Win: Johnny Dykstra (2-2) Loss: Eddie Valiant (4-2)
Save: Tim Arnsberg (4)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ronald Dacey pitching. Bruce Spongberg singles in front of the right fielder. Doug Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Aaron Doyle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Bob Rodas pitching. Murray Bauman flies out to the left fielder. Kei Kinimaka grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Sacamano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Ryan strikes out. Frank Wilhelm walks. Frank Rauch flies out to the center fielder. Josh Reynolds grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ty Burmingham hits a home run. Kojiro Takagi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Klaus Hargreaves flies out to the center fielder. Jasper Winslow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Steve Hodkey grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Rodas singles to left field. Bruce Spongberg strikes out. Doug Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jake Jarmel strikes out. Ronald Dacey singles to center field. Murray Bauman singles to left field. Kei Kinimaka grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Aaron Doyle singles to right field. Ed Ryan grounds out to the pitcher. Aaron Doyle advances to second on the play. Frank Wilhelm strikes out. Frank Rauch grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Sacamano pops out to the second baseman. Ty Burmingham grounds out to the second baseman. Kojiro Takagi reached on a 2-base throwing error by Josh Reynolds. Klaus Hargreaves lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Josh Reynolds grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Hodkey lines out to the second baseman. Bob Rodas doubles to center field. Bruce Spongberg singles past the shortstop. Bob Rodas scores. Bruce Spongberg is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jasper Winslow singles to left field. Jake Jarmel flies out to the center fielder. Ronald Dacey lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Murray Bauman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Doug Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Aaron Doyle flies out to the left fielder. Ed Ryan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Kei Kinimaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Sacamano grounds out to the second baseman. Ty Burmingham singles to left field. Ty Burmingham steals second. Kojiro Takagi singles to left field. Ty Burmingham scores. Kojiro Takagi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Wilhelm singles to right field. Frank Rauch flies out to the center fielder. Josh Reynolds singles to right field. Frank Wilhelm advances to third on the hit. Steve Hodkey singles to center field. Frank Wilhelm scores. Bob Rodas fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bob Rodas strikes out. Bruce Spongberg singles to left field. Josh Reynolds scores. Steve Hodkey advances to third on the hit. Bruce Spongberg is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Roy Goode is pinch hitting for Klaus Hargreaves. Roy Goode singles to right field. Roy Goode steals second. Jasper Winslow singles to center field. Roy Goode scores. Jake Jarmel walks. Art Vandelay is pinch hitting for Ronald Dacey. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Art Vandelay walks. Murray Bauman flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jasper Winslow is thrown out at the plate. Kei Kinimaka walks. Johnny Dykstra 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. Bob Sacamano grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Eddie Valiant pitching. Tyler Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Roy Goode at C. Doug Smith flies out to the center fielder. Aaron Doyle strikes out. Ed Ryan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ty Burmingham strikes out. Kojiro Takagi grounds out to the shortstop. Tyler Smith walks. Jasper Winslow singles to left field. Tyler Smith advances to third on the hit. Jake Jarmel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Rauch grounds out to the second baseman. Josh Reynolds singles to left field. Josh Reynolds steals second. Steve Hodkey singles to center field. Josh Reynolds scores. Jose McWilliams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Smith is pinch hitting for Johnny Dykstra. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Tim Arnsberg pitching. Richie Harrow is pinch hitting for Jose McWilliams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Richie Harrow reached on a fielding error by Doug Smith. Richie Harrow is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Murray Bauman strikes out. Kei Kinimaka pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ray Miller did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Garrison did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Elmer Clark did not respond to coaching in control Bob Slattery improves in speed Johnny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hobbes Watterson improves in power_vs_righty Julian Pankratz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Takashi Kodama did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Yukichi Tamayama did not respond to coaching in speed