Win: Bob Johnson (6-3) Loss: Arnold Caskin (5-10)
Save: Rangel Martinez (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rod Marte pitching. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the shortstop. Ramon Kipp grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Grigsby grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Arnold Caskin pitching. Dan Barthelson walks. Dunier Ibanez flies out to the center fielder. Yasushi Makino singles to right field. Dian Gonzalez walks. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Shuichi Taguchi singles to center field. Dan Barthelson scores. Yasushi Makino scores. Dian Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Pete Delgado grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tony Mattick hits a home run. Doug Vico grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Carter strikes out. Steve Kahdot doubles to center field. Tom Leber grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Marte grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Arnold Caskin strikes out. Rufe Bowles strikes out. Ramon Kipp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dunier Ibanez walks. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Dian Gonzalez doubles to center field. Dunier Ibanez is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Grigsby grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Mattick singles to center field. Doug Vico pops out to the catcher. Bobby Carter doubles to center field. Tony Mattick uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve Kahdot singles to center field. Bobby Carter scores. Tom Leber reached on a 2-base throwing error by Patrick Dubois. Arnold Caskin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Shuichi Taguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Delgado strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso singles to center field. Yorelvis Barroso steals second. Rod Marte grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rufe Bowles grounds out to the shortstop. Ramon Kipp flies out to the center fielder. Frank Grigsby walks. Tony Mattick walks. Bob Johnson 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. Doug Vico grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Dan Barthelson strikes out. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Yasushi Makino hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bobby Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Kahdot singles to left field. Tom Leber singles to right field. Arnold Caskin lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rufe Bowles strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Patrick Dubois singles to left field. Shuichi Taguchi grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pete Delgado singles to center field. Yorelvis Barroso singles to left field. Shuichi Taguchi scores. Pete Delgado advances to third on the hit. Bob Johnson walks. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pete Delgado scores. Yorelvis Barroso advances to third on the play. Bob Johnson advances to second on the play. Roy Duckworth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ramon Kipp grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Tony Mattick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Yasushi Makino flies out to the left fielder. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Patrick Dubois singles to center field. Shuichi Taguchi walks. Pete Delgado grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Shuichi Taguchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Doug Vico grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Carter flies out to the right fielder. Steve Kahdot walks. Steve Kahdot steals second. Rangel Martinez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Tom Leber strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the third baseman. Rangel Martinez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dan Barthelson walks. Dunier Ibanez walks. Yasushi Makino grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dunier Ibanez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Fred Ballard is pinch hitting for Roy Duckworth. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fred Ballard strikes out. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the third baseman. Ramon Kipp lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Oakland total runners left on base: 11
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Huck Fauver did not respond to coaching in control Pat Nen did not respond to coaching in arm Dale Wisner improves in arm Les Hargrove did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Andy Warthen improves in control Weldon Jones did not respond to coaching in endurance Weldon Jones did not respond to coaching in control