Win: Danny Romano (10-16) Loss: Paddy Garfield (4-3)
Save: Boris Pasternak (21)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Joe Berkman pitching. Yuto Taguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Red Dyer strikes out. Bob Main walks. Harry Long singles to center field. Bob Main advances to third on the hit. Bill O Goods is hit by a pitch. Tomoyoshi Aihara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Kansas City Danny Romano pitching. Ikuo Inokawa singles to left field. Bob Dashiell singles to left field. Ikuo Inokawa advances to third on the hit. Juan Martin grounds out to the third baseman. Ikuo Inokawa scores. Bob Dashiell advances to second on the play. Mark Balboa flies out to the right fielder. Mark Colbert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Cozy Glenn doubles to right field. Domingo Wert flies out to the center fielder. Danny Romano flies out to the right fielder. Yuto Taguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Les Mierkowicz grounds out to the shortstop. J.C. Heintzelman grounds out to the second baseman. Masataka Takeshita strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Red Dyer grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Main reached on a 2-base fielding error by Juan Martin. Harry Long flies out to the center fielder. Bill O Goods flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe Berkman grounds out to the third baseman. Ikuo Inokawa walks. Bob Dashiell flies out to the right fielder. Juan Martin singles to center field. Mark Balboa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tomoyoshi Aihara strikes out. Cozy Glenn strikes out. Domingo Wert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mark Colbert reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill O Goods. Les Mierkowicz hits an infield single to the third baseman. J.C. Heintzelman flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mark Colbert scores. Les Mierkowicz steals second. Masataka Takeshita singles past the second baseman. Les Mierkowicz scores. Joe Berkman fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Joe Berkman singles past the second baseman. Ikuo Inokawa singles to left field. Masataka Takeshita scores. Bob Dashiell flies out to the left fielder. Juan Martin hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mark Balboa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Danny Romano flies out to the right fielder. Yuto Taguchi walks. Red Dyer walks. Bob Main grounds out to the second baseman. Yuto Taguchi advances to third on the play. Red Dyer advances to second on the play. Harry Long singles to right field. Yuto Taguchi scores. Red Dyer scores. Bill O Goods singles to center field. Harry Long advances to third on the hit. Tomoyoshi Aihara strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mark Colbert strikes out. Les Mierkowicz strikes out. J.C. Heintzelman walks. J.C. Heintzelman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Cozy Glenn flies out to the center fielder. Domingo Wert singles to center field. Danny Romano lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yuto Taguchi singles to left field. Domingo Wert scores. Red Dyer grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Yuto Taguchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Masataka Takeshita grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Berkman walks. Joe Berkman steals second. Ikuo Inokawa flies out to the right fielder. Bob Dashiell pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bob Main doubles to center field. Paddy Garfield 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. Harry Long flies out to the center fielder. Bill O Goods walks. Tomoyoshi Aihara triples. Bob Main scores. Bill O Goods scores. Cozy Glenn doubles to right field. Tomoyoshi Aihara scores. Ken Benavides comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Domingo Wert walks. Danny Romano lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yuto Taguchi pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Juan Martin flies out to the right fielder. Mark Balboa singles to center field. Mark Balboa steals second. Mark Colbert strikes out. Les Mierkowicz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Red Dyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Main singles to center field. Harry Long grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Main is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill O Goods grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Long is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gary Owens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. J.C. Heintzelman flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Max Fishel is pinch hitting for Masataka Takeshita. Max Fishel strikes out. Rennie Stennett is pinch hitting for Ken Benavides. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Rennie Stennett is hit by a pitch. Ikuo Inokawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jim Mogridge pitching. Tomoyoshi Aihara singles to left field. Jim Blowers is pinch hitting for Cozy Glenn. Jim Blowers singles to left field. Tomoyoshi Aihara advances to third on the hit. Ernie Pearson is pinch hitting for Domingo Wert. Ernie Pearson strikes out. Hiroshi Tsujinaka is pinch hitting for Gary Owens. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hiroshi Tsujinaka strikes out. Yuto Taguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Boris Pasternak pitching. Walter Polanco enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ernie Pearson at C. Bob Dashiell grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Martin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mark Balboa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 13 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lance Qualters improves in power_vs_righty Darren DeWillis improves in arm Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Munch did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walt Covington improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Kiefer improves in contact_vs_righty John Quisenberry improves in arm Hajimu Uchiyama did not respond to coaching in speed