Win: Roy Williams (4-4) Loss: Steve Collins (6-15)
Save: Darrell Taylor (35)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Steve Collins pitching. Mike Shuba lines out to the shortstop. Tarrik Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Kane hits a home run. Rex Steevens doubles to center field. Walt Jones triples. Rex Steevens scores. Herb Masters strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Taku Teramae pitching. Bob Gagne grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Marv Almanza hits a home run. Tom Wood flies out to the center fielder. Marvin Files flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Steve Cipriani pops out to the second baseman. Jim Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Taku Teramae reached on a fielding error by Ray Freeman. Mike Shuba walks. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Gregg Roseman walks. Walt Bailey singles to left field. Gregg Roseman advances to third on the hit. Ray Freeman grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Bailey advances to second on the play. Tyson Lancellotti flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gregg Roseman scores. Steve Collins pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Kane hits a home run. Rex Steevens pops out to the shortstop. Walt Jones doubles to right field. Herb Masters doubles to center field. Walt Jones scores. Steve Cipriani walks. Jim Gomez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Gagne grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marv Almanza singles to center field. Tom Wood grounds out to the pitcher. Marv Almanza advances to second on the play. Marvin Files strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Taku Teramae strikes out. Mike Shuba flies out to the left fielder. Tarrik Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Gregg Roseman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Walt Bailey strikes out. Ray Freeman singles to right field. Tyson Lancellotti pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Kane singles in front of the right fielder. Rex Steevens grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Walt Jones doubles to center field. Herb Masters hits a home run. Walt Jones scores. Steve Cipriani grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Steve Collins singles to center field. Bob Gagne doubles to right field. Marv Almanza grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Collins scores. Bob Gagne advances to third on the play. Tom Wood grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Gagne scores. Roy Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marvin Files singles to right field. Marvin Files is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Roy Williams strikes out. Mike Shuba doubles to left field. Tarrik Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Gregg Roseman pops out to the third baseman. Walt Bailey doubles to left field. Ray Freeman strikes out. Tyson Lancellotti lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Elmer Maloney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jim Kane singles to center field. Rex Steevens strikes out. Jim Kane gets picked off first. Walt Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Elmer Maloney grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Gagne strikes out. Marv Almanza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Herb Masters grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Cipriani pops out to the first baseman. Jim Gomez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tom Wood strikes out. Marvin Files walks. Gregg Roseman pops out to the catcher. Walt Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jerry Tolan is pinch hitting for Roy Williams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Jerry Tolan singles to left field. Mike Shuba grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jerry Tolan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tarrik Quinn walks. Jim Kane grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tarrik Quinn is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rex Steevens grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Darrell Taylor pitching. Ray Freeman singles to left field. Tyson Lancellotti strikes out. Skel Forsch is pinch hitting for Elmer Maloney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Skel Forsch flies out to the right fielder. Bob Gagne flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Mike Shuba (12), Rex Steevens (19), Walt Jones 2 (20), Herb Masters (28).3B - Walt Jones (6).HR - Jim Kane 2 (18), Herb Masters (11).GIDP - Rex Steevens, Jim Gomez.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Charlie Escobar improves in power_vs_righty Jim Taylor improves in arm Ricky Sugden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Taylor improves in power_vs_righty Earl Powell improves in contact_vs_righty George Griffin did not respond to coaching in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Harper did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Schall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Skeeter Davis did not respond to coaching in control Wes Gonzales improves in arm Chad Heim did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Felipe Davila did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty