Win: Red Graham (9-11) Loss: Angel Link (8-23)
Save: Steve Finley (10)
Inning: 1 Oakland John Barrett pitching. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Pop Leppert pops out to the catcher. Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Angel Link pitching. Sean Wright grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Stan Tobin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave Blackburn hits an infield single to the second baseman. Dave Blackburn steals second. Epps Mattox doubles to center field. Dave Blackburn scores. Gil Basinski strikes out. Joe Reis walks. Bill Patterson strikes out. Angel Link reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ross Rohr-Beck. Epps Mattox scores. Ray Harlow lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Randy McElwee singles to left field. Randy McElwee steals second. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Quilvio Zitzmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Pop Leppert walks. Pop Leppert is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Blackburn hits a home run. Epps Mattox singles to left field. Gil Basinski doubles to right field. Joe Reis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Clay Irwin singles to center field. John Barrett lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sean Wright flies out to the center fielder. Ed Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill Patterson grounds out to the third baseman. Angel Link flies out to the right fielder. Ray Harlow grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Stan Tobin singles to left field. Randy McElwee grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tsutomu Kadota singles to left field. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Bill Patterson throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Ross Rohr-Beck flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Pop Leppert flies out to the left fielder. Harry Renteria flies out to the right fielder. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Quilvio Zitzmann hits a home run. Clay Irwin flies out to the center fielder. John Barrett strikes out. Sean Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Epps Mattox pops out to the catcher. Gil Basinski walks. Gil Basinski is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Joe Reis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Johnson doubles to center field. Stan Tobin walks. Randy McElwee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Johnson advances to third on the play. Stan Tobin advances to second on the play. Tsutomu Kadota flies out to the center fielder. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to right field. Ed Johnson scores. Stan Tobin scores. Quilvio Zitzmann singles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck advances to third on the hit. Clay Irwin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Fred Scalzi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Patterson walks. Angel Link fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Angel Link grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Ray Harlow grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City 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. Sean Wright grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Red Graham pitching. Pop Leppert singles to center field. Pop Leppert is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Harry Renteria singles to left field. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Epps Mattox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Stan Tobin singles past the first baseman. Stan Tobin steals second. Randy McElwee singles to right field. Stan Tobin scores. Tsutomu Kadota hits a home run. Randy McElwee scores. Hilly Brubaker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to left field. Quilvio Zitzmann strikes out. Clay Irwin grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Steve Finley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gil Basinski grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. Alan Durbin is pinch hitting for Bill Patterson. Alan Durbin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Epps Mattox (26), Gil Basinski (16).HR - Dave Blackburn (16).GIDP - Angel Link. Baserunning: SB - Dave Blackburn (19).CS - Pop Leppert 2 (10), Gil Basinski (5). Fielding: E - Bill Patterson.
Batting:2B - Ed Johnson (20).HR - Tsutomu Kadota (4), Quilvio Zitzmann (14).GIDP - Randy McElwee, Clay Irwin. Baserunning: SB - Stan Tobin (27), Randy McElwee (10), Tsutomu Kadota (19). Fielding: E - Ross Rohr-Beck.
Game Notes Red Graham is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Walter Easterly did not respond to coaching in control Walter Easterly did not respond to coaching in control Bill Giovanola improves in velocity Rico Moore did not respond to coaching in control Razor McCarthy improves in contact_vs_righty Ken Stromme improves in arm Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Buddy Ruiz did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny McKeithan improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in velocity Irv Barthelson did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Witt did not respond to coaching in speed