Win: Jitsuo Watanabe (11-5) Loss: Jason Manion (8-10)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jitsuo Watanabe pitching. Claude Franklin flies out to the right fielder. Ike Woodall grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Kal Cox pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jason Manion pitching. Jefferson Berkeley grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Green grounds out to the pitcher. Grant Pendleton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Steve Wheat strikes out. Dan Andrews grounds out to the shortstop. John Haas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd hits a home run. Marshall Gilmer grounds out to the shortstop. Taylor Calhoun singles to center field. Kei Tsukiyama grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Doug Wilson flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Hutchinson walks. Jason Manion pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Bobby Hutchinson steals second. Claude Franklin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Felix Klinger singles to left field. Felix Klinger steals second. Jitsuo Watanabe lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jefferson Berkeley singles past the second baseman. Felix Klinger scores. Charlie Green strikes out. Grant Pendleton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ike Woodall walks. Kal Cox strikes out. Steve Wheat singles to left field. Ike Woodall advances to third on the hit. Dan Andrews flies out to the center fielder. John Haas pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd singles to right field. Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Taylor Calhoun singles past the third baseman. Kei Tsukiyama grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Taylor Calhoun is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Felix Klinger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Doug Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Hutchinson singles to right field. Jason Manion lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jitsuo Watanabe grounds out to the shortstop. Jefferson Berkeley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Green grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Claude Franklin strikes out. Ike Woodall flies out to the right fielder. Kal Cox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Grant Pendleton grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Dowd flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Marshall Gilmer walks. Taylor Calhoun strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Steve Wheat grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dan Andrews strikes out. John Haas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Kei Tsukiyama singles to center field. Felix Klinger grounds out to the third baseman. Kei Tsukiyama advances to second on the play. Jitsuo Watanabe strikes out. Jefferson Berkeley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Doug Wilson strikes out. Bobby Hutchinson singles to left field. Jimmy Ogrodowski is pinch hitting for Jason Manion. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jimmy Ogrodowski strikes out. Claude Franklin walks. Ike Woodall grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Claude Franklin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Harry Jeffcoat pitching. Charlie Green grounds out to the shortstop. Grant Pendleton singles to center field. Harry Dowd singles to right field. Grant Pendleton advances to third on the hit. Marshall Gilmer walks. Taylor Calhoun strikes out. Kei Tsukiyama doubles to right field. Grant Pendleton scores. Harry Dowd scores. Marshall Gilmer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cliff Paulsen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Felix Klinger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Soup Chipman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Kal Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Fowler is pinch hitting for Steve Wheat. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Fowler grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Andrews grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Kal Cox is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Travis Bonner improves in arm Frank Rogge did not respond to coaching in range Roy Kircher improves in control Ed Jeter did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bruce Beck did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Doyle Richmond did not respond to coaching in control Ed Brouthers did not respond to coaching in endurance Hank Puleo improves in contact_vs_righty Jose Cavarretta did not respond to coaching in 2B