Win: Johnny Reese (11-13) Loss: Harvey Kaiser (2-15)
Save: Cotton Corcoran (9)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Johnny Reese pitching. Ron Gleich flies out to the left fielder. Catfish Roker strikes out. Bob Eyre walks. Bob Eyre steals second. Ray Griffin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Harvey Kaiser pitching. Vismay Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Jack Hock flies out to the center fielder. Heinie Mack singles to right field. Bobby Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gordon Hennessey grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Touchstone grounds out to the shortstop. Sherman Wilkins singles to right field. Alejandro Gentile strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jack Simpson grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Rettig walks. Bill Rettig steals second. Dick Ibanez grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Rettig advances to third on the play. Kojiro Muto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Harvey Kaiser strikes out. Ron Gleich strikes out. Catfish Roker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Johnny Reese singles to center field. Vismay Ortiz strikes out. Johnny Reese steals second. Jack Hock strikes out. Heinie Mack walks. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Eyre doubles to center field. Ray Griffin strikes out. Gordon Hennessey pops out to the second baseman. Howard Touchstone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jack Simpson grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Rettig singles to right field. Dick Ibanez hits a home run. Bill Rettig scores. Kojiro Muto flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Sherman Wilkins walks. Alejandro Gentile strikes out. Harvey Kaiser lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ron Gleich singles to center field. Sherman Wilkins scores. Ron Gleich steals second. Catfish Roker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Vismay Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Hock strikes out. Heinie Mack grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Eyre flies out to the left fielder. Ray Griffin grounds out to the second baseman. Gordon Hennessey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jack Simpson pops out to the first baseman. Bill Rettig flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Howard Touchstone grounds out to the second baseman. Sherman Wilkins strikes out. Alejandro Gentile grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dick Ibanez doubles to center field. Kojiro Muto singles to left field. Dick Ibanez scores. Johnny Reese fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Johnny Reese grounds out to the third baseman. Kojiro Muto advances to second on the play. Vismay Ortiz singles to right field. Kojiro Muto scores. Evelio Morrison comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Hock singles to center field. Vismay Ortiz advances to third on the hit. Heinie Mack strikes out. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Garcia enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobby Ortiz at CF. Al Crump enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Rettig at LF. Taemon Fukae is pinch hitting for Evelio Morrison. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Taemon Fukae grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Gleich singles to center field. Catfish Roker strikes out. Bob Eyre flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Hiroki Harada pitching. Jack Simpson flies out to the right fielder. Al Crump triples. Dick Ibanez pops out to the third baseman. Kojiro Muto walks. Roger Kelb is pinch hitting for Johnny Reese. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Roger Kelb strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Cotton Corcoran pitching. Ray Griffin singles to left field. Gordon Hennessey strikes out. Howard Touchstone singles to center field. Sherman Wilkins grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Evelio Morrison is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Mike Ulisney improves in power_vs_righty Harry Scott improves in arm Angelo Seyfried did not respond to coaching in arm Mike Spencer improves in power_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Schnell improves in speed Scott Hunt did not respond to coaching in endurance Pat Malone improves in speed Dick Smith improves in speed