Inning: 1 Kansas City Sean Guindon pitching. Jeff Matos flies out to the center fielder. Jack Tomney grounds out to the second baseman. Alejandro Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mike McNamara pitching. Makoto Inao grounds out to the second baseman. Pop Riesgo strikes out. Rudy Warner singles to right field. Ricardo Brito flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Slagle lines out to the third baseman. Dan McDaniel walks. Dan McDaniel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tim Littlefield singles to left field. Ken Magee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jeff Daly pops out to the third baseman. Daisuke Kashibuchi singles to left field. Tony Steinbrenner walks. Alan Ripley flies out to the right fielder. Sean Guindon singles to center field. Daisuke Kashibuchi is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Woods strikes out. Mike McNamara reached on a fielding error by Jeff Daly. Jeff Matos hits a home run. Mike McNamara scores. Jack Tomney walks. Alejandro Smith triples. Jack Tomney scores. Joe Slagle flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Alejandro Smith is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Makoto Inao walks. Pop Riesgo singles to left field. Rudy Warner singles to left field. Makoto Inao scores. Pop Riesgo aggressively advances to third on the hit. Ricardo Brito flies out to the left fielder. Pop Riesgo gets picked off third. Jeff Daly singles to center field. Rudy Warner advances to third on the hit. Daisuke Kashibuchi lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dan McDaniel flies out to the center fielder. Tim Littlefield strikes out. Ken Magee flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tony Steinbrenner strikes out. Alan Ripley singles to center field. Alan Ripley steals second. Sean Guindon grounds out to the shortstop. Makoto Inao strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Woods pops out to the second baseman. Mike McNamara strikes out. Jeff Matos singles past the shortstop. Jack Tomney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pop Riesgo strikes out. Rudy Warner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ricardo Brito lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Alejandro Smith singles to center field. Joe Slagle flies out to the center fielder. Dan McDaniel flies out to the left fielder. Tim Littlefield strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jeff Daly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Daisuke Kashibuchi singles to left field. Tony Steinbrenner grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Magee flies out to the right fielder. Mike Woods strikes out. Mike McNamara grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Alan Ripley walks. Otto Rosso is pinch hitting for Sean Guindon. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Otto Rosso walks. Makoto Inao flies out to the center fielder. Pop Riesgo grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Otto Rosso is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rudy Warner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tsuneteru Komazaki pitching. Jeff Matos grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Tomney grounds out to the shortstop. Alejandro Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ricardo Brito strikes out. Jeff Daly grounds out to the pitcher. Daisuke Kashibuchi doubles to right field. Raleigh Dunlap 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. Tony Steinbrenner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe Slagle singles to right field. Joe Slagle is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dan McDaniel pops out to the first baseman. Tim Littlefield singles to center field. Tim Littlefield is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Alan Ripley singles to center field. John Serad is pinch hitting for Tsuneteru Komazaki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Serad strikes out. Makoto Inao doubles to left field. Alan Ripley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Pop Riesgo flies out to the right fielder. Rudy Warner doubles to right field. Makoto Inao scores. Don Ramos comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ricardo Brito strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Kansas City Scott Paquette pitching. Ken Magee grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Woods grounds out to the second baseman. Don Ramos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Jeff Daly flies out to the center fielder. Daisuke Kashibuchi flies out to the center fielder. Tony Steinbrenner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Kansas City Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Tomney flies out to the right fielder. Alejandro Smith hits a home run. Joe Slagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Tampa Bay Alan Ripley strikes out. Yukio Kawagishi is pinch hitting for Scott Paquette. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yukio Kawagishi strikes out. Makoto Inao singles to left field. Pop Riesgo triples. Makoto Inao scores. Rudy Warner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Kansas City George Knoll pitching. Dan McDaniel flies out to the center fielder. Tim Littlefield singles to left field. Ken Magee grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Littlefield advances to second on the play. Mike Woods strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Tampa Bay Ricardo Brito flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Daly grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Kashibuchi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Kansas City Don Ramos strikes out. Jeff Matos strikes out. Jack Tomney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Tampa Bay Tony Steinbrenner doubles past the third baseman. Alan Ripley singles to left field. Tony Steinbrenner scores. Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Makoto Inao (4), Rudy Warner (6), Daisuke Kashibuchi (6), Tony Steinbrenner (8).3B - Pop Riesgo (4).GIDP - Tony Steinbrenner. Baserunning: SB - Alan Ripley (2). Fielding: E - Jeff Daly.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ramon Sullivan did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmie Fahey did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Mills did not respond to coaching in range Joe Gray did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Gray did not respond to coaching in control Jimmie Fahey improves in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Duke Corsi did not respond to coaching in range Bob Cortazzo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jerry Bonin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tom Baldwin did not respond to coaching in speed Chuck Machado did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Salomon Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty