Win: John Cox (4-4) Loss: George Givens (1-8)
Save: Jim Kieschnick (11)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay John Cox pitching. Chick Daringer grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Shannon doubles to right field. Masanori Kobayashi flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Santana grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City George Givens pitching. Jay LaPalme grounds out to the third baseman. Motohiro Sumitani hits a home run. Tom Hunter flies out to the center fielder. Katsuhiko Tsugawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jackie Sheehan grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the shortstop. Wally DeVogt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bob Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Kaiser doubles to left field. Tookie Tinsley pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Hal McGee strikes out. George Givens grounds out to the pitcher. Chick Daringer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City John Cox strikes out. Jay LaPalme flies out to the left fielder. Motohiro Sumitani flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jack Shannon grounds out to the shortstop. Masanori Kobayashi hits a home run. Carlos Santana hits a home run. Jackie Sheehan flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tom Hunter singles to center field. Katsuhiko Tsugawa grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Hunter is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Brown strikes out. Joe Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Wally DeVogt singles to right field. Hal McGee strikes out. George Givens lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chick Daringer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Scott Kaiser grounds out to the third baseman. Tookie Tinsley flies out to the left fielder. John Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jack Shannon strikes out. Masanori Kobayashi grounds out to the pitcher. Carlos Santana lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jay LaPalme grounds out to the pitcher. Motohiro Sumitani flies out to the center fielder. Tom Hunter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jackie Sheehan grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Cedeno singles to center field. Wally DeVogt strikes out. Hal McGee grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Katsuhiko Tsugawa strikes out. Bob Brown singles in front of the center fielder. Joe Garcia grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bob Brown is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Scott Kaiser grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay George Givens grounds out to the third baseman. Chick Daringer grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Shannon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tookie Tinsley hits a home run. Steve Lacy is pinch hitting for John Cox. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Steve Lacy walks. Steve Lacy steals second. Bart Tuero 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. Jay LaPalme walks. Motohiro Sumitani singles to center field. Tom Hunter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Lacy scores. Jay LaPalme advances to third on the play. Motohiro Sumitani advances to second on the play. Katsuhiko Tsugawa grounds out to the shortstop. Jay LaPalme scores. Motohiro Sumitani advances to third on the play. Bob Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jim Kieschnick pitching. Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Carlos Santana strikes out. Jackie Sheehan reached on a fielding error by Tookie Tinsley. Johnny Cedeno grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jackie Sheehan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Visner improves in power_vs_lefty Joey Quintana did not respond to coaching in control Carlos Jarvis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joey Quintana improves in control Jim Brown did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Luis Kubinski did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Ginsberg did not respond to coaching in control Luis Kubinski did not respond to coaching in control George Hunt did not respond to coaching in arm