Win: Les Madison (6-12) Loss: Banmei Mori (6-13)
Save: Ed Hechinger (32)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Banmei Mori pitching. Steve Kahdot strikes out. Tony Mattick flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Hahn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Les Madison pitching. Howie Shanley reached on a 2-base fielding error by Tony Mattick. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Yasushi Makino flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Lowry walks. Patrick Dubois flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Mullen strikes out. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Ballard grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Shuichi Taguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Yorelvis Barroso strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tom Leber grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Lopez grounds out to the third baseman. Les Madison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Banmei Mori strikes out. Howie Shanley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Steve Kahdot strikes out. Tony Mattick flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Hahn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Yasushi Makino grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lefty Lowry singles to center field. Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Shuichi Taguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Mullen singles to left field. Rufe Bowles grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Fred Ballard walks. Fred Ballard is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Pete Delgado grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the center fielder. Banmei Mori strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tom Leber grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Lopez singles to right field. Les Madison lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Steve Kahdot singles to center field. Matt Lopez scores. Steve Kahdot steals second. Steve Kahdot is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Howie Shanley strikes out. Dunier Ibanez flies out to the left fielder. Yasushi Makino grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tony Mattick singles to right field. Jerry Hahn singles to center field. 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. Frank Mullen singles to right field. Tony Mattick scores. Jerry Hahn aggressively advances to third on the hit. Rufe Bowles flies out to the right fielder. Fred Ballard singles to right field. Jerry Hahn scores. Frank Mullen advances to third on the hit. Tom Leber singles to left field. Frank Mullen scores. Fred Ballard advances to third on the hit. Matt Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Fred Ballard scores. Kennie Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Madison grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tom Leber is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Lefty Lowry strikes out. Patrick Dubois flies out to the center fielder. Shuichi Taguchi grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frank Grigsby is pinch hitting for Steve Kahdot. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Grigsby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Davanon is pinch hitting for Tony Mattick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Earl Davanon singles to left field. Jerry Hahn hits a home run. Earl Davanon scores. Fred Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Mullen strikes out. Rufe Bowles pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Pete Delgado strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso doubles to center field. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Fred Orndorff. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shoji Kasai grounds out to the shortstop. Howie Shanley singles to right field. Yorelvis Barroso scores. Augie Lopez is pinch hitting for Dunier Ibanez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Augie Lopez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rangel Martinez pitching. Fred Ballard strikes out. Tom Leber flies out to the right fielder. Matt Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Yasushi Makino strikes out. Pat Morrison is pinch hitting for Lefty Lowry. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pat Morrison strikes out. Patrick Dubois hits a home run. Shuichi Taguchi singles to center field. Pete Delgado walks. Yorelvis Barroso walks. Ed Hechinger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rangel Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners LOB: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Batting:HR - Jerry Hahn (2).SF - Matt Lopez.GIDP - Rufe Bowles. Baserunning: SB - Steve Kahdot (14).CS - Steve Kahdot (8), Fred Ballard (5). Fielding: E - Tony Mattick.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnnie Schiraldi did not respond to coaching in velocity Erv Williams did not respond to coaching in control Johnnie Schiraldi did not respond to coaching in velocity Eric Nold did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Zackert did not respond to coaching in control Hal Young improves in arm Brooks Hegan did not respond to coaching in speed