Win: Dave Rodriguez (12-6) Loss: Joe Olander (5-17)
Save: Russ Seminara (29)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave Rodriguez pitching. Frank Davis singles to left field. Howard Norman flies out to the center fielder. Yukio Kawagishi hits an infield single to the pitcher. Roy Blair flies out to the left fielder. Eduardo Garcia walks. Pop Riesgo grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Olander pitching. Alejandro Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Coluccio singles to center field. Joe Slagle walks. Jack Tomney grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Buddy Powell hits a home run. Jack Martz grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Olander strikes out. Frank Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Graham grounds out to the third baseman. Emmett Peden doubles to left field. Phil Hancock singles to center field. Emmett Peden scores. Dave Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Howard Norman strikes out. Yukio Kawagishi flies out to the center fielder. Roy Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Alejandro Smith doubles to right field. Alex Coluccio singles to right field. Alejandro Smith scores. Joe Slagle singles to right field. Alex Coluccio advances to third on the hit. Jack Tomney grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Alex Coluccio scores. Jeff Matos walks. Gene Graham reached on a fielding error by Eduardo Garcia. Emmett Peden flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Eduardo Garcia singles to right field. Pop Riesgo flies out to the left fielder. Buddy Powell strikes out. Jack Martz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Phil Hancock grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Rodriguez strikes out. Alejandro Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Olander grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Davis flies out to the center fielder. Howard Norman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alex Coluccio singles to center field. Joe Slagle strikes out. Jack Tomney flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Matos singles to right field. Alex Coluccio advances to third on the hit. Gene Graham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Yukio Kawagishi walks. Roy Blair grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Eduardo Garcia walks. Pop Riesgo grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Eduardo Garcia is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Emmett Peden walks. Emmett Peden steals second. Phil Hancock grounds out to the third baseman. George Knoll 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. Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the third baseman. Alejandro Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Buddy Powell strikes out. Jack Martz grounds out to the second baseman. John Serad is pinch hitting for George Knoll. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Serad flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Scott Paquette pitching. Alex Coluccio singles to right field. Joe Slagle singles to center field. Jack Tomney flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Matos grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Frank Davis flies out to the left fielder. Howard Norman strikes out. Yukio Kawagishi doubles to right field. Rafael Jones 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. Roy Blair grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gene Graham grounds out to the third baseman. Emmett Peden flies out to the right fielder. Phil Hancock hits an infield single to the second baseman. Russ McCarthy is pinch hitting for Rafael Jones. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Russ McCarthy grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Phil Hancock is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Russ Seminara pitching. Eduardo Garcia singles to left field. Pop Riesgo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eduardo Garcia is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Buddy Powell strikes out. Jack Martz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pop Riesgo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chuck Machado did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Les Stinnett did not respond to coaching in arm Mickey McDonald improves in power_vs_lefty Tony Steinbrenner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pete Smith improves in power_vs_righty Pete Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Butch Cox did not respond to coaching in range Joe Mills did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Clyde Larkin did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Woods did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Carney did not respond to coaching in control Raleigh Dunlap did not respond to coaching in control