Inning: 1 Kansas City Billy Smith pitching. Louis Pruett flies out to the right fielder. Frank Rogge singles to left field. Travis Bonner grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Rogge advances to second on the play. Danny Sells grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Nardi Evans pitching. Grant Pendleton strikes out. Cleo Humphries grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Dowd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dan Andrews grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Franklin flies out to the center fielder. Doug Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marshall Gilmer lines out to the third baseman. Charlie Green flies out to the left fielder. Taylor Calhoun singles to left field. Kei Tsukiyama walks. Lewis Upsher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Gil Monchak grounds out to the pitcher. Nardi Evans grounds out to the third baseman. Louis Pruett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Billy Smith strikes out. Grant Pendleton singles to right field. Grant Pendleton steals second. Cleo Humphries walks. Harry Dowd strikes out. Marshall Gilmer singles to left field. Grant Pendleton scores. Cleo Humphries advances to third on the hit. Charlie Green doubles to right field. Cleo Humphries scores. Marshall Gilmer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Taylor Calhoun flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Rogge grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Travis Bonner strikes out. Danny Sells flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Kei Tsukiyama grounds out to the shortstop. Lewis Upsher singles to center field. Billy Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Billy Smith flies out to the center fielder. Grant Pendleton singles to center field. Lewis Upsher advances to third on the hit. Cleo Humphries flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dan Andrews walks. Claude Franklin strikes out. Doug Wilson reached on a 2-base fielding error by Marshall Gilmer. Gil Monchak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dan Andrews scores. Doug Wilson advances to third on the play. Nardi Evans flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd singles to right field. Marshall Gilmer grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Dowd advances to second on the play. Charlie Green walks. Taylor Calhoun grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Dowd advances to third on the play. Charlie Green advances to second on the play. Kei Tsukiyama singles to right field. Harry Dowd scores. Charlie Green scores. Alex Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kei Tsukiyama steals second. Gil Monchak throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Lewis Upsher pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Louis Pruett hits a home run. Frank Rogge flies out to the right fielder. Travis Bonner strikes out. Danny Sells grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jefferson Berkeley is pinch hitting for Billy Smith. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jefferson Berkeley flies out to the right fielder. Grant Pendleton grounds out to the shortstop. Cleo Humphries flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Clay Tucker pitching. Dan Andrews strikes out. Claude Franklin grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Wilson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Harry Dowd singles to center field. Marshall Gilmer singles to right field. Harry Dowd advances to third on the hit. Charlie Green pops out to the shortstop. Taylor Calhoun grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Dowd scores. Marshall Gilmer advances to second on the play. Ray Bigelow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kei Tsukiyama hits a home run. Marshall Gilmer scores. Lewis Upsher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gil Monchak grounds out to the third baseman. John Smith is pinch hitting for Ray Bigelow. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Smith grounds out to the shortstop. George Blaeholder is pinch hitting for Louis Pruett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Blaeholder walks. Frank Rogge strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Clay pitching. Jim Pfiester is pinch hitting for Clay Tucker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Jim Pfiester strikes out. Grant Pendleton hits an infield single to the shortstop. Cleo Humphries flies out to the center fielder. Harry Dowd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Randolph Wood pitching. Travis Bonner singles past the second baseman. Danny Sells strikes out. Dan Andrews flies out to the left fielder. Claude Franklin grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Travis Bonner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Clay Tucker is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Johnny Walker did not respond to coaching in velocity Greg Wagner improves in speed Dave Tuero improves in power_vs_lefty Merle Lawton did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Hap Stewart did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hap Stewart improves in contact_vs_righty Buck Pena did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Bowerman improves in speed Hank Puleo did not respond to coaching in RF