Win: Eddie Swaggerty Loss: Trace Smith
Save: Ike Espino
Inning: 1 Oakland Eddie Swaggerty pitching. Denny Law strikes out. Rick Elliot strikes out. Charles Acker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Skinny Wills pitching. Don Surhoff grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Bell grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Gannon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland John Wynn singles to right field. John Wynn steals second. Jimmy Wright pops out to the second baseman. Joe Hooks doubles to center field. John Wynn scores. Mark King flies out to the right fielder. Cliff Kircher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Glenn Allen walks. Jim Bevil strikes out. Carroll Dreyer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Skinny Wills strikes out. Denny Law walks. Rick Elliot lines out to the pitcher. Charles Acker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lou Stephenson flies out to the left fielder. Fernando Salmon strikes out. Eddie Swaggerty strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland John Wynn grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Wright walks. Joe Hooks strikes out. Mark King flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Don Surhoff strikes out. Bob Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Gannon doubles to right field. Glenn Allen singles to right field. Brian Gannon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Glenn Allen steals second. Jim Bevil lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Cliff Kircher pops out to the second baseman. Skinny Wills strikes out. Denny Law walks. Rick Elliot grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Carroll Dreyer strikes out. Lou Stephenson grounds out to the second baseman. Fernando Salmon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Charles Acker flies out to the center fielder. John Wynn flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Wright singles to left field. Joe Hooks walks. Mark King walks. Cliff Kircher strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Eddie Swaggerty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don Surhoff singles to center field. Bob Bell singles to center field. Brian Gannon grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Bell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Glenn Allen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Harvey Garcia is pinch hitting for Skinny Wills. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Harvey Garcia walks. Denny Law flies out to the left fielder. Rick Elliot pops out to the second baseman. Charles Acker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Trace Smith pitching. Jim Bevil singles to right field. Carroll Dreyer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Bevil is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lou Stephenson singles to center field. Carroll Dreyer advances to third on the hit. Fernando Salmon hits a home run. Carroll Dreyer scores. Lou Stephenson scores. Nick Engle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Swaggerty singles to right field. Don Surhoff strikes out. Bob Bell walks. Brian Gannon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Bell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Eddie McDermott enters the game as a defensive replacement for Don Surhoff at 1B. John Wynn singles past the shortstop. Jimmy Wright flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! John Wynn steals second. Joe Hooks flies out to the center fielder. Pat Hale 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 1st. Mark King flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Glenn Allen strikes out. Jim Bevil strikes out. Carroll Dreyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ike Espino comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cliff Kircher strikes out. Eddie Oliver is pinch hitting for Nick Engle. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Oliver hits an infield single to the pitcher. Denny Law singles to center field. Eddie Oliver advances to third on the hit. Rick Elliot flies out to the left fielder. Charles Acker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 11 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5