Win: Angel Link (12-4) Loss: Cliff Fuentes (5-14)
Save: Bill Giovanola (29)
Inning: 1 Oakland Cliff Fuentes pitching. Epps Mattox flies out to the right fielder. Pop Leppert walks. Dave Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Ray Harlow strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Kissinger pitching. Ross Rohr-Beck pops out to the second baseman. Bobby Rooney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan Schmidt singles to right field. Reid Nicholson walks. Randy McElwee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Ken Stromme flies out to the center fielder. Harry Renteria hits a home run. Elliot Pierre flies out to the center fielder. Joe Reis singles to right field. Joe Kissinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bob Brantley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clay Irwin singles to left field. Ed Gregory strikes out. Cliff Fuentes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Epps Mattox walks. Pop Leppert walks. Dave Blackburn doubles to left field. Epps Mattox scores. Pop Leppert uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Harlow singles to right field. Dave Blackburn scores. Harry Romero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Stromme grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Ray Harlow advances to second on the play. Harry Renteria walks. Elliot Pierre pops out to the second baseman. Joe Reis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Rooney grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Schmidt hits a home run. Reid Nicholson walks. Randy McElwee grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Reid Nicholson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Joe Kissinger singles past the second baseman. Epps Mattox grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pop Leppert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Brantley flies out to the center fielder. Clay Irwin strikes out. Ed Gregory flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave Blackburn flies out to the left fielder. Ray Harlow pops out to the shortstop. Ken Stromme walks. Harry Renteria grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Harry Romero strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to center field. Angel Link 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. Bobby Rooney grounds out to the shortstop. Ross Rohr-Beck advances to second on the play. Juan Schmidt hits a home run. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Reid Nicholson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Elliot Pierre doubles to center field. Joe Reis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Elliot Pierre advances to third on the play. Billy Macias comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Angel Link grounds out to the shortstop. Elliot Pierre scores. Epps Mattox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Randy McElwee grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Brantley hits a home run. Clay Irwin lines out to the second baseman. Ed Gregory walks. Billy Macias grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Gregory is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Pop Leppert grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Harlow reached on a fielding error by Juan Schmidt. Ray Harlow steals second. Ken Stromme grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ross Rohr-Beck strikes out. Bobby Rooney flies out to the center fielder. Juan Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Harry Renteria singles to center field. Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for Elliot Pierre. Otie Shepherd lines out to the shortstop. Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. John Konnick is pinch hitting for Angel Link. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Konnick walks. Epps Mattox pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Huck Crist pitching. Reid Nicholson pops out to the second baseman. Randy McElwee strikes out. Bob Brantley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Pop Leppert pops out to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Ray Harlow flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Giovanola comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Clay Irwin strikes out. Ed Gregory singles to left field. Irv Barthelson is pinch hitting for Billy Macias. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Irv Barthelson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in velocity Andre Wehmeier improves in contact_vs_righty Tod Gomez did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Lint improves in arm Butch Backman did not respond to coaching in velocity Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in control Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Yusaku Okamoto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lefty Morley did not respond to coaching in range Atsushi Ito did not respond to coaching in speed Lefty Morley improves in arm Atsushi Ito did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Yusaku Okamoto improves in power_vs_righty