Win: Luke Perkins (5-7) Loss: Walter Easterly (6-13)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Walter Easterly pitching. Tsutomu Kadota singles to center field. Tsutomu Kadota steals second. Irv Barthelson grounds out to the shortstop. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to right field. Tsutomu Kadota scores. Ross Rohr-Beck steals second. Juan Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Luke Perkins pitching. John Konnick strikes out. Pop Leppert flies out to the center fielder. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Clay Irwin walks. Randy McElwee flies out to the center fielder. Reid Nicholson pops out to the second baseman. Luke Perkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Yoandry Orta walks. Harry Renteria grounds out to the pitcher. Yoandry Orta advances to second on the play. Elliot Pierre singles to right field. Joe Reis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tsutomu Kadota singles to center field. Irv Barthelson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tsutomu Kadota is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Walter Easterly flies out to the right fielder. John Konnick walks. Pop Leppert flies out to the left fielder. Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Juan Schmidt hits a home run. Clay Irwin grounds out to the third baseman. Randy McElwee strikes out. Reid Nicholson singles to right field. Luke Perkins singles to left field. Reid Nicholson advances to third on the hit. Tsutomu Kadota strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Ray Harlow strikes out. Yoandry Orta flies out to the left fielder. Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Irv Barthelson flies out to the center fielder. Varney Crutcher flies out to the center fielder. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Elliot Pierre grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Reis flies out to the right fielder. Walter Easterly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Juan Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Clay Irwin singles to left field. Clay Irwin is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Randy McElwee lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland John Konnick strikes out. Pop Leppert grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn singles to center field. Ray Harlow strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Reid Nicholson strikes out. Luke Perkins grounds out to the pitcher. Tsutomu Kadota grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Yoandry Orta grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Renteria grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Elliot Pierre grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Huck Crist 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. Irv Barthelson strikes out. Varney Crutcher is hit by a pitch. Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Juan Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Clay Irwin hits a home run. Varney Crutcher scores. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Angel Link comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Randy McElwee doubles to right field. Reid Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for Joe Reis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Otie Shepherd 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. Otie Shepherd gets picked off first. John Konnick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Burt Settlemire pitching. Luke Perkins flies out to the left fielder. Jay Brewster is pinch hitting for Tsutomu Kadota. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jay Brewster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Irv Barthelson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Pop Leppert pops out to the shortstop. Eric Stephenson is pinch hitting for Dave Blackburn. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Eric Stephenson strikes out. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Shane Judnich improves in contact_vs_lefty Atsushi Ito did not respond to coaching in arm Fred Scalzi did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Higgins did not respond to coaching in control Joe Higgins improves in velocity Shane Judnich did not respond to coaching in speed
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tod Gomez did not respond to coaching in control Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in arm Ken Perkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Perkins did not respond to coaching in control Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C