Win: Herb Kennedy (4-8) Loss: Ennis Deckersley (4-3)
Save: Martin McCabe (2)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Harry Monkey pitching. Red Senerchia singles to right field. Rebel Robinson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ed Cole grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jack Ryan Jr pitching. Len Griffey walks. Len Griffey steals second. Gil Youngs flies out to the right fielder. Steve Hash doubles to left field. Len Griffey scores. Luke Snider pops out to the third baseman. Harry Bowa walks. Gaur Kissel singles to center field. Steve Hash scores. Marky Vaughn pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Clyde Guante pops out to the first baseman. Art Russell flies out to the right fielder. Bill Finnvold strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Moe Garagiola walks. Harry Monkey lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Len Griffey walks. Gil Youngs strikes out. Steve Hash strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ed Skinner singles to right field. Jim Hughes strikes out. Jack Ryan Jr lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Red Senerchia singles to left field. Ed Skinner scores. Rebel Robinson singles in front of the center fielder. Ed Cole walks. Clyde Guante strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Luke Snider walks. Harry Bowa strikes out. Gaur Kissel strikes out. Marky Vaughn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Art Russell hits a home run. Bill Finnvold grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Skinner flies out to the right fielder. Jim Hughes singles past the second baseman. Jack Ryan Jr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Moe Garagiola strikes out. Harry Monkey grounds out to the third baseman. Len Griffey singles to center field. Len Griffey steals second. Gil Youngs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Red Senerchia strikes out. Rebel Robinson walks. Ed Cole pops out to the second baseman. Clyde Guante grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rebel Robinson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Steve Hash grounds out to the second baseman. Luke Snider singles to left field. Harry Bowa walks. Gaur Kissel flies out to the left fielder. Marky Vaughn hits an infield single to the shortstop. Moe Garagiola strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Art Russell flies out to the left fielder. Bill Finnvold singles to center field. Ed Skinner grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Finnvold is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Hughes walks. Jack Ryan Jr strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Monkey flies out to the center fielder. Len Griffey strikes out. Gil Youngs singles to right field. Steve Hash hits an infield single to the pitcher. Luke Snider grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Red Senerchia flies out to the left fielder. Rebel Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Cedro Martinez 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. Ed Cole singles to right field. Clyde Guante lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Harry Bowa strikes out. Gaur Kissel walks. Marky Vaughn singles to right field. Gaur Kissel advances to third on the hit. Moe Garagiola grounds out to the shortstop. Gaur Kissel scores. Marky Vaughn advances to second on the play. Herb Kennedy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Segui is pinch hitting for Cedro Martinez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Segui flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Boss Hog Buchek pitching. Art Russell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Finnvold flies out to the left fielder. Ed Skinner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Len Griffey strikes out. Gil Youngs singles to center field. Gil Youngs steals second. Steve Hash grounds out to the shortstop. Luke Snider flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ennis Deckersley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Hughes singles to right field. Yordan Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Herb Kennedy. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yordan Rodriguez lines out to the shortstop. Red Senerchia hits a home run. Jim Hughes scores. Mal Hrabosky comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rebel Robinson doubles to right field. Ed Cole flies out to the right fielder. Clyde Guante hits a home run. Rebel Robinson scores. Billy McVey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Art Russell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Martin McCabe pitching. Harry Bowa singles to left field. Gaur Kissel grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Marky Vaughn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 13
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: John Coveney improves in contact_vs_lefty Ray Nicholson did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Stelmaszek improves in contact_vs_lefty Thad Gowdy did not respond to coaching in arm
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: D- Improvements: Willy Bagner improves in control Sandy Johnson did not respond to coaching in control Sandy Johnson improves in velocity Hugh Kelleher did not respond to coaching in velocity Timmy Foxx did not respond to coaching in 2B