Inning: 1 Kansas City Chuck Stanka pitching. Sam Cabrera strikes out. Russ Scarce flies out to the center fielder. Jack Blackwell walks. Mike Strobel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Sam Carey pitching. Dainier Castro singles to left field. Rocko Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Fentok Grevell flies out to the right fielder. ZyZoy Pink strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Scott Eisenhart grounds out to the pitcher. Hod Raney singles to center field. Jerry Ward singles to right field. Hod Raney advances to third on the hit. Dan Davis flies out to the right fielder. Sam Carey grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Deacon Dedmon singles to left field. Fritz Balboni grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Mike Lollar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Sam Cabrera strikes out. Russ Scarce flies out to the right fielder. Jack Blackwell singles to center field. Mike Strobel singles to left field. Jack Blackwell advances to third on the hit. Scott Eisenhart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Hampton grounds out to the pitcher. Chuck Stanka flies out to the center fielder. Dainier Castro grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Hod Raney strikes out. Jerry Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rocko Patterson walks. Fentok Grevell hits a home run. Rocko Patterson scores. ZyZoy Pink hits a home run. Deacon Dedmon singles to center field. Fritz Balboni flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Mike Lollar grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Sam Carey flies out to the left fielder. Sam Cabrera doubles to center field. Russ Scarce strikes out. Jack Blackwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bob Hampton flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Stanka walks. Dainier Castro reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jerry Ward. Rocko Patterson hits a home run. Chuck Stanka scores. Dainier Castro scores. Fentok Grevell walks. ZyZoy Pink singles past the third baseman. Fentok Grevell advances to third on the hit. Deacon Dedmon flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Fentok Grevell scores. Fritz Balboni walks. Mike Lollar grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fritz Balboni is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mike Strobel strikes out. Scott Eisenhart strikes out. Hod Raney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Hampton grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Chuck Stanka strikes out. Dainier Castro lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jerry Ward singles to center field. Jerry Ward is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dan Davis flies out to the center fielder. Sam Carey pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Rocko Patterson grounds out to the second baseman. Fentok Grevell doubles to center field. ZyZoy Pink flies out to the center fielder. Deacon Dedmon walks. Fritz Balboni doubles to center field. Fentok Grevell scores. Deacon Dedmon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Lollar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Sam Cabrera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Russ Scarce strikes out. Jack Blackwell singles to right field. Mike Strobel singles to right field. Scott Eisenhart pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bob Hampton strikes out. Chuck Stanka doubles to right field. Dainier Castro singles to center field. Chuck Stanka scores. Marino Boddicker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Rocko Patterson strikes out. Vance Tarrant is pinch hitting for Fentok Grevell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Vance Tarrant grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dainier Castro is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Hod Raney grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Ward grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Davis singles to center field. Joe Holt is pinch hitting for Marino Boddicker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Holt doubles to center field. Sam Cabrera flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Pretzel Brown improves in range Dutch Incaviglia improves in velocity Elton Hassler improves in arm George Bowman did not respond to coaching in control Jeremy Glaus did not respond to coaching in 3B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Duke Espinoza did not respond to coaching in arm Johnny Ewing improves in contact_vs_lefty Howard Phillips did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty A.K. Lovejoy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Andy Kennedy did not respond to coaching in 1B