Win: Jiro Watanabe (3-4) Loss: Chris Rosario (4-4)
Save: Fred Orndorff (14)
Inning: 1 Oakland Harry Drabowsky pitching. Dan Barthelson flies out to the left fielder. Augie Lopez is hit by a pitch. Coot Higgins pops out to the first baseman. Augie Lopez steals second. Dian Gonzalez singles to center field. Augie Lopez scores. Patrick Dubois singles to right field. Dian Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Shuichi Taguchi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dian Laverdeza pitching. Ramon Kipp singles to right field. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Ramon Kipp steals second. Doug Vico pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Carter singles to center field. Ramon Kipp scores. Tom Leber grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Pete Delgado strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the third baseman. Dian Laverdeza pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Earl Davanon strikes out. Fred Ballard grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Mullen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dan Barthelson pops out to the third baseman. Augie Lopez strikes out. Coot Higgins pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Harry Drabowsky grounds out to the shortstop. Ramon Kipp strikes out. Frank Grigsby flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dian Gonzalez doubles to center field. Patrick Dubois singles to right field. Dian Gonzalez scores. Patrick Dubois steals second. Shuichi Taguchi singles past the shortstop. Patrick Dubois scores. Pete Delgado doubles to left field. Shuichi Taguchi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the right fielder. Dian Laverdeza strikes out. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Doug Vico strikes out. Bobby Carter singles to right field. Tom Leber doubles to right field. Earl Davanon grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Ballard singles to right field. Bobby Carter scores. Tom Leber scores. Fred Ballard steals second. Frank Mullen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Augie Lopez strikes out. Coot Higgins singles to left field. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Patrick Dubois pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Harry Drabowsky strikes out. Ramon Kipp lines out to the pitcher. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Shuichi Taguchi flies out to the center fielder. Pete Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Yorelvis Barroso pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Doug Vico walks. Bobby Carter reached on a 2-base throwing error by Patrick Dubois. Jiro Watanabe 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. Tom Leber strikes out. Earl Davanon flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Doug Vico scores. Fred Ballard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Chris Rosario comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Morrison is pinch hitting for Jiro Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson pops out to the shortstop. Augie Lopez reached on a fielding error by Frank Mullen. Coot Higgins hits a home run. Augie Lopez scores. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Kennie Davis pitching. Frank Mullen strikes out. Dick Wilson is pinch hitting for Chris Rosario. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Wilson strikes out. Ramon Kipp grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Fred Simon pitching. Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Shuichi Taguchi strikes out. Pete Delgado singles to center field. Yorelvis Barroso singles to right field. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Kennie Davis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shoji Kasai grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Fred Orndorff pitching. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Doug Vico grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Carter singles to center field. Tom Leber grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Dan Barthelson grounds out to the third baseman. Augie Lopez grounds out to the pitcher. Coot Higgins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Earl Davanon singles to left field. Fred Ballard strikes out. Frank Mullen flies out to the left fielder. Matt Lopez is pinch hitting for Fred Simon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Matt Lopez walks. Ramon Kipp grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Pat Morrison is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Zackert improves in control Trevor Easterday improves in power_vs_righty Trevor Easterday did not respond to coaching in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dave Dawley improves in control John Lezcano improves in velocity Huck Fauver improves in velocity Les Hargrove did not respond to coaching in 1B