Win: Grant Grimm (9-1) Loss: Ted Taylor (5-9)
Save: Fujio Ohshima (6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ted Taylor pitching. Terry Tresh grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Hemingway strikes out. Charlie Willis grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Grant Grimm pitching. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Davis strikes out. Duke Silva strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City George Hughes hits a home run. Brent Dalena lines out to the shortstop. Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Koupal singles to right field. Mark Koupal steals second. Harry Krehmeyer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Howard Norman flies out to the left fielder. Koki Mizusawa lines out to the third baseman. Danny Kroh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Grant Grimm flies out to the center fielder. Terry Tresh flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Roy Blair grounds out to the third baseman. Pop Riesgo singles to center field. Ted Taylor fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ted Taylor grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charlie Willis grounds out to the shortstop. George Hughes pops out to the second baseman. Brent Dalena singles past the second baseman. Jim Littlejohn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Brent Dalena is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Duke Silva flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mark Koupal grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Krehmeyer grounds out to the second baseman. Grant Grimm grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Howard Norman singles to right field. Koki Mizusawa walks. Danny Kroh strikes out. Roy Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Howard Norman advances to third on the play. Koki Mizusawa advances to second on the play. Pop Riesgo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Terry Tresh grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Charlie Willis pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Ted Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Davis doubles to left field. Duke Silva strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City George Hughes hits a home run. Brent Dalena strikes out. Jim Littlejohn hits a home run. Mark Koupal pops out to the shortstop. Harry Krehmeyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Howard Norman walks. Koki Mizusawa flies out to the right fielder. Yogi Latimer 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. Danny Kroh walks. Roy Blair pops out to the shortstop. Pop Riesgo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Danny Kroh is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Scott Paquette comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Davis is pinch hitting for Yogi Latimer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Larry Davis flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Terry Tresh flies out to the left fielder. Rusty Hemingway flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay John Foster pitching. Red Harrison is pinch hitting for Scott Paquette. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Red Harrison grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Frank Davis singles to left field. Duke Silva grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jorge Lalana pitching. Charlie Willis grounds out to the third baseman. George Hughes flies out to the right fielder. Brent Dalena pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Fujio Ohshima comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Howard Norman strikes out. Koki Mizusawa flies out to the left fielder. Danny Kroh walks. Roy Blair triples. Danny Kroh scores. Pop Riesgo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Slagle improves in contact_vs_lefty Russ Kern did not respond to coaching in control Glenn Lytle did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Ramos did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Tomney did not respond to coaching in range Dick Harper improves in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Marzano did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Chartak did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Daly improves in contact_vs_lefty Yukio Kawagishi improves in contact_vs_lefty Curt Thompson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Eduardo Garcia did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Alan Ripley did not respond to coaching in CF