Win: Chris Rosario (5-2) Loss: Toshinori Kakimoto (3-3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Arnold Caskin pitching. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Kei Fujii strikes out. Dunier Ibanez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Gene Daly pitching. Gene Christopher grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Mullen pops out to the first baseman. Steve Kahdot grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland David Crosby grounds out to the second baseman. Yasushi Makino hits a home run. Mike Ramos walks. Lefty Lowry grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tony Mattick lines out to the shortstop. Jerry Hahn grounds out to the second baseman. Rufe Bowles walks. Tom Leber walks. Matt Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Shuichi Taguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Daly strikes out. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Arnold Caskin grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Christopher pops out to the third baseman. Frank Mullen walks. Frank Mullen steals second. Steve Kahdot pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Kei Fujii lines out to the first baseman. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. David Crosby hits a home run. Yasushi Makino walks. Mike Ramos flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tony Mattick walks. Jerry Hahn singles to center field. Rufe Bowles triples. Tony Mattick scores. Jerry Hahn scores. Tom Leber grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rufe Bowles scores. Matt Lopez singles to left field. Arnold Caskin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gene Christopher flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Lefty Lowry reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tom Leber. Shuichi Taguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Daly grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson singles to right field. Lefty Lowry scores. Kei Fujii grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Mullen strikes out. Steve Kahdot hits a home run. Tony Mattick singles to left field. Jerry Hahn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tony Mattick is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jerry Hahn steals second. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Dunier Ibanez singles to center field. David Crosby strikes out. Yasushi Makino singles to left field. Dunier Ibanez advances to third on the hit. Mike Ramos walks. Lefty Lowry walks. Dunier Ibanez scores. Shuichi Taguchi lines out to the shortstop. Gene Daly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tom Leber singles to right field. Matt Lopez strikes out. Tom Leber steals second. Arnold Caskin strikes out. Gene Christopher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dan Barthelson strikes out. Kei Fujii strikes out. Dunier Ibanez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rangel Martinez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Mullen flies out to the left fielder. Steve Kahdot grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Mattick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland David Crosby strikes out. Yasushi Makino singles to center field. Mike Ramos lines out to the shortstop. Lefty Lowry walks. Fred Simon 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. Shuichi Taguchi doubles to left field. Yasushi Makino scores. Yorelvis Barroso is pinch hitting for Rangel Martinez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Red Zerbe pitching. Jerry Hahn walks. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Hahn advances to second on the play. Tom Leber strikes out. Matt Lopez singles to center field. Jerry Hahn scores. Ramon Kipp is pinch hitting for Fred Simon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ramon Kipp grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Chris Rosario pitching. Dan Barthelson lines out to the shortstop. Kei Fujii pops out to the first baseman. Dunier Ibanez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Toshinori Kakimoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Christopher walks. Gene Christopher steals second. Frank Mullen singles to right field. Gene Christopher scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Batting:3B - Rufe Bowles (9).HR - Steve Kahdot (21). Baserunning: SB - Gene Christopher (18), Frank Mullen (18), Jerry Hahn (14), Tom Leber (28). Fielding: E - Tom Leber.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Phenomenal Hershberger did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Shirley did not respond to coaching in velocity Trevor Easterday did not respond to coaching in range
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tommy Beene did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnnie Schiraldi did not respond to coaching in endurance Harry Drabowsky did not respond to coaching in velocity Russ Pujols did not respond to coaching in CF