Win: Dave Rodriguez (3-0) Loss: Ted Taylor (0-2)
Save: Russ Seminara (5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ted Taylor pitching. Charlie Willis strikes out. Ed Haney strikes out. Gene Graham hits a home run. Jeff Matos doubles to right field. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave Rodriguez pitching. Frank Davis strikes out. Howard Norman flies out to the right fielder. Yukio Kawagishi walks. Roy Blair grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Yukio Kawagishi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Emmett Peden reached on a fielding error by Wes Voigt. Emmett Peden steals second. Kevin Brown walks. Hack Quellich flies out to the right fielder. Dave Rodriguez lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Charlie Willis doubles to center field. Emmett Peden scores. Kevin Brown scores. Ed Haney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Eduardo Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Pop Riesgo hits a home run. Jack Martz lines out to the first baseman. Wes Voigt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Gene Graham flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Matos hits a home run. Alex Coluccio hits a home run. Emmett Peden walks. Emmett Peden is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kevin Brown singles to left field. Hack Quellich walks. Dave Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ted Taylor lines out to the second baseman. Frank Davis reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ed Haney. Howard Norman flies out to the right fielder. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charlie Willis flies out to the left fielder. Ed Haney pops out to the shortstop. Gene Graham hits a home run. Tsuneteru Komazaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Matos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Roy Blair grounds out to the shortstop. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Pop Riesgo singles to center field. Jack Martz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alex Coluccio strikes out. Emmett Peden grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Wes Voigt pops out to the first baseman. Tsuneteru Komazaki strikes out. Frank Davis doubles to left field. Howard Norman hits a home run. Frank Davis scores. Yukio Kawagishi pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Hack Quellich singles to center field. Dave Rodriguez lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Charlie Willis grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Haney singles to right field. Gene Graham walks. Jeff Matos flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Roy Blair grounds out to the shortstop. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Pop Riesgo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Coluccio singles to center field. Emmett Peden strikes out. Kevin Brown strikes out. Hack Quellich grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Alex Coluccio is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jack Martz grounds out to the second baseman. Wes Voigt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Serad is pinch hitting for Tsuneteru Komazaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Serad flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Osdanis Garcia pitching. Dave Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Willis flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Ed Haney singles to center field. Gene Graham singles to center field. Ed Haney advances to third on the hit. Gene Graham steals second. Jeff Matos strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Frank Davis strikes out. Sean Hanning comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Howard Norman flies out to the center fielder. Yukio Kawagishi singles past the first baseman. Roy Blair singles to left field. Yukio Kawagishi advances to third on the hit. Eduardo Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Alex Coluccio walks. Emmett Peden pops out to the third baseman. Kevin Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Coluccio advances to second on the play. Hack Quellich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Russ Seminara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Pop Riesgo doubles to right field. Jack Martz doubles to center field. Pop Riesgo scores. Wes Voigt flies out to the right fielder. Paul Mmahat is pinch hitting for Osdanis Garcia. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paul Mmahat doubles to right field. Jack Martz scores. Frank Davis flies out to the left fielder. Howard Norman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Charlie Willis (2), Jeff Matos (2).HR - Gene Graham 2 (5), Jeff Matos (7), Alex Coluccio (7). Baserunning: SB - Gene Graham (2), Emmett Peden (3).CS - Emmett Peden (2). Fielding: E - Ed Haney.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob DeVoy did not respond to coaching in control Joe Williamson did not respond to coaching in control Bob DeVoy did not respond to coaching in velocity Glenn Lytle did not respond to coaching in velocity Darryl Vico improves in velocity Jim Melter did not respond to coaching in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Les Stinnett did not respond to coaching in speed Ernesto Miguel_Navas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jeff Daly did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jess Sizemore did not respond to coaching in control Duke Corsi did not respond to coaching in arm Tony Steinbrenner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty