Win: Taffy Stone (2-0) Loss: Len Hale (5-6)
Save: Dino Sweeney (35)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay T.J. Barranca pitching. Danny Tipple walks. Pat Coble pops out to the shortstop. Grover Carney singles to left field. Charlie Lockwood singles past the shortstop. Danny Tipple scores. Jeff Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Grover Carney advances to third on the play. Charlie Lockwood advances to second on the play. Tommy Balls Eunick singles to right field. Grover Carney scores. Charlie Lockwood uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tommy Balls Eunick is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dave Millar pitching. Spud Wilson singles to left field. Scoops Dailey strikes out. Arnold Daniels walks. Brad Alcock doubles to left field. Spud Wilson scores. Arnold Daniels uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hector Rogers strikes out. Skeeter Johnson doubles to center field. Brad Alcock scores. Matt Sisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jim Rock Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Del Walsh bunts for a base hit. Dave Millar lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Del Walsh forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Danny Tipple singles to left field. Dave Millar advances to third on the hit. Pat Coble doubles to left field. Dave Millar scores. Danny Tipple uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Darcy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Grover Carney hits a home run. Pat Coble scores. Taffy Stone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Lockwood pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Otto James strikes out. Taffy Stone strikes out. Spud Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jeff Gonzalez grounds out to the pitcher. Tommy Balls Eunick flies out to the right fielder. Jim Rock Robinson walks. Del Walsh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Scoops Dailey singles to center field. Scoops Dailey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Arnold Daniels walks. Arnold Daniels is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Brad Alcock grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dave Millar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Danny Tipple grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Coble strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Hector Rogers hits a home run. Yoshinori Uchiyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Skeeter Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matt Sisk walks. Otto James singles to center field. Taffy Stone lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spud Wilson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Grover Carney doubles to center field. Charlie Lockwood strikes out. Jeff Gonzalez walks. Tommy Balls Eunick grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Scoops Dailey grounds out to the second baseman. Arnold Daniels flies out to the center fielder. Brad Alcock hits a home run. Kevin Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hector Rogers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jim Rock Robinson strikes out. Hot Heinie Haid is pinch hitting for Del Walsh. Hot Heinie Haid grounds out to the pitcher. Claude West is pinch hitting for Kevin Masterson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Claude West grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jack Lovelace pitching. Cliff Dunbar enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hot Heinie Haid at 2B. Skeeter Johnson is hit by a pitch. Matt Sisk hits a home run. Skeeter Johnson scores. Len Hale comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Otto James is hit by a pitch. Taffy Stone lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spud Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Otto James advances to third on the play. Scoops Dailey singles to right field. Otto James scores. Jeff Harry Harrison comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Arnold Daniels singles to left field. Scoops Dailey advances to third on the hit. Brad Alcock grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Danny Tipple walks. Pat Coble grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Tipple advances to second on the play. Grover Carney walks. Walt Penner 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. Charlie Lockwood strikes out. Jeff Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Grover Carney is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Hector Rogers grounds out to the second baseman. Skeeter Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Sisk singles to left field. Matt Sisk steals second. Otto James singles to center field. Matt Sisk scores. Walt Penner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick singles to center field. Jim Rock Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Balls Eunick advances to second on the play. Cliff Dunbar strikes out. Jeff Harry Harrison flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Spud Wilson strikes out. Scoops Dailey strikes out. Arnold Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Dino Sweeney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Danny Tipple grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Coble flies out to the center fielder. Grover Carney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike 'Science Guy' Nye did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Ockey improves in arm Fred Ley improves in contact_vs_righty Ben Cliburn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fred Ley did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rip Ramsay did not respond to coaching in speed Alberto Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bud Palacios did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm