Win: Lee Ward (7-11) Loss: Ray Kiefer (4-5)
Save: Al Thomas (24)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ray Kiefer pitching. Shane Judnich doubles to center field. Mike Rigby hits a home run. Shane Judnich scores. Edilse Vazquez walks. Dennis Holly grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Edilse Vazquez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dennis Holly steals second. Harry Brown strikes out. John Peterson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Lee Ward pitching. Ken Schaal strikes out. Daisuke Nakayama grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Luis Brito lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Art Knicely grounds out to the shortstop. Will Epstein strikes out. Lee Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Hank Atkinson grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Schalk grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Stoviak walks. Takahiro Akamatsu flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Shane Judnich walks. Shane Judnich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Rigby singles to center field. Edilse Vazquez singles to left field. Dennis Holly singles to left field. Mike Rigby scores. Harry Brown singles to right field. John Peterson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bobby Smith strikes out. Ray Kiefer grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Schaal strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Art Knicely lines out to the third baseman. Will Epstein pops out to the third baseman. Lee Ward singles to left field. Shane Judnich grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lee Ward is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Daisuke Nakayama grounds out to the catcher. Luis Brito singles past the second baseman. Hank Atkinson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Luis Brito is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bobby Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Rigby flies out to the center fielder. Edilse Vazquez flies out to the right fielder. Dennis Holly grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Stoviak strikes out. Takahiro Akamatsu flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Brown grounds out to the second baseman. John Peterson singles to center field. Art Knicely singles to left field. Will Epstein flies out to the center fielder. Lee Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Charlie Kennedy is pinch hitting for Ray Kiefer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Charlie Kennedy strikes out. Ken Schaal pops out to the first baseman. Daisuke Nakayama singles to left field. Luis Brito walks. Hank Atkinson singles to center field. Daisuke Nakayama scores. Luis Brito advances to third on the hit. Bobby Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Fred Ball pitching. Shane Judnich flies out to the right fielder. Mike Rigby grounds out to the shortstop. Edilse Vazquez singles to center field. Dennis Holly grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Edilse Vazquez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Stoviak grounds out to the third baseman. Takahiro Akamatsu walks. Bobby Smith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Takahiro Akamatsu is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Don Moren is pinch hitting for Fred Ball. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Don Moren flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Osvaldo Lord pitching. Harry Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Peterson grounds out to the third baseman. Art Knicely doubles to left field. Will Epstein walks. Lee Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ken Schaal singles to left field. Ken Schaal steals second. Daisuke Nakayama flies out to the center fielder. Luis Brito strikes out. Hank Atkinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Shane Judnich singles past the first baseman. Mike Rigby singles to left field. Shane Judnich advances to third on the hit. Charlie Darcy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Edilse Vazquez walks. Dennis Holly grounds out to the shortstop. Shane Judnich scores. Mike Rigby advances to third on the play. Edilse Vazquez advances to second on the play. Harry Brown flies out to the right fielder. John Peterson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Stoviak. Mike Rigby scores. Edilse Vazquez scores. Art Knicely flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bobby Schalk singles to right field. Bill Stoviak singles to right field. Takahiro Akamatsu flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Smith pops out to the shortstop. Tom Breton is pinch hitting for Charlie Darcy. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Breton singles to right field. Bobby Schalk scores. Bill Stoviak advances to third on the hit. Al Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ken Schaal pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Sanchez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jerry Bosch did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Frank Torgeson did not respond to coaching in endurance Kid Hale did not respond to coaching in arm Pete Davenport did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Yoshihiro Oishi improves in contact_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bernie Pott did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Guiney did not respond to coaching in velocity Bernie Pott improves in contact_vs_righty Kitty Jackson improves in arm Dan Kerr did not respond to coaching in velocity Bernie Pott did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty