Win: J.T. Shinault Loss: Guy Freeman
Save: Hunter Ragapoly
Inning: 1 Oakland Guy Freeman pitching. Larry Start strikes out. Joe Reis singles to left field. Daryle Reeder grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City J.T. Shinault pitching. Ichiro Takagi singles to center field. Ichiro Takagi steals second. Denney Cates singles to right field. Ichiro Takagi scores. Bob Reed flies out to the center fielder. Cotton Abrams strikes out. Art Rush grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Denney Cates is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Jim Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Sherman flies out to the center fielder. Chris Hopper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ben Dunkle grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Hanyzewski pops out to the first baseman. Joe Lapan singles to left field. Guy Freeman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Lapan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Sims strikes out. Kurt Tam singles to center field. J.T. Shinault lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Larry Start flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ichiro Takagi flies out to the right fielder. Denney Cates singles to left field. Bob Reed lines out to the first baseman. Denney Cates steals second. Cotton Abrams triples. Denney Cates scores. Art Rush strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Joe Reis strikes out. Daryle Reeder singles past the shortstop. Jim Wright singles to left field. Doug Sherman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ben Dunkle flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bill Hanyzewski strikes out. Joe Lapan walks. Guy Freeman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Chris Hopper flies out to the center fielder. Dave Sims grounds out to the shortstop. Kurt Tam singles to left field. J.T. Shinault singles to center field. Kurt Tam advances to third on the hit. Larry Start flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ichiro Takagi strikes out. Denney Cates grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Reed flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Joe Reis hits a home run. Daryle Reeder flies out to the right fielder. Jim Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Sherman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Cotton Abrams strikes out. Art Rush strikes out. Ben Dunkle pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Chris Hopper grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Sims strikes out. Kurt Tam flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Hanyzewski grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Lapan walks. Guy Freeman fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Guy Freeman grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Greg Griffith is pinch hitting for J.T. Shinault. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Greg Griffith singles past the second baseman. Greg Griffith steals second. Larry Start grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Griffith advances to third on the play. Joe Reis singles to left field. Greg Griffith scores. Kid Myers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Daryle Reeder doubles to left field. Jim Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Reis scores. Daryle Reeder advances to third on the play. Doug Sherman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Vickers pitching. Ichiro Takagi pops out to the shortstop. Denney Cates pops out to the shortstop. Bob Reed flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Chris Hopper flies out to the center fielder. Dave Sims flies out to the left fielder. Kurt Tam flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Hunter Ragapoly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cotton Abrams walks. Cotton Abrams is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Art Rush flies out to the right fielder. Ben Dunkle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4