Win: Jack Jones (11-11) Loss: Luke Perkins (5-11)
Save: Bill Giovanola (30)
Inning: 1 Oakland Luke Perkins pitching. Epps Mattox hits a home run. Pop Leppert grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Blackburn walks. Ray Harlow strikes out. Ken Stromme doubles to right field. Dave Blackburn uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Konnick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jack Jones pitching. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Rooney reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pop Leppert. Juan Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Reid Nicholson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Elliot Pierre flies out to the right fielder. Joe Reis strikes out. Jack Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Randy McElwee strikes out. Bob Brantley grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Irwin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Epps Mattox walks. Epps Mattox steals second. Pop Leppert doubles to left field. Epps Mattox scores. Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Stromme singles to center field. Pop Leppert scores. Steve Finley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Konnick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Gregory hits a home run. Steve Finley pops out to the first baseman. Ross Rohr-Beck walks. Bobby Rooney pops out to the first baseman. Juan Schmidt singles to right field. Ross Rohr-Beck advances to third on the hit. Reid Nicholson singles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Juan Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Randy McElwee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Elliot Pierre singles to center field. Elliot Pierre steals second. Joe Reis walks. Jack Jones pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Epps Mattox singles to left field. Elliot Pierre scores. Ron Mails comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pop Leppert singles to left field. Dave Blackburn singles to center field. Joe Reis scores. Epps Mattox scores. Pop Leppert advances to third on the hit. Ray Harlow walks. Ken Stromme walks. Pop Leppert scores. John Konnick grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Brantley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clay Irwin strikes out. Ed Gregory singles to center field. Ron Mails singles to right field. Ed Gregory advances to third on the hit. Ross Rohr-Beck flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Elliot Pierre reached on a fielding error by Juan Schmidt. Elliot Pierre steals second. Joe Reis doubles to center field. Elliot Pierre scores. Jack Jones fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jack Jones reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ed Gregory. Joe Reis scores. Epps Mattox strikes out. Pop Leppert singles to left field. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Ray Harlow grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bobby Rooney doubles to right field. Juan Schmidt strikes out. Reid Nicholson strikes out. Randy McElwee singles to center field. Bobby Rooney scores. Bob Brantley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ken Stromme grounds out to the second baseman. John Konnick strikes out. Elliot Pierre grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Clay Irwin singles to left field. Ed Gregory grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Burt Settlemire 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. Ron Mails lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Reis flies out to the left fielder. Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for Burt Settlemire. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Otie Shepherd pops out to the first baseman. Epps Mattox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Giovanola pitching. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Rooney reached on a fielding error by John Konnick. Juan Schmidt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Pop Leppert grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Blackburn singles to left field. Harry Caldwell is pinch hitting for Ray Harlow. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Blackburn steals second. Harry Caldwell grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Stromme flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Reid Nicholson strikes out. Randy McElwee singles to left field. Bob Brantley grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Randy McElwee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Clay Irwin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland John Konnick walks. Ted Peltz is pinch hitting for Elliot Pierre. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ted Peltz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Konnick is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Reis singles to left field. Ted Peltz advances to third on the hit. Bill Giovanola flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ted Peltz scores. Epps Mattox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed Gregory flies out to the right fielder. Ron Mails strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Pop Leppert (20), Ken Stromme (16), Joe Reis (26).HR - Epps Mattox (25).SF - Bill Giovanola.GIDP - John Konnick. Baserunning: SB - Epps Mattox (19), Dave Blackburn (6), Elliot Pierre 2 (11). Fielding: E - Pop Leppert, John Konnick.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Vern Branson improves in power_vs_lefty Bobo Riles did not respond to coaching in control Barry McGunnigle improves in speed Billy Shirley improves in range Barry McGunnigle improves in power_vs_righty Steve Brucker improves in contact_vs_righty 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: Lefty Morley improves in contact_vs_lefty Gene Farner did not respond to coaching in velocity Clete Schoonmaker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Harl Mercedes did not respond to coaching in arm Pete Haad did not respond to coaching in range Fred Scalzi improves in velocity