Win: Bill Monoboquette (1-4) Loss: Fez O"Neill (4-4)
Save: George Lipetri (6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Fez O Neill pitching. Jay Rolen strikes out. Sam Bielaski strikes out. Bruce Spongberg walks. Aaron Doyle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Buck Barberie pitching. Kojiro Takagi strikes out. Art Vandelay grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Goode flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Wilhelm triples. Frank Rauch grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Wilhelm scores. Josh Reynolds singles in front of the center fielder. George Sanders pops out to the second baseman. Buck Barberie grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Josh Reynolds is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ricky LaFleur flies out to the left fielder. Carmen Berzatto flies out to the left fielder. Richie Harrow singles to left field. Richie Harrow steals second. Klaus Hargreaves grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jay Rolen flies out to the right fielder. Sam Bielaski flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ty Burmingham singles to right field. Fez O Neill lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kojiro Takagi strikes out. Art Vandelay flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Aaron Doyle flies out to the right fielder. Frank Wilhelm doubles to center field. Frank Rauch singles to center field. Frank Wilhelm scores. Josh Reynolds triples. Frank Rauch scores. George Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Josh Reynolds scores. Buck Barberie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Goode flies out to the right fielder. Ricky LaFleur walks. Carmen Berzatto walks. Richie Harrow walks. Klaus Hargreaves singles to center field. Ricky LaFleur scores. Carmen Berzatto scores. Ty Burmingham strikes out. Fez O Neill singles to left field. Kojiro Takagi walks. Richie Harrow scores. Art Vandelay singles to right field. Klaus Hargreaves scores. Fez O Neill is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jay Rolen walks. Jay Rolen steals second. Klaus Hargreaves throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Sam Bielaski singles to left field. Jay Rolen scores. Eddie Valiant comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Spongberg flies out to the left fielder. Aaron Doyle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Sam Bielaski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Wilhelm strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Roy Goode singles to left field. Ricky LaFleur singles to right field. Carmen Berzatto flies out to the center fielder. Richie Harrow strikes out. Klaus Hargreaves grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ricky LaFleur is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Frank Rauch strikes out. Josh Reynolds grounds out to the third baseman. George Sanders singles to center field. Buck Barberie grounds into a force play to the shortstop. George Sanders is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ty Burmingham grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Alvis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Eddie Valiant singles to left field. Kojiro Takagi grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eddie Valiant is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Art Vandelay grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jay Rolen flies out to the left fielder. Sam Bielaski singles to left field. Bruce Spongberg strikes out. Sam Bielaski is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Roy Goode singles to center field. Roy Goode is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ricky LaFleur singles to center field. Ricky LaFleur is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Carmen Berzatto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Aaron Doyle strikes out. Frank Wilhelm walks. Frank Rauch walks. Josh Reynolds grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Richie Harrow singles to center field. Klaus Hargreaves singles to center field. Cy Brunson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ty Burmingham strikes out. Tyler Smith is pinch hitting for Eddie Valiant. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tyler Smith strikes out. Kojiro Takagi grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yoshiro Sekine pitching. George Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Al Smith is pinch hitting for Cy Brunson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Smith flies out to the left fielder. Jay Rolen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland George Lipetri pitching. Art Vandelay grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Goode grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ricky LaFleur singles to center field. Carmen Berzatto singles to right field. Ricky LaFleur advances to third on the hit. Richie Harrow flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sparky Manning did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Taylor improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Taylor improves in range Greg Garrison improves in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jake Jarmel did not respond to coaching in speed Jake Jarmel improves in power_vs_righty Alex Smith did not respond to coaching in control Tom Bordagaray did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Sacamano did not respond to coaching in 3B