Win: Ben Weiser (5-8) Loss: Jim Tunnell (7-10)
Save: Boris Pasternak (13)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ben Weiser pitching. Ikuo Inokawa flies out to the right fielder. Bob Hammonds singles to left field. Juan Martin strikes out. Mark Balboa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jim Tunnell pitching. Yuto Taguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Main walks. Harry Long grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Main is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill O Goods singles to left field. Harry Long advances to third on the hit. Tomoyoshi Aihara walks. Cozy Glenn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bob Dashiell grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Colbert strikes out. J.C. Heintzelman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Walter Polanco hits a home run. Bob Hartley grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Weiser strikes out. Yuto Taguchi singles to center field. Bob Main strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Masataka Takeshita flies out to the left fielder. Jim Tunnell grounds out to the shortstop. Ikuo Inokawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Harry Long grounds out to the pitcher. Bill O Goods strikes out. Tomoyoshi Aihara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Hammonds grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Martin flies out to the center fielder. Mark Balboa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Cozy Glenn grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Polanco grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Hartley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bob Dashiell flies out to the left fielder. Mark Colbert singles to left field. J.C. Heintzelman hits an infield single to the second baseman. Masataka Takeshita strikes out. Jim Tunnell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ben Weiser strikes out. Yuto Taguchi singles to right field. Bob Main grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yuto Taguchi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Harry Long doubles to left field. Bob Main uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill O Goods flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ikuo Inokawa singles to left field. Bob Hammonds strikes out. Juan Martin flies out to the right fielder. Ikuo Inokawa steals second. Mark Balboa pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tomoyoshi Aihara flies out to the right fielder. Cozy Glenn singles to left field. Walter Polanco lines out to the pitcher. Bob Hartley reached on a fielding error by Bob Dashiell. Ben Weiser pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bob Dashiell is hit by a pitch. Mark Colbert grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. J.C. Heintzelman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Yuto Taguchi strikes out. Bob Main grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Long flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Masataka Takeshita singles to center field. Jim Tunnell lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Max Fishel is pinch hitting for Ikuo Inokawa. Max Fishel grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Hammonds grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bill Blair enters the game as a defensive replacement for Max Fishel at 2B. Bill O Goods flies out to the center fielder. Tomoyoshi Aihara singles to center field. Cozy Glenn singles to left field. Tomoyoshi Aihara advances to third on the hit. Ken Benavides 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 2nd. Walter Polanco flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tomoyoshi Aihara scores. Bob Hartley pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jim Blowers enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Main at CF. Boris Pasternak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Juan Martin strikes out. Mark Balboa flies out to the center fielder. Bob Dashiell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walt Covington did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Marty Sargent improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Kiefer improves in speed Hajimu Uchiyama did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tommy Yeager improves in power_vs_righty Scott Williams improves in contact_vs_righty Lance Qualters improves in power_vs_lefty