Win: Frank McConnell (6-3) Loss: Johnny Dempsey (6-4)
Save: Bill Shores (5)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Johnny Dempsey pitching. Carlos Huson walks. Art Rittwage hits a home run. Carlos Huson scores. George Blomberg triples. Duane Hickey grounds out to the shortstop. George Blomberg scores. Joe Olsen grounds out to the pitcher. Randy Pertica singles to left field. Charlie Kutina singles to center field. Randy Pertica advances to third on the hit. Charlie Kutina is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank McConnell pitching. Tim Earley lines out to the first baseman. Rasty Burk singles to left field. Bob Qualters flies out to the center fielder. Rasty Burk is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rodney Osborn hits an infield single to the pitcher. Frank McConnell lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Carlos Huson strikes out. Art Rittwage strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Koshorek grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Lowe walks. Matt Lowe steals second. Ken Mahay hits an infield single to the shortstop. Charlie Boss strikes out. Cap Hosley walks. Johnny Dempsey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay George Blomberg strikes out. Duane Hickey grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Olsen walks. Joe Olsen steals second. Randy Pertica flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tim Earley flies out to the left fielder. Rasty Burk strikes out. Bob Qualters grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Charlie Kutina strikes out. Rodney Osborn flies out to the left fielder. Frank McConnell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Alex Koshorek flies out to the center fielder. Matt Lowe strikes out. Ken Mahay strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Carlos Huson doubles to right field. Art Rittwage singles to right field. Carlos Huson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Art Rittwage steals second. George Blomberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Rittwage advances to third on the play. Duane Hickey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Charlie Boss grounds out to the third baseman. Cap Hosley singles to center field. Johnny Dempsey lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tim Earley singles to left field. Rasty Burk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Joe Olsen grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Pertica lines out to the first baseman. Charlie Kutina grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Qualters flies out to the left fielder. Alex Koshorek grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Lowe walks. Ken Mahay walks. Charlie Boss flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Rodney Osborn singles to right field. Frank McConnell lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Carlos Huson walks. Art Rittwage flies out to the center fielder. George Blomberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Cap Hosley grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Johnny Dempsey walks. Tim Earley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Duane Hickey flies out to the right fielder. Joe Olsen strikes out. Randy Pertica strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rasty Burk doubles to left field. Butch Lawson 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. Bob Qualters grounds out to the second baseman. Rasty Burk advances to third on the play. Alex Koshorek flies out to the center fielder. Matt Lowe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ben Garcia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Kutina singles to right field. Rodney Osborn singles to center field. Charlie Kutina advances to third on the hit. Rodney Osborn steals second. Butch Lawson strikes out. Carlos Huson triples. Charlie Kutina scores. Rodney Osborn scores. Jim Gilligan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Art Rittwage singles to right field. Carlos Huson scores. George Blomberg strikes out. Duane Hickey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ken Mahay doubles to left field. Charlie Boss singles to left field. Cap Hosley strikes out. Artie Green is pinch hitting for Jim Gilligan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Artie Green singles to center field. Ken Mahay scores. Tim Earley flies out to the left fielder. Rasty Burk walks. Bob Qualters singles to center field. Charlie Boss scores. Bill Shores comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Koshorek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Carlos Huson (11).3B - Carlos Huson (3), George Blomberg (2).HR - Art Rittwage (9). Baserunning: SB - Art Rittwage (14), Joe Olsen (10), Rodney Osborn (9).CS - Charlie Kutina (9).
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Ellis did not respond to coaching in control Rich Mangan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Onis did not respond to coaching in velocity Rich Mangan did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Smith improves in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ike Spencer did not respond to coaching in velocity Kojiro Matsuzaki improves in arm Tom Crane did not respond to coaching in range Jack Williams improves in speed