Win: Tommy Clendenon (2-7) Loss: Soup Chipman (6-4)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pat Maddox pitching. Grant Pendleton grounds out to the pitcher. Cleo Humphries flies out to the right fielder. Harry Dowd grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Glossop pitching. Claude Franklin grounds out to the third baseman. Louis Pruett hits a home run. Kal Cox grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Sells strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Felix Klinger flies out to the right fielder. Taylor Calhoun grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Steve Wheat strikes out. John Haas hits a home run. Doug Wilson grounds out to the third baseman. Gil Monchak flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Hank Puleo grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Green pops out to the shortstop. Joe Glossop grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Pat Maddox pops out to the shortstop. Claude Franklin grounds out to the second baseman. Louis Pruett singles to center field. Kal Cox doubles to left field. Louis Pruett uses his aggressiveness and scores. Danny Sells grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Grant Pendleton walks. Cleo Humphries singles to right field. Harry Dowd singles to left field. Grant Pendleton scores. Cleo Humphries advances to third on the hit. Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Felix Klinger flies out to the right fielder. Taylor Calhoun singles to right field. Cleo Humphries scores. Hank Puleo doubles to center field. Harry Dowd scores. Charlie Green grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Steve Wheat grounds out to the second baseman. John Haas grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Doug Wilson doubles to right field. Gil Monchak grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Glossop flies out to the center fielder. Grant Pendleton grounds out to the second baseman. Cleo Humphries strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Pat Maddox flies out to the right fielder. Claude Franklin doubles to center field. Louis Pruett singles past the second baseman. Claude Franklin scores. Jitsuo Watanabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kal Cox singles to center field. Danny Sells pops out to the third baseman. Steve Wheat strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd doubles past the third baseman. Marshall Gilmer singles to left field. Felix Klinger singles to left field. Harry Dowd scores. Taylor Calhoun grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Marshall Gilmer advances to third on the play. Hank Puleo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Haas flies out to the left fielder. Doug Wilson singles to right field. Gil Monchak walks. John Smith is pinch hitting for Pat Maddox. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. John Smith grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ray Bigelow pitching. Charlie Green singles to right field. Jefferson Berkeley is pinch hitting for Jitsuo Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Jefferson Berkeley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Green advances to second on the play. Grant Pendleton doubles to right field. Charlie Green scores. Cleo Humphries grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Grant Pendleton advances to third on the play. Harry Dowd pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Logan Mercer pitching. Claude Franklin flies out to the left fielder. Louis Pruett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kal Cox lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Clay comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Felix Klinger grounds out to the third baseman. Taylor Calhoun strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Danny Sells grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Wheat doubles to center field. John Haas doubles past the right fielder. Steve Wheat scores. Jim Barry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doug Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Gil Monchak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hank Puleo walks. Kei Tsukiyama is pinch running for Hank Puleo on 1st base. Charlie Green singles to left field. Kei Tsukiyama advances to third on the hit. Lewis Upsher is pinch hitting for Jim Barry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Lewis Upsher singles past the third baseman. Kei Tsukiyama scores. Charlie Green is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Roy Kircher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Grant Pendleton flies out to the right fielder. Cleo Humphries grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lewis Upsher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mark Gainer pitching. Frank Rogge is pinch hitting for Roy Kircher. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Rogge walks. Frank Rogge steals second. Claude Franklin grounds out to the third baseman. Louis Pruett lines out to the shortstop. Kal Cox singles to center field. Frank Rogge scores. Soup Chipman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Sells pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Tommy Clendenon pitching. Harry Dowd strikes out. Marshall Gilmer grounds out to the shortstop. Felix Klinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Steve Wheat flies out to the left fielder. John Haas walks. Doug Wilson doubles to left field. John Haas uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Claude Franklin (15), Kal Cox (13), Steve Wheat (7), John Haas (17), Doug Wilson 2 (16).HR - Louis Pruett (8), John Haas (13).GIDP - John Smith. Baserunning: SB - Frank Rogge (4).
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Buck Pena did not respond to coaching in endurance Dolan McCament improves in arm Tom Hunter did not respond to coaching in velocity Chet Cooper improves in speed 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: Rudy McLaughlin improves in range Joe Austin did not respond to coaching in arm Paul Johnson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Tuero did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty