Win: Eddie Poffenberger (2-1) Loss: Elmer Buice (3-1)
Save: John Murphy (4)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Eddie Poffenberger pitching. Pickles Office strikes out. Joe Delgado triples. Butch Sweetland singles to right field. Joe Delgado scores. Mike Wilson walks. John Hatcher walks. Hooks Medich flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Butch Sweetland scores. Ernie Kern grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Elmer Buice pitching. Barney Aulds lines out to the pitcher. George Petkovsek flies out to the right fielder. Mike Geronimo hits a home run. Frank Shaner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Kelvin Kirby strikes out. Elmer Buice strikes out. Pickles Office reached on a fielding error by Eddie Poffenberger. Joe Delgado grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pickles Office is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Swede Bivin strikes out. Al Brady walks. Frank Wilhelm triples. Al Brady scores. Adrian Smith singles to center field. Frank Wilhelm scores. Eddie Poffenberger fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eddie Poffenberger walks. Barney Aulds grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Butch Sweetland pops out to the third baseman. Mike Wilson strikes out. John Hatcher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay George Petkovsek pops out to the second baseman. Mike Geronimo hits a home run. Jack Runge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Shaner strikes out. Swede Bivin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Hooks Medich grounds out to the third baseman. Ernie Kern strikes out. Kelvin Kirby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Al Brady singles to right field. Frank Wilhelm singles to left field. Adrian Smith singles to center field. Al Brady scores. Frank Wilhelm advances to third on the hit. Eddie Poffenberger strikes out. Barney Aulds flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Wilhelm scores. Pete Cooper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Adrian Smith is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Pete Cooper grounds out to the third baseman. Pickles Office walks. Joe Delgado walks. Pickles Office steals third. Butch Sweetland walks. Mike Wilson walks. Pickles Office scores. John Hatcher strikes out. Hooks Medich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay George Petkovsek strikes out. Mike Geronimo flies out to the left fielder. Frank Shaner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ernie Kern lines out to the shortstop. Kelvin Kirby flies out to the right fielder. Pete Cooper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Swede Bivin strikes out. Al Brady flies out to the left fielder. Frank Wilhelm walks. Adrian Smith triples. Frank Wilhelm scores. Eddie Poffenberger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Pickles Office pops out to the catcher. Joe Delgado walks. Butch Sweetland grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Barney Aulds grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! George Petkovsek pops out to the third baseman. Mike Geronimo doubles to right field. Frank Shaner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Wilson flies out to the left fielder. John Hatcher singles to left field. Mark Wright is pinch hitting for Hooks Medich. Mark Wright strikes out. Ernie Kern singles to left field. Bob Veras 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. Kelvin Kirby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Swede Bivin grounds out to the third baseman. Al Brady walks. Brian White comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Wilhelm pops out to the first baseman. Al Brady is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed King is pinch hitting for Brian White. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed King walks. Pickles Office walks. John Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Delgado grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pickles Office is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Butch Sweetland pops out to the third baseman. Mike Wilson singles to center field. Ed King scores. Joe Delgado advances to third on the hit. John Hatcher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 3
Batting:2B - Mike Geronimo (4).3B - Frank Wilhelm (1), Adrian Smith (1).HR - Mike Geronimo 2 (5).SF - Barney Aulds.GIDP - Barney Aulds. Baserunning: CS - Al Brady (2), Adrian Smith (1). Fielding: E - Eddie Poffenberger.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Clay Angelini did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Dotson improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Siegle improves in arm Clay Angelini did not respond to coaching in speed
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Oscar Lomon did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Bramhall improves in contact_vs_lefty Chico Sincock improves in speed Ron Malone did not respond to coaching in arm