Win: John LaRue (6-15) Loss: Dal Rose (9-13)
Save: Jim Brookens (28)
Inning: 1 Oakland Dal Rose pitching. Irv Brittin walks. Murphy Strange walks. Tom Meyer grounds out to the second baseman. Irv Brittin advances to third on the play. Murphy Strange advances to second on the play. John Trotter hits a home run. Irv Brittin scores. Murphy Strange scores. Satoshi Watanabe grounds out to the second baseman. Pepper Mays grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City John LaRue pitching. Tom Tiernan singles in front of the center fielder. Squiz Hudson walks. Eddie Becker strikes out. Butch Newsome grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Duke Voiselle grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Elliott grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John LaRue grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dick Ankiel singles to left field. Wickey Wise pops out to the first baseman. Chuck Pazik grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Dick Ankiel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Max Boehler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Irv Brittin strikes out. Murphy Strange singles to left field. Tom Meyer reached on a fielding error by Max Boehler. John Trotter pops out to the shortstop. Satoshi Watanabe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dal Rose grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Tiernan strikes out. Squiz Hudson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Pepper Mays is hit by a pitch. Duke Voiselle singles to center field. Pepper Mays advances to third on the hit. Bob Elliott singles to center field. Pepper Mays scores. John LaRue fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John LaRue grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Duke Voiselle advances to third on the play. Irv Brittin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Eddie Becker singles to right field. Butch Newsome singles to center field. Eddie Becker advances to third on the hit. Dick Ankiel walks. Wickey Wise walks. Eddie Becker scores. Chuck Pazik strikes out. Max Boehler lines out to the third baseman. Dal Rose lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Murphy Strange strikes out. Tom Meyer singles to right field. John Trotter pops out to the third baseman. Satoshi Watanabe grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Meyer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tom Tiernan reached on a 2-base fielding error by Murphy Strange. Squiz Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Becker strikes out. Butch Newsome flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Pepper Mays singles to left field. Duke Voiselle strikes out. Bob Elliott strikes out. John LaRue strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dick Ankiel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wickey Wise flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Pazik flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Irv Brittin pops out to the first baseman. Murphy Strange pops out to the first baseman. Tom Meyer walks. John Trotter singles to left field. Satoshi Watanabe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Max Boehler grounds out to the second baseman. Noriyoshi Tezuka is pinch hitting for Dal Rose. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Noriyoshi Tezuka grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Tiernan singles to left field. Squiz Hudson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Klaus Kustus pitching. Pepper Mays hits a home run. Duke Voiselle walks. Bob Elliott strikes out. John LaRue lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Eddie Becker doubles to center field. Butch Newsome grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eddie Becker advances to third on the play. Dick Ankiel singles to right field. Eddie Becker scores. Wickey Wise grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Ankiel advances to second on the play. Chuck Pazik flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Irv Brittin singles to right field. Murphy Strange grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Irv Brittin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Meyer grounds out to the third baseman. Murphy Strange advances to second on the play. John Trotter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Gary Keisler enters the game as a defensive replacement for Irv Brittin at 2B. Zaza Peters enters the game as a defensive replacement for Duke Voiselle at C. Jim Brookens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Max Boehler flies out to the left fielder. Mutz Snover is pinch hitting for Klaus Kustus. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mutz Snover strikes out. Tom Tiernan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Bankhead did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Torres improves in power_vs_lefty Alvaro Boone did not respond to coaching in range Keith Wilkins did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Torres improves in power_vs_lefty Stu Moore did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brian Krueger did not respond to coaching in range Bob Bell improves in arm Sam Cary did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Krueger did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hal Garman did not respond to coaching in speed Pete Torres improves in power_vs_lefty Charlie Coleman improves in SS