Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pat Maddox pitching. Grant Pendleton strikes out. Cleo Humphries flies out to the center fielder. Harry Dowd walks. Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Doyle Richmond pitching. Claude Franklin singles to left field. Louis Pruett strikes out. Kal Cox singles to left field. Steve Wheat reached on a fielding error by Charlie Green. The defense is playing the infield in. Dan Andrews strikes out. John Haas strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Felix Klinger grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Puleo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Taylor Calhoun flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Doug Wilson strikes out. Jim Lozado flies out to the center fielder. Pat Maddox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Charlie Green flies out to the right fielder. Doyle Richmond strikes out. Grant Pendleton hits a home run. Cleo Humphries grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Claude Franklin grounds out to the third baseman. Louis Pruett walks. Kal Cox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Louis Pruett advances to second on the play. Steve Wheat singles to center field. Louis Pruett scores. Dan Andrews grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Steve Wheat is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd flies out to the right fielder. Marshall Gilmer doubles to center field. Felix Klinger pops out to the second baseman. Hank Puleo hits a home run. Marshall Gilmer scores. Taylor Calhoun doubles to center field. Charlie Green pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City John Haas flies out to the center fielder. Doug Wilson grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Lozado walks. Pat Maddox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Doyle Richmond strikes out. Grant Pendleton grounds out to the second baseman. Cleo Humphries grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Claude Franklin grounds out to the second baseman. Louis Pruett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kal Cox pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd grounds out to the second baseman. Marshall Gilmer hits a home run. Felix Klinger flies out to the center fielder. Hank Puleo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Steve Wheat grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Andrews strikes out. John Haas singles to left field. Doug Wilson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ray Bigelow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Taylor Calhoun is hit by a pitch. Charlie Green grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Doyle Richmond grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Lozado walks. John Smith is pinch hitting for Ray Bigelow. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Smith walks. Claude Franklin walks. Louis Pruett hits an infield single to the second baseman. Jim Lozado scores. Mason Wetzel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kal Cox grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. John Smith scores. Claude Franklin advances to third on the play. Steve Wheat flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Clay pitching. Grant Pendleton triples. Cleo Humphries walks. Harry Dowd grounds out to the third baseman. Cleo Humphries advances to second on the play. Marshall Gilmer grounds out to the second baseman. Grant Pendleton scores. Cleo Humphries advances to third on the play. Felix Klinger singles to left field. Cleo Humphries scores. Tommy Clendenon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hank Puleo singles to right field. Felix Klinger is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kei Tsukiyama enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hank Puleo at RF. Dan Andrews grounds out to the pitcher. John Haas grounds out to the second baseman. Doug Wilson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Taylor Calhoun singles to right field. Charlie Green walks. Jefferson Berkeley is pinch hitting for Mason Wetzel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Jefferson Berkeley singles to left field. Grant Pendleton hits a home run. Taylor Calhoun scores. Charlie Green scores. Jefferson Berkeley scores. Roy Kircher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cleo Humphries strikes out. Freddy Curd is pinch hitting for Harry Dowd. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Freddy Curd singles to left field. Marshall Gilmer pops out to the shortstop. Felix Klinger singles to center field. Lewis Upsher is pinch hitting for Kei Tsukiyama. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lewis Upsher walks. Taylor Calhoun singles to left field. Freddy Curd scores. Felix Klinger is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Logan Mercer pitching. Jim Lozado flies out to the right fielder. Frank Rogge is pinch hitting for Roy Kircher. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Rogge flies out to the center fielder. Claude Franklin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Marshall Gilmer (13), Taylor Calhoun (8).3B - Grant Pendleton (7).HR - Grant Pendleton 2 (20), Marshall Gilmer (20), Hank Puleo (13).GIDP - Charlie Green.HBP - Taylor Calhoun (4). Fielding: E - Charlie Green.
Game Notes Dan Andrews is injured and is expected to be out 57 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Buck Pena improves in velocity Tommy Nixon improves in endurance Buck Pena improves in control Tommy Nixon did not respond to coaching in control Ron Paris did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Steve Washburn improves in velocity Alex Adams did not respond to coaching in velocity Red Whiteside improves in power_vs_righty Rudy McLaughlin did not respond to coaching in speed