Win: Morgan McClain (5-2) Loss: Dave Campusano (1-4)
Save: Jim Rosario (12)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Morgan McClain pitching. Yonel Hurtado walks. Lefty Lindaman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yonel Hurtado is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Clem Thornton singles to center field. Yariel Duvergel hits a home run. Lefty Lindaman scores. Clem Thornton scores. Freddy Perry flies out to the center fielder. Gene Stanton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Dave Campusano pitching. Brian Lubratich flies out to the left fielder. Dale Spiezio walks. Hiroshi Hamikamika grounds out to the catcher. Dale Spiezio advances to second on the play. Jim Butler singles to left field. Dale Spiezio scores. Archie Bergamo walks. Walt Santovenia grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Archie Bergamo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull lines out to the shortstop. Bob Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Campusano grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Fred Stripp singles to center field. Masaharu Oshimoto flies out to the center fielder. Morgan McClain lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Brian Lubratich singles to center field. Fred Stripp scores. Dale Spiezio walks. Hiroshi Hamikamika doubles to right field. Morgan McClain scores. Brian Lubratich scores. Jim Butler singles past the shortstop. Dale Spiezio scores. Hiroshi Hamikamika scores. Ishod Wair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Butler steals second. Archie Bergamo flies out to the right fielder. Walt Santovenia walks. Fred Stripp flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Yonel Hurtado flies out to the right fielder. Lefty Lindaman pops out to the second baseman. Clem Thornton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Masaharu Oshimoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Morgan McClain strikes out. Brian Lubratich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Yariel Duvergel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Freddy Perry grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Stanton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dale Spiezio walks. Hiroshi Hamikamika singles to right field. Dale Spiezio is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Jim Butler singles to right field. Archie Bergamo walks. Walt Santovenia grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull walks. Reggie Tartabull steals second. Bob Tartabull grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Bennett is pinch hitting for Ishod Wair. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dave Bennett singles to center field. Reggie Tartabull scores. Yonel Hurtado strikes out. Lefty Lindaman grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dave Bennett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave Nunamaker pitching. Fred Stripp pops out to the second baseman. Masaharu Oshimoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Morgan McClain grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Clem Thornton strikes out. Yariel Duvergel pops out to the second baseman. Freddy Perry singles to left field. Gene Stanton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Brian Lubratich flies out to the right fielder. Dale Spiezio walks. Dale Spiezio is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hiroshi Hamikamika flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Johnny Swentor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reggie Tartabull reached on a 2-base throwing error by Fred Stripp. Bob Tartabull singles to right field. Reggie Tartabull scores. Ike Aase is pinch hitting for Dave Nunamaker. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ike Aase flies out to the left fielder. Yonel Hurtado walks. Larry Risley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lefty Lindaman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yonel Hurtado is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Clem Thornton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Cieslak pitching. Jim Butler flies out to the left fielder. Archie Bergamo singles to right field. Walt Santovenia doubles to center field. Archie Bergamo uses his aggressiveness and scores. Fred Stripp singles past the shortstop. Walt Santovenia scores. Per Welinder comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Stripp is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Masaharu Oshimoto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kurt Winkel enters the game as a defensive replacement for Brian Lubratich at 3B. Harlond Allison enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dale Spiezio at RF. Stu Morgan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Stripp at 2B. Yariel Duvergel hits a home run. Jim Rosario comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Freddy Perry strikes out. Gene Stanton flies out to the center fielder. Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Rosario grounds out to the shortstop. Kurt Winkel walks. Harlond Allison walks. Kurt Winkel is out trying to steal third. Hiroshi Hamikamika strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bob Tartabull singles to left field. Ray Zipfel is pinch hitting for Per Welinder. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ray Zipfel singles to center field. Yonel Hurtado grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Bob Tartabull advances to third on the play. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Hiroshi Hamikamika (7), Walt Santovenia (7).GIDP - Walt Santovenia. Baserunning: SB - Jim Butler (5).CS - Kurt Winkel (6), Dale Spiezio (2), Fred Stripp (2). Fielding: E - Fred Stripp.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Lave Bowa improves in speed Steve Croucher improves in speed Lave Bowa improves in speed John Ortiz did not respond to coaching in control Bob Kelleher did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ted Wood improves in arm John Hoyt improves in contact_vs_righty Ted Wood improves in contact_vs_righty John Hoyt improves in arm