Inning: 1 Kansas City Lefty Hill pitching. Pickles Office strikes out. Luis Coscarart singles to right field. Joe Delgado walks. Butch Sweetland pops out to the catcher. Ernie Kern pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Culley Zamloch pitching. Frank Babb grounds out to the second baseman. Barney Aulds walks. Terry Abadie hits a home run. Barney Aulds scores. George Petkovsek flies out to the center fielder. Mike Geronimo hits a home run. Jim Stephenson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Hatcher strikes out. Luis Carl grounds out to the pitcher. Mark Fosse strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Frank Shaner lines out to the shortstop. John Howley grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Hill grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Culley Zamloch grounds out to the pitcher. Pickles Office flies out to the right fielder. Luis Coscarart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Frank Babb flies out to the center fielder. Barney Aulds grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Abadie hits a home run. Jack Runge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Petkovsek doubles to center field. Mike Geronimo singles to center field. George Petkovsek scores. Jim Stephenson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Delgado strikes out. Butch Sweetland grounds out to the pitcher. Ernie Kern singles to right field. John Hatcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Frank Shaner strikes out. John Howley walks. Lefty Hill pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Frank Babb walks. Pete Cooper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barney Aulds hits a home run. John Howley scores. Frank Babb scores. Terry Abadie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Luis Carl walks. Mark Fosse grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Pete Cooper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay George Petkovsek strikes out. Mike Geronimo flies out to the center fielder. Jim Stephenson singles to right field. Jim Stephenson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pickles Office flies out to the center fielder. Luis Coscarart grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Frank Shaner doubles to center field. John Howley walks. Lefty Hill fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lefty Hill strikes out. Frank Babb is hit by a pitch. Barney Aulds strikes out. Terry Abadie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Butch Sweetland grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Kern strikes out. John Hatcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay George Petkovsek doubles to left field. Mike Geronimo singles to left field. George Petkovsek scores. Jim Stephenson strikes out. Frank Shaner flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! John Howley singles to left field. Mike Geronimo advances to third on the hit. Brian White 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. Lefty Hill grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Luis Carl grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Fosse strikes out. Dick Harris is pinch hitting for Brian White. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Katsura Nishi pitching. Frank Babb singles to center field. Barney Aulds hits a home run. Frank Babb scores. Terry Abadie strikes out. Swede Bivin is pinch hitting for George Petkovsek. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Swede Bivin doubles to center field. Mike Geronimo grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Stephenson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mark Wright is pinch hitting for Pickles Office. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Wright strikes out. Kelvin Kirby is pinch hitting for Luis Coscarart. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kelvin Kirby grounds out to the third baseman. Ed King is pinch hitting for Joe Delgado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed King grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 3 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Frank Shaner is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Bill Long improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Maxwell improves in power_vs_lefty Dax Crawford improves in contact_vs_righty Kazuo Yoshida did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Siegle did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Bill Bramhall improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Bramhall improves in power_vs_righty Ray Sturgis improves in arm Charlie Lamp did not respond to coaching in control