Inning: 1 Kansas City Pop Dukes pitching. Mark Breeden lines out to the shortstop. Joe Carter grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Nick Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Irv Beckman pitching. Jay Burrell grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Cuccinello grounds out to the second baseman. Del Devlin walks. Todd Piche flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Lee Welchel doubles to left field. Fats Morgan hits a home run. Lee Welchel scores. Rex Velez grounds out to the pitcher. Rae Portocarrero flies out to the center fielder. Ike Campbell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Harlan Benzinger doubles to center field. Marty Jackson walks. Daryl Lasher strikes out. Kevin Koestner strikes out. Pop Dukes grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Marty Jackson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Irv Beckman strikes out. Mark Breeden grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Jay Burrell singles to left field. Jay Burrell steals second. Tom Cuccinello pops out to the shortstop. Del Devlin flies out to the center fielder. Todd Piche hits an infield single to the second baseman. Harlan Benzinger hits a home run. Jay Burrell scores. Todd Piche scores. Marty Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Nick Clark singles to center field. Lee Welchel singles to center field. Nick Clark aggressively advances to third on the hit. Fats Morgan singles to left field. Nick Clark scores. Lee Welchel advances to third on the hit. Rex Velez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Lee Welchel scores. Rae Portocarrero singles to right field. Ike Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Daryl Lasher grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Koestner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pop Dukes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Irv Beckman grounds out to the pitcher. Mark Breeden reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tom Cuccinello. Joe Carter strikes out. Nick Clark flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Jay Burrell singles to right field. Jay Burrell steals second. Tom Cuccinello strikes out. Del Devlin grounds out to the second baseman. Jay Burrell advances to third on the play. Stover Mancuso 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 2nd. Todd Piche strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Lee Welchel grounds out to the pitcher. Fats Morgan strikes out. Ham Pickering is pinch hitting for Rex Velez. Ham Pickering strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Harlan Benzinger strikes out. Marty Jackson hits a home run. Daryl Lasher flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Koestner singles to right field. Papa Burkam is pinch hitting for Pop Dukes. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Papa Burkam singles to left field. Kevin Koestner advances to third on the hit. Jay Burrell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Andy Slaton pitching. Rae Portocarrero lines out to the shortstop. Ike Campbell strikes out. Stover Mancuso strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Cuccinello flies out to the left fielder. Del Devlin grounds out to the shortstop. Todd Piche strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mark Breeden singles to center field. Joe Carter grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Nick Clark singles to left field. Lee Welchel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Harlan Benzinger flies out to the center fielder. Bert Carswell 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. Marty Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Daryl Lasher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Fats Morgan strikes out. Ham Pickering doubles to left field. Rae Portocarrero singles to left field. Ham Pickering scores. Kurt Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ike Campbell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Kevin Koestner grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Keegan is pinch hitting for Kurt Thomas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Earl Keegan grounds out to the second baseman. Jay Burrell lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 3 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Earl Keegan is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dale Hofmann did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Etchison did not respond to coaching in velocity Walter Clary did not respond to coaching in control Glenn Hooton did not respond to coaching in control Pedro Castilla did not respond to coaching in control Bunny Roth improves in arm Bunny Roth improves in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Sawatski improves in power_vs_lefty Mark Caskin improves in control Paul Osteen improves in velocity Hal Fortune did not respond to coaching in range Art Gardella did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Floyd Shirley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty