Win: Pat Maddox (6-3) Loss: Billy Smith (3-2)
Save: Ray Bigelow (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Billy Smith pitching. Louis Pruett strikes out. Frank Rogge singles to left field. Travis Bonner singles in front of the center fielder. Danny Sells grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pat Maddox pitching. Grant Pendleton lines out to the second baseman. Cleo Humphries flies out to the right fielder. Harry Dowd strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dan Andrews singles to left field. John Haas flies out to the center fielder. Doug Wilson hits a home run. Dan Andrews scores. Gil Monchak singles to right field. Pat Maddox lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Louis Pruett singles to center field. Frank Rogge grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marshall Gilmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Taylor Calhoun flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Felix Klinger singles to center field. Lewis Upsher pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Travis Bonner doubles to center field. Danny Sells strikes out. Dan Andrews grounds out to the second baseman. Travis Bonner advances to third on the play. John Haas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ed Gagnon walks. Billy Smith lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Ed Gagnon forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Grant Pendleton flies out to the left fielder. Cleo Humphries grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Doug Wilson reached on a 2-base fielding error by Lewis Upsher. Gil Monchak flies out to the right fielder. Pat Maddox singles to right field. Doug Wilson scores. Louis Pruett grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd pops out to the second baseman. Marshall Gilmer grounds out to the second baseman. Taylor Calhoun flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Rogge flies out to the left fielder. Travis Bonner strikes out. Danny Sells grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Felix Klinger flies out to the left fielder. Lewis Upsher pops out to the shortstop. Ed Gagnon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dan Andrews walks. John Haas strikes out. Doug Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Gil Monchak doubles to right field. Dan Andrews uses his aggressiveness and scores. Logan Mercer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Maddox flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Kei Tsukiyama is pinch hitting for Logan Mercer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Kei Tsukiyama hits a home run. Grant Pendleton singles to right field. Grant Pendleton steals second. Cleo Humphries flies out to the left fielder. Harry Dowd flies out to the right fielder. Marshall Gilmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Randolph Wood pitching. Louis Pruett hits a home run. Jim Barry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Rogge strikes out. Travis Bonner singles to right field. Danny Sells hits a home run. Travis Bonner scores. Mark Gainer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Andrews strikes out. John Haas pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Chet Cooper is pinch hitting for Taylor Calhoun. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chet Cooper grounds out to the third baseman. Felix Klinger triples. Lewis Upsher strikes out. Ed Gagnon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Doug Wilson strikes out. Gil Monchak grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Maddox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mark Gainer singles to right field. Grant Pendleton pops out to the third baseman. Cleo Humphries singles to center field. Freddy Curd is pinch hitting for Harry Dowd. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Freddy Curd walks. Marshall Gilmer singles to center field. Mark Gainer scores. Cleo Humphries scores. Freddy Curd advances to third on the hit. Ray Bigelow 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. Chet Cooper pops out to the third baseman. Felix Klinger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Louis Pruett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Rogge strikes out. Travis Bonner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Lewis Upsher grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Gagnon singles to left field. Mark Gainer lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Grant Pendleton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rudy McLaughlin improves in arm Dave Tuero improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Washburn did not respond to coaching in control Paul Hazewood improves in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Hap Stewart improves in arm Buck Pena did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Judy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hank Puleo improves in speed Hank Puleo did not respond to coaching in RF