Win: Byron Young (4-3) Loss: John Chaney (0-4)
Save: John Murphy (14)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Byron Young pitching. Pickles Office flies out to the right fielder. Luis Coscarart strikes out. Joe Delgado lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay John Chaney pitching. Swede Bivin grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Babb grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Smith walks. Tommy McCarthy singles to center field. Johnny Smith advances to third on the hit. Terry Abadie strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Butch Sweetland walks. Mike Wilson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. John Hatcher singles to right field. Hooks Medich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Mike Geronimo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. John Howley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Puig flies out to the left fielder. John Chaney grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pickles Office grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Byron Young strikes out. Swede Bivin strikes out. Frank Babb flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Luis Coscarart grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Delgado strikes out. Butch Sweetland singles to left field. Mike Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Johnny Smith singles to center field. Tommy McCarthy strikes out. Terry Abadie flies out to the center fielder. Mike Geronimo grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Johnny Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City John Hatcher grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hooks Medich reached on a fielding error by Jim Stephenson. George Puig grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Hooks Medich is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. John Chaney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jim Stephenson hits a home run. John Howley strikes out. Byron Young grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Swede Bivin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pickles Office pops out to the third baseman. Luis Coscarart grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Frank Babb walks. Johnny Smith flies out to the right fielder. Tommy McCarthy singles to center field. Frank Babb advances to third on the hit. Tommy McCarthy steals second. Terry Abadie grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Babb scores. Tommy McCarthy advances to third on the play. Hal Jelks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mike Geronimo singles to center field. Tommy McCarthy scores. Mike Geronimo steals second. Jim Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Butch Sweetland strikes out. Mike Wilson strikes out. John Hatcher hits a home run. Hooks Medich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay John Howley strikes out. Byron Young hits an infield single to the pitcher. Swede Bivin strikes out. Frank Babb grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Byron Young is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Puig walks. Ed King is pinch hitting for Hal Jelks. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed King pops out to the second baseman. Pickles Office singles past the shortstop. Sam Weaver 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. Luis Coscarart pops out to the shortstop. Joe Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ed McCandless pitching. Johnny Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Tommy McCarthy walks. Terry Abadie grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tommy McCarthy is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Terry Abadie steals second. Mike Geronimo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Butch Sweetland singles to left field. Mike Wilson grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Butch Sweetland is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Hatcher strikes out. Hooks Medich grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Wilson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Hal Jelks is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Clay Angelini did not respond to coaching in speed Gus Flores did not respond to coaching in velocity Clay Angelini improves in arm Dave Dotson improves in power_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dennis Evans did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Evans did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Evans did not respond to coaching in velocity Bernie Rosselli improves in contact_vs_righty