Win: Joe Broberg (3-3) Loss: Takeshi Aramaki (5-3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Buddy Pfeffer pitching. Tom Sanchez hits a home run. Jimmy Hurdle singles to right field. Hoyt Hoblitzel strikes out. Kid Hale grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Eiji Nakamura pitching. Mickey Young grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Charlie Aurilia singles to center field. Ralph Davis walks. Alex Rossman strikes out. Richie Smith walks. Bill Stoviak grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Valentin grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Servais flies out to the right fielder. Harry Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Tom Harper doubles to left field. John Darr strikes out. Buddy Pfeffer grounds out to the shortstop. Mickey Young hits an infield single to the shortstop. Charlie Aurilia singles to right field. Tom Harper scores. Ralph Davis walks. Alex Rossman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Ferris grounds out to the third baseman. Eiji Nakamura grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Sanchez singles to left field. Jimmy Hurdle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Richie Smith strikes out. Bill Stoviak grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Harper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Hoyt Hoblitzel flies out to the left fielder. Kid Hale strikes out. Bill Valentin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay John Darr singles to center field. Buddy Pfeffer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mickey Young grounds out to the second baseman. John Darr advances to third on the play. Charlie Aurilia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Servais grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Brown walks. George Ferris walks. Eiji Nakamura lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Sanchez singles to right field. Harry Brown scores. George Ferris scores. Jimmy Hurdle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ralph Davis flies out to the right fielder. Alex Rossman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kid Hale. Richie Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Stoviak walks. Tom Harper singles to right field. Alex Rossman scores. Bill Stoviak advances to third on the hit. John Darr flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Hoyt Hoblitzel strikes out. Kid Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Valentin hits a home run. Frank Servais singles to right field. Harry Brown singles to right field. Frank Servais is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Kitty Jackson is pinch hitting for Buddy Pfeffer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kitty Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Mickey Young pops out to the pitcher. Charlie Aurilia grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Takeshi Aramaki pitching. George Ferris flies out to the center fielder. Eiji Nakamura strikes out. Tom Sanchez walks. Jimmy Hurdle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ralph Davis hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ron Marrow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Rossman grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Davis advances to second on the play. Richie Smith walks. Bill Stoviak triples. Ralph Davis scores. Richie Smith scores. Joe Broberg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Harper grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Stoviak scores. John Darr reached on a fielding error by George Ferris. Takeshi Aramaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hoyt Hoblitzel flies out to the center fielder. Kid Hale flies out to the right fielder. Bill Valentin singles to left field. Frank Servais hits a home run. Bill Valentin scores. Joe Guiney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mickey Young flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Aurilia pops out to the shortstop. Ralph Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Ferris singles to right field. Henry Smith is pinch hitting for Joe Broberg. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Henry Smith singles to left field. Tom Sanchez hits a home run. George Ferris scores. Henry Smith scores. Roy Gillenwater comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Hurdle flies out to the right fielder. Hoyt Hoblitzel lines out to the shortstop. Kid Hale flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Phil Howard pitching. Bill Ray is pinch hitting for Alex Rossman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Ray flies out to the center fielder. Richie Smith strikes out. Bill Stoviak pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Randy Bogle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Grabowski did not respond to coaching in speed Jaime Barton did not respond to coaching in velocity Earl Baines improves in power_vs_lefty Eric Conway improves in arm Herb Durning did not respond to coaching in velocity Randy Bogle did not respond to coaching in C
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rudy Stewart did not respond to coaching in control Joe Mattis improves in power_vs_righty Bob Shannon improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Schalk did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bobby Schalk did not respond to coaching in range Don Goodwin improves in power_vs_lefty