Win: Juan Scull (1-0) Loss: Scott Paquette (0-1)
Save: Russ Kern (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tsuneteru Komazaki pitching. Kevin Brown walks. Rusty Hemingway strikes out. Charlie Willis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Russ Seminara pitching. Frank Davis singles to right field. Howard Norman flies out to the left fielder. Yukio Kawagishi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Matos hits a home run. George Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Slagle grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Mills walks. Joe Mills steals second. Oswaldo Colbert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Roy Blair grounds out to the pitcher. Eduardo Garcia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wes Voigt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Russ Seminara flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Brown pops out to the second baseman. Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jack Martz strikes out. Pop Riesgo grounds out to the second baseman. Tsuneteru Komazaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charlie Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Matos strikes out. George Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Frank Davis singles to center field. Howard Norman flies out to the right fielder. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Davis advances to second on the play. Roy Blair grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Slagle grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Mills grounds out to the second baseman. Oswaldo Colbert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Eduardo Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Wes Voigt grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Martz singles to left field. Pop Riesgo grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jack Martz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Russ Seminara grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Brown flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Hemingway pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tsuneteru Komazaki flies out to the center fielder. Frank Davis doubles to left field. Howard Norman flies out to the left fielder. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Charlie Willis walks. Charlie Willis steals second. Jeff Matos grounds out to the shortstop. George Hughes walks. Joe Slagle grounds into a force play to the pitcher. George Hughes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Larry Davis is pinch hitting for Joe Mills. Larry Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Hod Schemer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Larry Davis at RF. Roy Blair singles to right field. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Yogi Latimer 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 1st. Wes Voigt singles to center field. Roy Blair advances to third on the hit. Jack Martz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Blair scores. Wes Voigt advances to second on the play. Pop Riesgo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Oswaldo Colbert walks. Jack Tomney is pinch hitting for Yogi Latimer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack Tomney grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Oswaldo Colbert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kevin Brown pops out to the shortstop. Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Juan Scull pitching. Otto Rosso is pinch hitting for Tsuneteru Komazaki. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Otto Rosso strikes out. Frank Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Norman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Scott Paquette pitching. Charlie Willis singles to center field. Jeff Matos doubles to center field. Charlie Willis uses his aggressiveness and scores. Randy Bautista comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Hughes pops out to the catcher. Joe Slagle flies out to the left fielder. Hod Schemer singles to right field. Jeff Matos scores. Oswaldo Colbert grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Russ Kern comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Yukio Kawagishi strikes out. Roy Blair flies out to the right fielder. Eduardo Garcia pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Carrasquel did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Carrasquel improves in control Glenn Lytle did not respond to coaching in control Phil Hancock did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rube Elarton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Emmett Peden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Patterson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Belardi improves in arm Jess Sizemore did not respond to coaching in velocity Marty Morgan improves in range Queenie Ramsey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Arlett did not respond to coaching in endurance Chuck Machado improves in RF