Win: Jeff Aldred (7-9) Loss: Herm Young (9-8)
Save: Buddy Spongberg (25)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Herm Young pitching. Art Block grounds out to the pitcher. Neal Stobbs singles to right field. Neal Stobbs steals second. Charlie Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Mahlon Hayes walks. Greasy Fuentes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jeff Aldred pitching. Bob Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. John Walton singles to center field. John Walton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jerry Lee Leja grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Reed Davis singles to right field. Heihachiro Uryu grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Hersh Southworth hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jeff Aldred flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rene Fermin flies out to the left fielder. Jim Flynn walks. Kenny Sievers grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Flynn advances to second on the play. Randy Park grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Art Block grounds out to the shortstop. Neal Stobbs hits a home run. Charlie Murphy singles to right field. Charlie Murphy steals second. Mahlon Hayes walks. Greasy Fuentes flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Murphy steals third. Mahlon Hayes is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ovid Reeves lines out to the shortstop. Herm Young strikes out. Bob Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Reed Davis hits a home run. Heihachiro Uryu singles to right field. Hersh Southworth strikes out. Jeff Aldred lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Art Block flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay John Walton grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Lee Leja grounds out to the pitcher. Rene Fermin singles to center field. Rene Fermin steals second. Jim Flynn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Neal Stobbs strikes out. Charlie Murphy walks. Mahlon Hayes strikes out. Charlie Murphy steals second. Greasy Fuentes singles to center field. Charlie Murphy scores. Reed Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Kenny Sievers grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Park flies out to the center fielder. Ovid Reeves grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Heihachiro Uryu flies out to the right fielder. Hersh Southworth singles to center field. Hersh Southworth steals second. Jeff Aldred grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Art Block grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mike Coffman is pinch hitting for Herm Young. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Mike Coffman grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. John Walton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Chuck Zimmerman pitching. Neal Stobbs hits an infield single to the pitcher. Charlie Murphy strikes out. Mahlon Hayes singles to right field. Neal Stobbs advances to third on the hit. Greasy Fuentes flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Neal Stobbs scores. Al Perry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reed Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jerry Lee Leja flies out to the right fielder. Rene Fermin reached on a fielding error by Charlie Murphy. Jim Flynn hits a home run. Rene Fermin scores. Kenny Sievers flies out to the right fielder. Randy Park strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Heihachiro Uryu is hit by a pitch. Hersh Southworth walks. Greg Goodwin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Aldred lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Art Block grounds out to the second baseman. Heihachiro Uryu scores. Hersh Southworth advances to third on the play. Neal Stobbs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Rob Hensley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Heihachiro Uryu at 1B. Ovid Reeves hits a home run. Greg Goodwin strikes out. Bob Rodriguez grounds out to the pitcher. John Walton singles to left field. Jerry Lee Leja singles to right field. John Walton advances to third on the hit. Jerry Lee Leja steals second. Rene Fermin walks. Jim Flynn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Kansas City Charlie Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Mahlon Hayes flies out to the left fielder. Greasy Fuentes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Buddy Spongberg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kenny Sievers strikes out. Randy Park bunts for a base hit. Pat Sharperson is pinch hitting for Ovid Reeves. Pat Sharperson flies out to the left fielder. Billy Mills is pinch hitting for Greg Goodwin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Billy Mills strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Danny Brown improves in arm Shad Crouch did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Woody DiMaggio did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Terry Weimer did not respond to coaching in speed
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Reitz improves in power_vs_lefty David Sudakis did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Reitz improves in range Jerry Kappel improves in speed Jim Martinez did not respond to coaching in C