Win: Dennis Sanicki (20-6) Loss: Jim Seales (11-10)
Save: Yam Martz (39)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jim Seales pitching. Ron Felton walks. Rich Weston flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Perrin grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Felton advances to second on the play. Gene Ramos flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Dennis Sanicki pitching. Derrick Orton flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Alton Hughes strikes out. William Floyd grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Noboru Asakura flies out to the center fielder. Kimiyasu Kadota strikes out. Bobby Bradford singles to left field. Bill Konieczny grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Lee Bell strikes out. Johnny DeLancey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Andy Coppola flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dennis Sanicki walks. Ron Felton flies out to the center fielder. Rich Weston singles to left field. Bruce Perrin strikes out. Gene Ramos grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rich Weston is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Ward grounds out to the second baseman. Red Kerr strikes out. Jim Seales singles to center field. Derrick Orton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Noboru Asakura flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Kimiyasu Kadota hits a home run. Bobby Bradford strikes out. Bill Konieczny singles to left field. Dennis Sanicki doubles past the first baseman. Bill Konieczny is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Alton Hughes grounds out to the second baseman. William Floyd doubles to center field. Lee Bell walks. William Floyd steals third. Johnny DeLancey grounds out to the second baseman. William Floyd scores. Lee Bell advances to second on the play. Andy Coppola strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ron Felton walks. Rich Weston walks. Bruce Perrin singles to left field. Ron Felton scores. Rich Weston advances to third on the hit. Gene Ramos pops out to the shortstop. Noboru Asakura singles to center field. Rich Weston scores. Kimiyasu Kadota strikes out. Bobby Bradford strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Ward grounds out to the second baseman. Red Kerr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Seales flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Konieczny singles to left field. Dennis Sanicki lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ron Felton singles to center field. Bill Konieczny scores. Mike DeMaestri comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Weston hits a home run. Ron Felton scores. Bruce Perrin flies out to the left fielder. Gene Ramos walks. Noboru Asakura grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gene Ramos is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Derrick Orton singles to left field. Alton Hughes walks. William Floyd flies out to the center fielder. Lee Bell walks. Johnny DeLancey strikes out. Andy Coppola reached on a fielding error by Gene Ramos. Derrick Orton scores. Bill Ward singles to left field. Alton Hughes scores. Lee Bell scores. Red Kerr walks. Mike DeMaestri strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ecky McMillan is pinch hitting for Kimiyasu Kadota. Ecky McMillan flies out to the left fielder. Dick Floyd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Bradford walks. Bobby Bradford is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Konieczny walks. Bill Konieczny steals second. Dennis Sanicki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Derrick Orton grounds out to the pitcher. Alton Hughes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). William Floyd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ron Felton grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rich Weston grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Perrin walks. Bruce Perrin steals second. Gene Ramos singles to left field. Bruce Perrin scores. Jack Bechtel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Noboru Asakura flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Lee Bell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny DeLancey pops out to the first baseman. Andy Coppola triples. Frank Melvin 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. Bill Ward flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ecky McMillan grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Bradford doubles to right field. Bill Konieczny reached on a 2-base throwing error by Andy Coppola. Bobby Bradford scores. Harry Gastright is pinch hitting for Frank Melvin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Gastright grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Konieczny advances to third on the play. Ron Felton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Dwight Monchak pitching. Red Kerr strikes out. Oscar Smith is pinch hitting for Jack Bechtel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Oscar Smith hits an infield single to the second baseman. Derrick Orton doubles to center field. Yam Martz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Alton Hughes flies out to the center fielder. William Floyd strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Frank Melvin is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gibby Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Peguero improves in power_vs_lefty Joe McGaffigan did not respond to coaching in control Claude Hernandez improves in power_vs_righty Irv Curry improves in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Dave Rhawn improves in power_vs_righty Wilbur Hutchings improves in power_vs_lefty Al Hines did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Too few eligible players, Missed Improvement Chance. Ineligible players: Mario Connolly.