Win: Steve Finley (3-4) Loss: Jerry Hatcher (3-3)
Save: Gene Farner (5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Earl Sweeney pitching. Ed Johnson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Stan Tobin singles to right field. Sean Wright lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland John Barrett pitching. Ray Harlow singles to left field. Pop Leppert flies out to the left fielder. Ray Harlow steals second. Harry Renteria strikes out. Dave Blackburn walks. Epps Mattox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Alex Altenburg grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ross Rohr-Beck is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Alex Altenburg is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Clay Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ted Peltz flies out to the center fielder. Joe Reis walks. Bill Patterson strikes out. Earl Sweeney pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. John Barrett singles to right field. Ed Johnson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Barrett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Quilvio Zitzmann grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ray Harlow singles to right field. Pop Leppert grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Stan Tobin singles to left field. Stan Tobin steals second. Sean Wright singles to right field. Stan Tobin scores. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to center field. Sean Wright advances to third on the hit. Alex Altenburg lines out to the third baseman. Clay Irwin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dave Blackburn grounds out to the shortstop. Epps Mattox grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ted Peltz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tsutomu Kadota. Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the center fielder. John Barrett lines out to the shortstop. Ed Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Patterson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ross Rohr-Beck. Earl Sweeney fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Earl Sweeney grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Harlow grounds out to the shortstop. Pop Leppert singles to center field. Harry Renteria grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Quilvio Zitzmann singles to right field. Stan Tobin flies out to the right fielder. Sean Wright strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Dave Blackburn walks. Epps Mattox flies out to the center fielder. Dave Blackburn steals second. Ted Peltz grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Altenburg singles to center field. Alex Altenburg is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Clay Irwin walks. Tsutomu Kadota grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Patterson flies out to the left fielder. Herm White is pinch hitting for Earl Sweeney. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Herm White singles to right field. Fred Scalzi 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. Ray Harlow strikes out. Pop Leppert pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hilly Brubaker pitching. Teruo Takeuchi is pinch hitting for Fred Scalzi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruo Takeuchi strikes out. Ed Johnson singles to center field. Ed Johnson steals second. Quilvio Zitzmann flies out to the center fielder. Stan Tobin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Harry Romero pitching. Harry Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Dave Blackburn singles to right field. Dave Blackburn steals second. Dave Blackburn steals third. Epps Mattox strikes out. Ted Peltz singles to center field. Dave Blackburn scores. Steve Finley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Reis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Sean Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jerry Hatcher 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. Alex Altenburg hits a home run. Clay Irwin walks. Tsutomu Kadota singles past the shortstop. Clay Irwin advances to third on the hit. Clete Schoonmaker is pinch hitting for Steve Finley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Clete Schoonmaker walks. Ed Johnson walks. Clay Irwin scores. George Marsh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Quilvio Zitzmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Oakland Gene Farner pitching. Alan Durbin is pinch hitting for Bill Patterson. Alan Durbin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for George Marsh. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Otie Shepherd grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Batting:HR - Alex Altenburg (4).GIDP - Quilvio Zitzmann, Clay Irwin, Tsutomu Kadota. Baserunning: SB - Ed Johnson (4), Stan Tobin (1).CS - Alex Altenburg 2 (2). Fielding: E - Ross Rohr-Beck, Tsutomu Kadota.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pete Haad improves in power_vs_lefty Jerry McNabb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Babe Steinbacher did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny McKeithan improves in range Jay Brewster improves in power_vs_righty Jerry McNabb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Razor McCarthy did not respond to coaching in range Bobo Riles improves in control Rico Moore improves in control Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobo Riles did not respond to coaching in control John Konnick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C