Inning: 1 Kansas City Jess Thomas pitching. Ed Haney grounds out to the second baseman. Brothers McMullen grounds out to the shortstop. Alejandro Smith grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave Rodriguez pitching. Makoto Inao flies out to the left fielder. Pop Riesgo singles past the second baseman. Rudy Warner flies out to the left fielder. Ricardo Brito singles to center field. Pop Riesgo advances to third on the hit. Jeff Daly strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Coluccio singles to left field. Joe Slagle flies out to the center fielder. Jack Tomney flies out to the right fielder. Dan McDaniel grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Alex Coluccio is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Daisuke Kashibuchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Steinbrenner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hideo Furuta walks. Jess Thomas grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hideo Furuta is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Butch Cox flies out to the left fielder. Dave Rodriguez strikes out. Ed Haney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Makoto Inao pops out to the first baseman. Pop Riesgo strikes out. Rudy Warner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Brothers McMullen lines out to the second baseman. Alejandro Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Coluccio walks. Joe Slagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ricardo Brito walks. Jeff Daly grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ricardo Brito is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Daisuke Kashibuchi strikes out. Tony Steinbrenner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jeff Daly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jack Tomney flies out to the center fielder. Dan McDaniel flies out to the center fielder. Butch Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Hideo Furuta singles to right field. Jess Thomas lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Makoto Inao flies out to the right fielder. Pop Riesgo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Haney singles to right field. Brothers McMullen singles to left field. Alejandro Smith strikes out. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Rudy Warner grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ricardo Brito flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Daly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Slagle reached on a fielding error by Jeff Daly. Joe Slagle steals second. Jack Tomney strikes out. Dan McDaniel singles to center field. The defense is playing the corners in. Dan McDaniel steals second. The defense is playing the infield in. Butch Cox flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Slagle scores. Dave Rodriguez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jeff Daly. Dan McDaniel scores. Ed Haney singles to right field. Brothers McMullen walks. Alejandro Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Daisuke Kashibuchi strikes out. Tony Steinbrenner pops out to the shortstop. Hideo Furuta flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alex Coluccio flies out to the center fielder. Joe Slagle strikes out. Jack Tomney lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jess Thomas strikes out. Makoto Inao walks. Makoto Inao steals second. Pop Riesgo doubles to left field. Makoto Inao scores. Rudy Warner walks. Sean Hanning 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. Ricardo Brito grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Dan McDaniel strikes out. Butch Cox flies out to the left fielder. Ken Magee is pinch hitting for Sean Hanning. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ken Magee singles to left field. Ed Haney walks. Mike Ziem 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. Brothers McMullen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Glenn Lytle pitching. Jeff Daly grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Kashibuchi walks. Tony Steinbrenner singles to left field. Daisuke Kashibuchi advances to third on the hit. Hideo Furuta singles to left field. Daisuke Kashibuchi scores. Alan Ripley is pinch hitting for Mike Ziem. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Alan Ripley singles to left field. Tony Steinbrenner scores. Kansas City total runners left on base: 9 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Carney did not respond to coaching in velocity Koji Noguchi did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Belardi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Leverette did not respond to coaching in speed Xavier Foster did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Gleason did not respond to coaching in control Bill Leverette did not respond to coaching in SS
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chuck Machado improves in contact_vs_righty Chuck Machado did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Roberto McCauley improves in power_vs_righty Chuck Machado did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Cortazzo did not respond to coaching in arm Leon Church improves in power_vs_righty