Win: Jack Jones (4-3) Loss: Cliff Fuentes (4-4)
Save: Huck Crist (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Cliff Fuentes pitching. Epps Mattox hits a home run. Pop Leppert grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Blackburn walks. Ray Harlow reached on a fielding error by Jason Metz. Ken Stromme strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Harry Renteria grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jack Jones pitching. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee lines out to the shortstop. Bobby Rooney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ted Peltz flies out to the left fielder. Joe Reis singles past the third baseman. Jack Jones pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Epps Mattox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alan Durbin strikes out. Jason Metz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Pop Leppert strikes out. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Ray Harlow flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Stan Tobin walks. Clay Irwin strikes out. Cliff Fuentes lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ken Stromme grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Renteria reached on a fielding error by Bobby Rooney. Harry Renteria steals second. Ted Peltz grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Reis singles to left field. Harry Renteria scores. Jack Jones grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Reis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota hits an infield single to the second baseman. Randy McElwee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tsutomu Kadota advances to second on the play. Bobby Rooney strikes out. Ed Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Epps Mattox strikes out. Pop Leppert grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alan Durbin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jason Metz singles to right field. Stan Tobin walks. Clay Irwin doubles to right field. Jason Metz scores. Stan Tobin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cliff Fuentes pops out to the first baseman. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ray Harlow flies out to the center fielder. Ken Stromme grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Renteria hits a home run. Ted Peltz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Randy McElwee singles past the first baseman. Bobby Rooney flies out to the center fielder. Ed Johnson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Randy McElwee is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Johnson steals second. Alan Durbin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Fred Scalzi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Reis walks. Jack Jones lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Epps Mattox doubles to right field. Joe Reis scores. Jack Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Romero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pop Leppert flies out to the center fielder. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jason Metz flies out to the center fielder. Angel Link comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Stan Tobin flies out to the right fielder. Clay Irwin walks. Ross Rohr-Beck is pinch hitting for Harry Romero. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Clay Irwin is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Gene Farner pitching. Ken Stromme singles to right field. Harry Renteria grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Stromme advances to second on the play. Ted Peltz lines out to the third baseman. Joe Reis singles to left field. Harry Caldwell is pinch hitting for Angel Link. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Caldwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Huck Crist pitching. Otie Shepherd enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Reis at RF. Gene Farner pops out to the shortstop. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Randy McElwee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Epps Mattox grounds out to the shortstop. Pop Leppert doubles to center field. Dave Blackburn singles to center field. Pop Leppert scores. Ray Harlow flies out to the right fielder. Ken Stromme singles to left field. Harry Renteria singles to left field. Dave Blackburn scores. Ted Peltz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Renteria is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bobby Rooney grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Bubba McDaniel is pinch hitting for Alan Durbin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bubba McDaniel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 3
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in control Tod Gomez did not respond to coaching in control Chris Cote improves in range Francisco Pickrel did not respond to coaching in control Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in control Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in velocity 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: Pete Haad did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jay Brewster did not respond to coaching in arm Irv Barthelson improves in arm Danny McKeithan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Haad did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Buddy Ruiz did not respond to coaching in control