Win: Dian Laverdeza (1-0) Loss: Harry Acre (0-3)
Save: Kennie Davis (3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dian Laverdeza pitching. Rufe Bowles strikes out. Tom Leber flies out to the center fielder. Burt White grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Harry Acre pitching. Shuichi Taguchi strikes out. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Ralph Edens singles to left field. Kei Fujii singles past the third baseman. Ralph Edens advances to third on the hit. Dunier Ibanez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tony Mattick flies out to the left fielder. Steve Kahdot grounds out to the pitcher. Matt Lopez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland David Crosby singles to left field. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Mike Ramos grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bobby Carter singles to right field. Ramon Kipp flies out to the center fielder. Harry Acre fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Harry Acre grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bobby Carter is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rufe Bowles walks. Tom Leber strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Dian Laverdeza singles to left field. Shuichi Taguchi singles to right field. Dian Laverdeza advances to third on the hit. Dan Barthelson singles to center field. Dian Laverdeza scores. Shuichi Taguchi advances to third on the hit. Ralph Edens flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Dan Barthelson steals second. Kei Fujii flies out to the center fielder. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Burt White strikes out. Tony Mattick grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Kahdot flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland David Crosby strikes out. Yasushi Makino walks. Mike Ramos flies out to the center fielder. Dian Laverdeza reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tom Leber. Shuichi Taguchi singles to left field. Yasushi Makino scores. Dian Laverdeza scores. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Matt Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Ramon Kipp flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ralph Edens flies out to the right fielder. Kei Fujii pops out to the first baseman. Dunier Ibanez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Acre flies out to the right fielder. Rufe Bowles lines out to the first baseman. Tom Leber grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland David Crosby grounds out to the shortstop. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Mike Ramos flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Burt White flies out to the center fielder. Tony Mattick grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Kahdot singles to center field. Steve Kahdot steals second. Toshinori Kakimoto 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. Matt Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Chuck Talbot is pinch hitting for Toshinori Kakimoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chuck Talbot grounds out to the shortstop. Shuichi Taguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kennie Davis pitching. Bobby Carter grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ramon Kipp singles to center field. Harry Acre lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Ralph Edens pops out to the second baseman. Kei Fujii grounds out to the shortstop. Dunier Ibanez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tom Leber grounds out to the shortstop. Burt White strikes out. Tony Mattick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jerry Hahn improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Odom improves in speed Doug Vico improves in arm Jerry Hahn did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rod Marte did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Young did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Iorg did not respond to coaching in arm