Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave Jones pitching. Mickey Young singles to left field. Tom Harper lines out to the second baseman. Bobby Schalk strikes out. George Meridith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mickey Young is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Wilbert Leja pitching. George Ferris singles to center field. Johnny Meyer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. George Ferris is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Johnny Meyer steals second. Frank Servais singles to center field. Shane Judnich doubles to left field. Johnny Meyer scores. Tom Sanchez strikes out. Rick Keough walks. Harry Brown walks. Frank Servais scores. Edilse Vazquez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Stoviak pops out to the pitcher. Aaron Bigelow strikes out. Alex Rossman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dave Jones flies out to the left fielder. George Ferris doubles to left field. Johnny Meyer strikes out. Frank Servais strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Luis Brito pops out to the second baseman. Wilbert Leja strikes out. Mickey Young pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Shane Judnich strikes out. Tom Sanchez grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Keough hits a home run. Harry Brown walks. Edilse Vazquez pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tom Harper strikes out. Bobby Schalk walks. George Meridith grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Schalk advances to second on the play. Bill Stoviak grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dave Jones strikes out. George Ferris singles to center field. Johnny Meyer flies out to the center fielder. George Ferris steals second. Frank Servais grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Aaron Bigelow doubles to center field. Alex Rossman strikes out. Luis Brito grounds out to the second baseman. Aaron Bigelow advances to third on the play. Wilbert Leja grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Shane Judnich flies out to the center fielder. Tom Sanchez strikes out. Rick Keough strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mickey Young grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Harper grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Schalk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Brown walks. Edilse Vazquez flies out to the left fielder. Dave Jones lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Ferris singles to left field. George Ferris is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay George Meridith strikes out. Bill Stoviak grounds out to the second baseman. Aaron Bigelow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Johnny Meyer walks. Frank Servais walks. Shane Judnich doubles to left field. Johnny Meyer scores. Frank Servais uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dennis Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Tom Sanchez flies out to the right fielder. Rick Keough hits a home run. Shane Judnich scores. Harry Brown flies out to the center fielder. Edilse Vazquez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Alex Rossman triples. Bernie Pott is pinch hitting for Luis Brito. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bernie Pott flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Alex Rossman scores. Dennis Johnson singles to center field. Mickey Young flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Aurilia is pinch hitting for Tom Harper. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Aurilia singles to center field. Bobby Schalk singles to right field. Dennis Johnson scores. Charlie Aurilia advances to third on the hit. John Brown is pinch hitting for George Meridith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Brown is hit by a pitch. Bill Stoviak grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dave Jones hits an infield single to the pitcher. George Ferris singles to center field. Johnny Meyer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Alex Rossman. Dave Jones scores. Frank Servais singles to right field. George Ferris scores. Johnny Meyer scores. Frank Servais is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Shane Judnich walks. Tom Sanchez pops out to the second baseman. Kid Hale is pinch hitting for Rick Keough. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kid Hale doubles to center field. Shane Judnich uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Aaron Bigelow strikes out. Alex Rossman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bernie Pott pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - George Ferris (5), Shane Judnich 2 (3), Kid Hale (2).HR - Rick Keough 2 (3). Baserunning: SB - George Ferris (1), Johnny Meyer (3).CS - George Ferris (3), Frank Servais (3).
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Verbanic improves in range Joe Mattis improves in contact_vs_righty Francis Green improves in velocity Rudy Stewart did not respond to coaching in control Tony Johnson improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Verbanic improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Bowman improves in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ned Rafter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff May did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Randy Bogle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charlie McCormick improves in range Jimmy Hurdle improves in speed Will Welch did not respond to coaching in velocity Henry Smith did not respond to coaching in C