Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Joe Mercer pitching. Charlie Aurilia strikes out. John Darr singles to right field. Ralph Davis singles to right field. John Darr advances to third on the hit. Alex Rossman flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Darr is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jackie Bell pitching. Ernie Cain strikes out. Jimmy Hurdle singles to center field. Bobby Barton grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bernie Pott strikes out. Mickey Young strikes out. Bill Stoviak lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tarrik Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Davey Smyth flies out to the right fielder. Hoyt Hoblitzel singles to center field. Tom Sanchez singles to left field. Kris Dingman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay John Brown reached on a fielding error by Kris Dingman. Jackie Bell lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Charlie Aurilia strikes out. John Darr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe Mercer flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Cain grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Hurdle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ralph Davis hits an infield single to the pitcher. Alex Rossman singles to right field. Ralph Davis advances to third on the hit. Bernie Pott grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Davis scores. Alex Rossman advances to second on the play. Mickey Young singles past the shortstop. Alex Rossman scores. Bill Stoviak strikes out. John Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bobby Barton strikes out. Tarrik Smith doubles to center field. Davey Smyth strikes out. Hoyt Hoblitzel walks. Tom Sanchez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jackie Bell singles to center field. Charlie Aurilia walks. John Darr singles to left field. Ralph Davis strikes out. Alex Rossman grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Kris Dingman strikes out. Joe Mercer singles to right field. Ernie Cain strikes out. Jimmy Hurdle singles to center field. Joe Mercer advances to third on the hit. Jimmy Hurdle steals second. Bobby Barton singles to center field. Joe Mercer scores. Tarrik Smith singles to left field. Jimmy Hurdle scores. Bobby Barton advances to third on the hit. Gordon Clark 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. Davey Smyth singles to center field. Bobby Barton scores. Tarrik Smith advances to third on the hit. Hoyt Hoblitzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bernie Pott walks. Mickey Young strikes out. Bill Stoviak strikes out. John Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tom Sanchez doubles to right field. Kris Dingman strikes out. Harry Brown is pinch hitting for Joe Mercer. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Harry Brown strikes out. Ernie Cain strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Cy Plympton pitching. Richie Smith is pinch hitting for Gordon Clark. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Richie Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Aurilia singles to center field. John Darr strikes out. Ralph Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Norm Nixon pitching. Jimmy Hurdle pops out to the third baseman. Bobby Barton is hit by a pitch. Bobby Barton steals second. Tarrik Smith singles to right field. Davey Smyth strikes out. Hoyt Hoblitzel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Alex Rossman singles to center field. Bernie Pott grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Alex Rossman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mickey Young singles to center field. Bill Stoviak singles past the shortstop. Bernie Pott scores. Bob Bennett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Brown doubles to right field. Mickey Young scores. Bill Stoviak uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kitty Jackson is pinch hitting for Norm Nixon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kitty Jackson pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Aurilia singles to right field. John Brown scores. Eiji Nakamura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Darr grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Charlie Aurilia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ned Gregory pitching. Tom Sanchez grounds out to the second baseman. Kris Dingman singles to left field. Henry Smith is pinch hitting for Eiji Nakamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Henry Smith walks. Ernie Cain pops out to the first baseman. Jimmy Hurdle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Phil Howard pitching. Ralph Davis reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tarrik Smith. Alex Rossman flies out to the center fielder. Bernie Pott singles to center field. Ralph Davis scores. Gene Gray is pinch hitting for Mickey Young. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gene Gray strikes out. Harry Bowman is pinch hitting for Bill Stoviak. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Bowman doubles to right field. Bernie Pott uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Brown singles to right field. Harry Bowman scores. Ned Gregory grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bobby Barton strikes out. Tarrik Smith reached on a fielding error by John Darr. Davey Smyth singles to left field. Rudy Stewart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jerry Bosch is pinch hitting for Hoyt Hoblitzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Bosch walks. Randy Bogle is pinch hitting for Tom Sanchez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Randy Bogle flies out to the center fielder. Kris Dingman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 14
Batting:2B - Tarrik Smith (19), Tom Sanchez (18).GIDP - Bobby Barton.HBP - Bobby Barton (2). Baserunning: SB - Jimmy Hurdle (13), Bobby Barton (12). Fielding: E - Tarrik Smith, Kris Dingman.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Johnny Sullivan improves in range Carl Gross did not respond to coaching in arm Artie Stovall improves in speed Bob Nolte did not respond to coaching in control Joe Mattis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Carl Gross did not respond to coaching in range
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie McCormick did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Herb Durning did not respond to coaching in control Herb Durning improves in velocity Bill Nealon improves in range George Benedict did not respond to coaching in velocity Masaharu Imanishi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Blix Lisenbee did not respond to coaching in C