. Kenta Shinohara strikes out. Jack Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Curt Beckwith singles to center field. Frank Ross reached on a fielding error by Chad Peterson. Johnny Escobar strikes out. Pete Dodge flies out to the center fielder. Tom Stone singles to right field. Curt Beckwith scores. Dave Grubb pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Greg Hale grounds out to the second baseman. John Dobens pops out to the third baseman. Chad Peterson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Wilcy Rincon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wedo Black grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Skeeter Vitiello grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay John Bittiger strikes out. Carl Berra grounds out to the shortstop. Diego Johnson singles to left field. Chick Lolich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Curt Beckwith grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Ross hits a home run. Johnny Escobar walks. Pete Dodge singles to right field. Johnny Escobar advances to third on the hit. Tom Stone flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Johnny Escobar scores. Dave Grubb flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Kenta Shinohara reached on a fielding error by Tom Stone. Jack Brown strikes out. Greg Hale flies out to the center fielder. John Dobens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Wilcy Rincon lines out to the shortstop. Wedo Black flies out to the left fielder. Skeeter Vitiello lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Chad Peterson strikes out. John Bittiger pops out to the shortstop. Carl Berra flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Curt Beckwith reached on a fielding error by Carl Berra. Frank Ross strikes out. Curt Beckwith steals second. Johnny Escobar grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Dodge flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Diego Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Chick Lolich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kenta Shinohara walks. Jack Brown grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kenta Shinohara is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tom Stone walks. Dave Grubb lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Wilcy Rincon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Stone advances to third on the play. Wedo Black singles to left field. Tom Stone scores. Skeeter Vitiello flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Greg Hale strikes out. John Dobens singles to center field. Chad Peterson singles to left field. John Dobens advances to third on the hit. Jeff Webster is pinch hitting for John Bittiger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jeff Webster singles to left field. John Dobens scores. Chad Peterson is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Carl Berra grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jeff Webster is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tod Melton pitching. Curt Beckwith grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Ross grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Escobar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Diego Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Chick Lolich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kenta Shinohara walks. Larry Scantlebury 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. Kenta Shinohara steals second. Jack Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Pete Dodge walks. Tom Stone flies out to the left fielder. Steve Steirer is pinch hitting for Larry Scantlebury. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Steve Steirer flies out to the left fielder. Wilcy Rincon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jeff Wingfield pitching. Len Berenguer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Skeeter Vitiello at CF. Greg Hale flies out to the right fielder. John Dobens singles to left field. Chad Peterson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5