Win: Bill Behenna (16-7) Loss: Charlie Howell (8-9)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Charlie Howell pitching. Noboru Asakura walks. Noboru Asakura steals second. Bruce Perrin pops out to the second baseman. Gene Ramos flies out to the center fielder. Ecky McMillan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Behenna pitching. Derrick Orton strikes out. Alton Hughes singles to left field. William Floyd lines out to the second baseman. Lee Bell singles to right field. Alton Hughes advances to third on the hit. Mario Connolly pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bobby Bradford singles to right field. Bobby Bradford steals second. William Floyd throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Rich Weston flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bobby Bradford scores. Harry Gastright flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Moffett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Brent Cox strikes out. Johnny DeLancey grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Coppola doubles to left field. Charlie Howell pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Behenna strikes out. Noboru Asakura flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Perrin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Derrick Orton pops out to the third baseman. Alton Hughes walks. William Floyd grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Gene Ramos singles to center field. Ecky McMillan hits a home run. Gene Ramos scores. Bobby Bradford grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Weston flies out to the center fielder. Harry Gastright singles to center field. Carlos Moffett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Lee Bell pops out to the second baseman. Mario Connolly walks. Brent Cox grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mario Connolly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Johnny DeLancey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bill Behenna grounds out to the third baseman. Noboru Asakura grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Perrin grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Andy Coppola singles in front of the center fielder. Charlie Howell lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Derrick Orton strikes out. Alton Hughes singles to left field. Andy Coppola scores. Alton Hughes steals second. William Floyd pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Gene Ramos singles to right field. Ecky McMillan grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Ramos advances to second on the play. Alou 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. Bobby Bradford flies out to the center fielder. Rich Weston grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Lee Bell strikes out. Mario Connolly flies out to the center fielder. Brent Cox flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Harry Gastright singles to center field. Carlos Moffett singles to center field. Bill Behenna lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Noboru Asakura strikes out. Bruce Perrin grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Johnny DeLancey flies out to the right fielder. Andy Coppola grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Alou grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gene Ramos singles to left field. Ecky McMillan lines out to the third baseman. Bobby Bradford flies out to the center fielder. Rich Weston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Kimiyasu Kadota enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ecky McMillan at RF. Derrick Orton grounds out to the third baseman. Alton Hughes grounds out to the second baseman. William Floyd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Harry Gastright grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Moffett strikes out. Irv McFadden is pinch hitting for Bill Behenna. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Irv McFadden doubles to left field. Noboru Asakura hits a home run. Irv McFadden scores. Jack Bechtel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Perrin singles to right field. Gene Ramos grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bruce Perrin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Frank Melvin pitching. Lee Bell singles to left field. Mario Connolly strikes out. Brent Cox flies out to the center fielder. Johnny DeLancey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Eddie Chadbourne did not respond to coaching in velocity Gibby Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Pettee did not respond to coaching in control Irv Curry improves in power_vs_righty Irv Curry did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Hack Lowe improves in velocity Sam Karsay did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Farrell improves in contact_vs_lefty Steve Johnson improves in range