Inning: 1 Oakland Barney Waldbauer pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Boom Boom Washington singles to center field. Marsh White flies out to the right fielder. Joe Hoffman lines out to the shortstop. Terry Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Marty Pena pitching. Rube Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Cafego walks. Mac Falls walks. Cap Jennings singles to left field. Mike Cafego scores. George Bowers grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Tim Yonke doubles to right field. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Plank singles to left field. Tim Yonke scores. Marty Pena lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Romeo Hobbs singles to left field. Al Embree grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Romeo Hobbs advances to second on the play. Wes McMahan grounds out to the shortstop. Barney Waldbauer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Boom Boom Washington walks. Marsh White grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Boom Boom Washington is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Hoffman walks. Terry Johnson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Hoffman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tim Yonke walks. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rube Harris flies out to the center fielder. Mike Cafego walks. Mac Falls flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Cap Jennings strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Hal Plank strikes out. Marty Pena flies out to the left fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City George Bowers singles to right field. Romeo Hobbs flies out to the right fielder. Al Embree singles to left field. Wes McMahan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Boom Boom Washington flies out to the center fielder. Marsh White grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Barney Waldbauer flies out to the center fielder. Rube Harris walks. Mike Cafego pops out to the first baseman. Mac Falls pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Terry Johnson doubles to center field. Tim Yonke grounds out to the pitcher. Dwayne Murray flies out to the right fielder. Hal Plank flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Cap Jennings hits a home run. George Bowers strikes out. Romeo Hobbs doubles to right field. Al Embree flies out to the left fielder. Wes McMahan pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Steve Detweiler is pinch hitting for Marty Pena. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Steve Detweiler strikes out. Jose Alcantara 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. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Buccaneer Gordinier pitching. Randy Reyes is pinch hitting for Jose Alcantara. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Reyes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rube Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Cafego strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Alex Kilgus pitching. Vern Charles enters the game as a defensive replacement for George Bowers at 3B. Marsh White flies out to the left fielder. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Terry Johnson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mac Falls strikes out. Cap Jennings doubles to right field. Vern Charles singles to center field. Cap Jennings uses his aggressiveness and scores. Romeo Hobbs strikes out. Al Embree singles to left field. Wes McMahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Tim Yonke flies out to the center fielder. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Plank doubles to center field. John Souza is pinch hitting for Buccaneer Gordinier. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Souza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Feller did not respond to coaching in control Bill Hutchinson did not respond to coaching in control John Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Gakeler improves in velocity Carr Thornton did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brian Carsey improves in contact_vs_lefty Brian Carsey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Roger Hiller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Baker improves in range Brian Carsey did not respond to coaching in 3B