Inning: 1 Kansas City Dan Janvrin pitching. Rusty Hemingway strikes out. George Hughes strikes out. Gene Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Geronimo Cole pitching. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Davis strikes out. Duke Silva grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Matos lines out to the third baseman. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Charlie Willis hits a home run. Brent Dalena walks. Joe Slagle singles to right field. Brent Dalena advances to third on the hit. Geronimo Cole strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Danny Kroh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yukio Kawagishi strikes out. Roy Blair singles past the third baseman. Jack Lowry walks. Rich Medina grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rusty Hemingway walks. Rusty Hemingway is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). George Hughes singles to right field. Gene Graham flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Matos singles to center field. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Dan Janvrin grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charlie Willis grounds out to the third baseman. Brent Dalena singles to left field. Joe Slagle flies out to the left fielder. Geronimo Cole 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 Duke Silva flies out to the right fielder. Danny Kroh grounds out to the second baseman. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the third baseman. George Hughes strikes out. Gene Graham walks. Jeff Matos singles to left field. Gene Graham advances to third on the hit. Alex Coluccio singles to right field. Gene Graham scores. Jeff Matos advances to third on the hit. Charlie Willis singles past the shortstop. Jeff Matos scores. Alex Coluccio advances to third on the hit. Brent Dalena strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Roy Blair doubles to right field. Jack Lowry grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Blair advances to third on the play. Rich Medina walks. Dan Janvrin grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe Slagle grounds out to the shortstop. Geronimo Cole singles to left field. Rusty Hemingway flies out to the center fielder. George Hughes walks. Shannon LaPointe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Graham grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Charlie Garcia strikes out. Frank Davis walks. Duke Silva doubles to right field. Frank Davis scores. Danny Kroh flies out to the left fielder. Yukio Kawagishi pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jeff Matos hits a home run. Takumi Yagi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Willis strikes out. Brent Dalena flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Roy Blair strikes out. Jack Lowry walks. Rich Medina grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Lowry advances to second on the play. Alan Ripley is pinch hitting for Takumi Yagi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Alan Ripley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Randy Bautista pitching. Joe Slagle flies out to the left fielder. Geronimo Cole flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Charlie Garcia walks. Frank Davis strikes out. Charlie Garcia steals second. Duke Silva strikes out. Danny Kroh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Hughes strikes out. Gene Graham reached on a 2-base throwing error by Duke Silva. Jeff Matos strikes out. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Russ Seminara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Yukio Kawagishi pops out to the second baseman. Roy Blair reached on a fielding error by Rusty Hemingway. Jack Lowry strikes out. Rich Medina flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Jeff Matos is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: March Velez did not respond to coaching in velocity Wally Snyder improves in arm Marcus Hageman improves in contact_vs_lefty Marcus Hageman did not respond to coaching in speed March Velez did not respond to coaching in velocity Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jess Sizemore did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Belardi did not respond to coaching in range Jim Tejera did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Mmahat did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Serad did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty George Knoll did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Martz did not respond to coaching in RF