Win: Ed Castro (13-3) Loss: Ron Roetz (2-9)
Save: Jeff Wingfield (23)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ron Roetz pitching. Wilcy Rincon singles to center field. Frank Singleton reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dave Horstmann. Frank Ross strikes out. Curt Beckwith strikes out. Wedo Black grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ed Castro pitching. Carl Berra strikes out. Chick Lolich flies out to the right fielder. Kenta Shinohara singles to center field. Chad Peterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnny Escobar flies out to the center fielder. Pete Dodge walks. Nyls Simon flies out to the left fielder. Ed Castro walks. Wilcy Rincon walks. Frank Singleton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jack Brown flies out to the left fielder. John Dobens strikes out. Dave Horstmann grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ross strikes out. Curt Beckwith singles to center field. Wedo Black grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Curt Beckwith advances to second on the play. Johnny Escobar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jimmy Sothern singles to center field. Ron Roetz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carl Berra grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Sothern advances to third on the play. Chick Lolich singles to right field. Jimmy Sothern scores. Kenta Shinohara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pete Dodge flies out to the right fielder. Nyls Simon hits a home run. Ed Castro lines out to the shortstop. Wilcy Rincon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Chad Peterson singles to right field. Jack Brown walks. John Dobens grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Chad Peterson advances to third on the play. Dave Horstmann grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Singleton strikes out. Frank Ross grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Beckwith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jimmy Sothern grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Roetz flies out to the left fielder. Carl Berra strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Wedo Black flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Escobar walks. Pete Dodge singles to right field. Johnny Escobar advances to third on the hit. Pete Dodge steals second. Nyls Simon flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Johnny Escobar scores. Ed Castro singles past the shortstop. Pete Dodge scores. Wilcy Rincon hits a home run. Ed Castro scores. Frank Singleton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Chick Lolich grounds out to the third baseman. Kenta Shinohara pops out to the first baseman. Chad Peterson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Debs Kuhn is pinch hitting for Frank Ross. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Debs Kuhn flies out to the left fielder. Curt Beckwith walks. Wedo Black flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Escobar grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Curt Beckwith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jack Brown flies out to the center fielder. John Dobens strikes out. Dave Horstmann grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Perranoski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Serum is pinch hitting for Pete Dodge. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Larry Serum strikes out. Nyls Simon grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Castro pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jimmy Sothern strikes out. Bill Perranoski grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Berra singles to center field. Chick Lolich singles to center field. Carl Berra advances to third on the hit. Kenta Shinohara singles to left field. Carl Berra scores. Chad Peterson doubles to center field. Chick Lolich scores. Kenta Shinohara uses his aggressiveness and scores. Larry Scantlebury comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Wilcy Rincon doubles to left field. Frank Singleton flies out to the center fielder. Debs Kuhn singles to left field. Wilcy Rincon scores. Curt Beckwith strikes out. Wedo Black singles to right field. Debs Kuhn advances to third on the hit. Mike Hudgens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Johnny Escobar walks. Larry Serum flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Skeeter Vitiello enters the game as a defensive replacement for Debs Kuhn at 1B. Jeff Wingfield comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. John Dobens strikes out. Dave Horstmann strikes out. Jimmy Sothern strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4