Win: Jug Sunday (1-1) Loss: Walter Easterly (1-1)
Save: Ron Mails (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jug Sunday pitching. Epps Mattox singles to center field. Pop Leppert grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Walter Easterly pitching. Tsutomu Kadota singles to right field. Tsutomu Kadota is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Reid Nicholson strikes out. Bob Brantley singles to left field. Ross Rohr-Beck flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ted Peltz grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Stromme hits a home run. Harry Renteria strikes out. Elliot Pierre strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Minnie Patton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee pops out to the first baseman. Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Joe Reis singles to right field. Walter Easterly lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Joe Reis forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Epps Mattox flies out to the right fielder. Pop Leppert singles to center field. Dave Blackburn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pop Leppert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Jug Sunday triples. Tsutomu Kadota walks. Reid Nicholson strikes out. Bob Brantley singles to left field. Jug Sunday scores. Tsutomu Kadota advances to third on the hit. Ross Rohr-Beck doubles to left field. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Bob Brantley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ross Rohr-Beck is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ted Peltz flies out to the right fielder. Ken Stromme flies out to the right fielder. Harry Renteria grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Minnie Patton grounds out to the shortstop. Randy McElwee strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Elliot Pierre singles to center field. Joe Reis grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Elliot Pierre is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Walter Easterly fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Walter Easterly singles to center field. Epps Mattox flies out to the right fielder. Pop Leppert grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Reis is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jug Sunday pops out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Kadota pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Dave Blackburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ted Peltz strikes out. Ken Stromme walks. Harry Renteria pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Reid Nicholson strikes out. Bob Brantley strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Elliot Pierre strikes out. Joe Reis singles to center field. Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for Walter Easterly. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Otie Shepherd flies out to the right fielder. Epps Mattox pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Angel Link pitching. Minnie Patton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy McElwee strikes out. Clete Schoonmaker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Pop Leppert grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dave Blackburn singles to center field. Ron Mails 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. Dave Blackburn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ted Peltz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Johnson singles to left field. Ron Mails lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Reid Nicholson doubles to center field. Ed Johnson scores. Bob Brantley walks. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Brantley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Ken Stromme flies out to the right fielder. Harry Renteria walks. Eric Stephenson is pinch hitting for Elliot Pierre. Eric Stephenson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Renteria is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Reis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 3
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in control Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Perkins did not respond to coaching in endurance Billy Shirley improves in contact_vs_righty Rico Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Andre Wehmeier 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: Taffy Mulligan did not respond to coaching in arm Lefty Morley improves in speed Bob Witt did not respond to coaching in arm Atsushi Ito did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Harl Mercedes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in endurance