Win: Bill Behenna (13-7) Loss: Mike Dreher (7-13)
Save: Yam Martz (33)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Behenna pitching. Lee Bell strikes out. Derrick Orton singles to center field. Don Lawrick strikes out. Mario Connolly singles to left field. Brent Cox flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Mike Dreher pitching. Ron Felton doubles to right field. Bruce Perrin grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Ramos singles past the first baseman. Ron Felton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rich Weston strikes out. Gene Ramos steals second. Noboru Asakura grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Johnny DeLancey doubles to center field. Andy Coppola singles to left field. Johnny DeLancey scores. Wilbur Hutchings singles to left field. Mike Dreher lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lee Bell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Andy Coppola scores. Wilbur Hutchings advances to third on the play. Derrick Orton is hit by a pitch. Don Lawrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Konieczny strikes out. Kimiyasu Kadota strikes out. Jim Moolic doubles to center field. Bill Behenna grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Mario Connolly flies out to the left fielder. Brent Cox flies out to the center fielder. Johnny DeLancey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ron Felton strikes out. Bruce Perrin strikes out. Gene Ramos walks. Gene Ramos steals second. Rich Weston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Andy Coppola grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wilbur Hutchings grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Dreher grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Noboru Asakura flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bill Konieczny singles to right field. Kimiyasu Kadota grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Lee Bell singles to left field. Derrick Orton walks. Don Lawrick flies out to the right fielder. Mario Connolly grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Moolic walks. Bill Behenna fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Behenna grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Ron Felton walks. Bruce Perrin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Brent Cox strikes out. Johnny DeLancey flies out to the left fielder. Andy Coppola lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Gene Ramos flies out to the right fielder. Rich Weston strikes out. Noboru Asakura walks. Bill Konieczny singles to right field. Noboru Asakura advances to third on the hit. Kimiyasu Kadota doubles to right field. Noboru Asakura scores. Bill Konieczny uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Moolic doubles to left field. Kimiyasu Kadota scores. Bill Behenna strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Wilbur Hutchings grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Dick Otto is pinch hitting for Mike Dreher. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Dick Otto walks. Dick Otto steals second. Lee Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Otto advances to third on the play. Derrick Orton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike DeMaestri pitching. Ron Felton grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Perrin singles to center field. Gene Ramos grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Bruce Perrin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rich Weston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Don Lawrick singles to center field. Don Lawrick steals second. Mario Connolly flies out to the center fielder. Brent Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Melvin 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. Johnny DeLancey grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Noboru Asakura strikes out. Bill Konieczny grounds out to the third baseman. Ecky McMillan is pinch hitting for Kimiyasu Kadota. Ecky McMillan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Yam Martz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Andy Coppola flies out to the right fielder. Wilbur Hutchings flies out to the center fielder. Harry Walker is pinch hitting for Mike DeMaestri. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Harry Walker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Sam Karsay did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Steve Callahan improves in contact_vs_righty Lowell Erickson did not respond to coaching in arm Hack Lowe did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dan Murphy did not respond to coaching in control Cotton Eyrich did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Cotton Eyrich improves in power_vs_righty Harry Pettee did not respond to coaching in control Irv Curry did not respond to coaching in 1B