Win: Hirofumi Ihara (2-0) Loss: Scotty Murphy (0-2)
Save: Ira Taylor (2)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Danny Spindel pitching. Harry Durocher strikes out. Orlando Bradley flies out to the right fielder. Leon Schullstrom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Masayoshi Miyade pitching. Jeff Hernaiz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Amos McKeithan grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Twombly flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Orator Gardner hits a home run. Julian Cox hits a home run. Frank Howell strikes out. Tony Dickerson strikes out. Katsutoshi Nakatani singles past the second baseman. Masayoshi Miyade pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Roger McNertney flies out to the left fielder. Bunny Klesko strikes out. Eric Dunwoody walks. Steve Woodard walks. Charlie Sperring flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Harry Durocher doubles past the third baseman. Orlando Bradley singles to center field. Harry Durocher scores. Leon Schullstrom grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Orlando Bradley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Orator Gardner strikes out. Julian Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Danny Spindel singles to left field. Jeff Hernaiz singles to center field. Amos McKeithan singles to left field. Danny Spindel scores. Jeff Hernaiz advances to third on the hit. Amos McKeithan steals second. Jose Twombly grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Hernaiz scores. Amos McKeithan advances to third on the play. Roger McNertney singles to right field. Amos McKeithan scores. Bunny Klesko grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Frank Howell flies out to the center fielder. Tony Dickerson strikes out. Katsutoshi Nakatani strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Eric Dunwoody singles to center field. Steve Woodard singles to right field. Charlie Sperring flies out to the right fielder. Danny Spindel lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jeff Hernaiz singles to center field. Eric Dunwoody scores. Steve Woodard scores. Amos McKeithan walks. Jose Twombly pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay John Hickman is pinch hitting for Masayoshi Miyade. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. John Hickman grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Durocher flies out to the left fielder. Orlando Bradley singles past the second baseman. Leon Schullstrom walks. Orator Gardner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ken Coggin pitching. Roger McNertney strikes out. Bunny Klesko hits a home run. Eric Dunwoody strikes out. Steve Woodard singles to right field. Charlie Sperring flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Julian Cox strikes out. Frank Howell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Dickerson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tom Wallach comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Spindel strikes out. Jeff Hernaiz pops out to the shortstop. Amos McKeithan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Katsutoshi Nakatani singles to center field. Herm Kantlehner is pinch hitting for Tom Wallach. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Herm Kantlehner singles to center field. Harry Durocher flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Bradley strikes out. Tim Briley 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. Leon Schullstrom flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Hirofumi Ihara pitching. Jose Twombly strikes out. Roger McNertney grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bunny Klesko grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Orator Gardner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Julian Cox hits a home run. Frank Howell flies out to the center fielder. Tony Dickerson singles to right field. Tony Dickerson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Eric Dunwoody flies out to the center fielder. Steve Woodard singles to center field. Charlie Sperring strikes out. Jim Smith is pinch hitting for Tim Briley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jim Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Scotty Murphy pitching. Katsutoshi Nakatani walks. Tom Reilley is pinch hitting for Hirofumi Ihara. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Reilley triples. Katsutoshi Nakatani scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Harry Durocher walks. Orlando Bradley singles to left field. Tom Reilley scores. Harry Durocher is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Van Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Leon Schullstrom reached on a 2-base throwing error by Steve Woodard. Orator Gardner strikes out. Julian Cox singles to left field. Orlando Bradley scores. Leon Schullstrom scores. Julian Cox steals second. Frank Howell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ira Taylor pitching. Jeff Hernaiz singles to right field. Amos McKeithan lines out to the shortstop. Jose Twombly strikes out. Roger McNertney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Horacio Lary improves in speed Mack Rollins did not respond to coaching in control Phil Alfonzo improves in arm Phil Alfonzo improves in contact_vs_righty Horacio Lary did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Snooks Reynolds did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Pena did not respond to coaching in endurance Jack Tragesser improves in contact_vs_righty John Turner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty