Win: Bill Massa (13-11) Loss: Madison Bumgarner (9-3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Massa pitching. Bob Yount strikes out. Chase Tanner flies out to the center fielder. Hal Acosta singles to center field. Nomar Garciappara singles to center field. Ken Griffey Jr. strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Madison Bumgarner pitching. Jim Gilbert singles to center field. Jim Gilbert steals second. Ron Callahan grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Gilbert advances to third on the play. Scott Ruffing doubles to left field. Jim Gilbert scores. Neal Chappelle strikes out. Keenan McCoy walks. Pat Hargrave singles to left field. Scott Ruffing scores. Keenan McCoy advances to third on the hit. Charlie Ritchey pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Roy Peacock strikes out. Royce Lewis singles in front of the center fielder. Pedro Cahill strikes out. Madison Bumgarner walks. Bob Yount singles to right field. Royce Lewis scores. Madison Bumgarner advances to third on the hit. Chase Tanner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tom Eusebio grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Massa strikes out. Jim Gilbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Hal Acosta grounds out to the second baseman. Nomar Garciappara pops out to the third baseman. Ken Griffey Jr. strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ron Callahan grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Ruffing walks. Neal Chappelle singles to center field. Scott Ruffing advances to third on the hit. Keenan McCoy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Peacock strikes out. Royce Lewis grounds out to the second baseman. Pedro Cahill grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pat Hargrave strikes out. Charlie Ritchey singles to left field. Tom Eusebio flies out to the center fielder. Bill Massa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Madison Bumgarner grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Yount flies out to the left fielder. Chase Tanner pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jim Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Callahan pops out to the pitcher. Scott Ruffing singles to left field. Neal Chappelle pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Hal Acosta singles to center field. Nomar Garciappara strikes out. Ken Griffey Jr. strikes out. Roy Peacock walks. Royce Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Keenan McCoy strikes out. Pat Hargrave singles to left field. Charlie Ritchey hits a home run. Pat Hargrave scores. Joe Nathan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Eusebio walks. Bill Massa lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Gilbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Pedro Cahill strikes out. Bobby Barr is pinch hitting for Joe Nathan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Bobby Barr grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bob Yount grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Eddie Guardado. pitching. Ron Callahan flies out to the left fielder. Scott Ruffing strikes out. Neal Chappelle lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jose Kaline enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pat Hargrave at 2B. Bill Oertel 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. Chase Tanner grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Acosta singles to left field. Nomar Garciappara lines out to the third baseman. Hal Acosta is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Keenan McCoy flies out to the right fielder. Jose Kaline singles to center field. Charlie Ritchey hits a home run. Jose Kaline scores. Carlos Silva comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Eusebio strikes out. Stan Javier is pinch hitting for Bill Oertel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Stan Javier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ferdie Hodge pitching. Ken Griffey Jr. flies out to the right fielder. Roy Peacock grounds out to the shortstop. Royce Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Robinson Cano improves in arm John Smith did not respond to coaching in control Robinson Cano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George Chervinko improves in contact_vs_lefty Carlos Allen did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kent Wallace did not respond to coaching in control Lee Ferrara did not respond to coaching in speed Kent Wallace improves in velocity Lee Ferrara did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Levine did not respond to coaching in CF