Win: Johnny Reese (1-0) Loss: Paul Miller (1-3)
Save: Cotton Corcoran (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Scott Hunt pitching. John Delgado walks. John Delgado steals second. Slim Kinkade pops out to the shortstop. Catfish Roker doubles to left field. John Delgado scores. Sherman Wilkins singles to right field. Catfish Roker scores. Gordon Hennessey singles to right field. Raleigh Ryan flies out to the center fielder. Harry Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Paul Miller pitching. Vismay Ortiz walks. Bill Rettig flies out to the right fielder. Al Crump grounds out to the second baseman. Vismay Ortiz advances to second on the play. Don Mohler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bugs Schuster strikes out. Paul Miller strikes out. John Delgado grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack singles to center field. Tom Radcliff singles past the second baseman. Heinie Mack advances to third on the hit. Rusty McNertney singles to center field. Heinie Mack scores. Happy Felsch grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rusty McNertney is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Scott Hunt flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Radcliff scores. Vismay Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Slim Kinkade hits a home run. Catfish Roker singles to center field. Sherman Wilkins singles to center field. Catfish Roker advances to third on the hit. Gordon Hennessey strikes out. Raleigh Ryan singles to right field. Catfish Roker scores. Harry Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Sherman Wilkins advances to third on the play. Raleigh Ryan advances to second on the play. Bugs Schuster strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bill Rettig pops out to the first baseman. Al Crump strikes out. Don Mohler hits a home run. Heinie Mack pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Paul Miller grounds out to the shortstop. John Delgado hits an infield single to the catcher. Slim Kinkade flies out to the left fielder. Catfish Roker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tom Radcliff lines out to the second baseman. Rusty McNertney doubles to center field. Happy Felsch grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Sherman Wilkins grounds out to the shortstop. Gordon Hennessey grounds out to the second baseman. Raleigh Ryan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Vismay Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Bill Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Al Crump singles to center field. Don Mohler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Scott flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Reese comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bugs Schuster flies out to the left fielder. Paul Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Heinie Mack reached on a fielding error by Gordon Hennessey. Tom Radcliff singles to center field. Rusty McNertney hits a home run. Heinie Mack scores. Tom Radcliff scores. Bill Townsend comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Happy Felsch walks. Dick Smith is pinch hitting for Johnny Reese. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dick Smith singles to right field. Vismay Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Bill Rettig hits a home run. Happy Felsch scores. Dick Smith scores. Chris Brandon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Crump singles to right field. Don Mohler grounds out to the shortstop. Al Crump advances to second on the play. Heinie Mack flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jimmy Richter pitching. John Delgado strikes out. Slim Kinkade singles to right field. Catfish Roker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Slim Kinkade advances to second on the play. Sherman Wilkins pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tom Radcliff singles to center field. Tom Radcliff steals second. Rusty McNertney flies out to the right fielder. Happy Felsch grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Gleich is pinch hitting for Jimmy Richter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ron Gleich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Cy Alston pitching. Mike Kinder is pinch hitting for Gordon Hennessey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Kinder grounds out to the third baseman. Raleigh Ryan grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Scott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Vismay Ortiz singles to left field. Vismay Ortiz steals second. Bill Rettig singles to left field. Vismay Ortiz scores. Jack Cole comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Rettig is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Al Crump walks. Don Mohler strikes out. Al Crump steals second. Heinie Mack strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bugs Schuster walks. Bill Clemente is pinch hitting for Jack Cole. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Clemente flies out to the right fielder. John Delgado singles to center field. Bugs Schuster advances to third on the hit. Slim Kinkade walks. Catfish Roker strikes out. Sherman Wilkins reached on a 2-base throwing error by Heinie Mack. Bugs Schuster scores. John Delgado scores. Cotton Corcoran comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Kinder flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Charlie Shaw did not respond to coaching in control Eddie Evans did not respond to coaching in endurance Carlos Shipley improves in power_vs_lefty Eddie Evans did not respond to coaching in velocity Oscar Wright did not respond to coaching in C
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Greg Brown improves in arm Dale Ryal improves in speed Tink Castillo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Rhomberg did not respond to coaching in range