Win: Lee Works (12-13) Loss: Mitch Blankenship (7-8)
Inning: 1 Oakland Lee Works pitching. Murphy Strange grounds out to the third baseman. Alvaro Boone singles to center field. Bob Elliott strikes out. Pepper Mays pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Mitch Blankenship pitching. Tom Tiernan doubles to center field. Leo Townsend strikes out. Chuck Pazik singles to left field. Tom Tiernan scores. Hal Garman strikes out. Odell Glanville doubles to center field. Mutz Snover walks. Bobby Prendergast grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Tom Meyer strikes out. Bill Torres singles to center field. Bill Torres steals second. Babe Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Pat Poole strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Works grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Tiernan walks. Leo Townsend strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Mitch Blankenship strikes out. Murphy Strange flies out to the left fielder. Alvaro Boone strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Chuck Pazik strikes out. Hal Garman lines out to the second baseman. Odell Glanville doubles to center field. Mutz Snover flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Pepper Mays strikes out. Tom Meyer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bobby Prendergast grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Harris singles to left field. Joe Harris steals second. Lee Works strikes out. Tom Tiernan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Torres flies out to the left fielder. Babe Wilson strikes out. Pat Poole singles past the second baseman. Mitch Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Leo Townsend grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Chuck Pazik flies out to the left fielder. Hal Garman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Murphy Strange walks. Alvaro Boone grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Murphy Strange is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Alvaro Boone steals second. Bob Elliott flies out to the left fielder. Pepper Mays grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Odell Glanville doubles to center field. Mutz Snover walks. Bobby Prendergast singles to center field. Joe Harris grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Odell Glanville scores. Mutz Snover advances to third on the play. Lee Works flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Meyer grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Torres grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Wilson reached on a fielding error by Joe Harris. Pat Poole grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Babe Wilson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tom Tiernan strikes out. Leo Townsend singles to right field. Chuck Pazik strikes out. Hal Garman walks. Red Kress 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. Odell Glanville singles to right field. Leo Townsend scores. Mutz Snover singles to right field. Hal Garman uses his aggressiveness and scores. Odell Glanville advances to third on the hit. Bobby Prendergast flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Gary Keisler is pinch hitting for Red Kress. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gary Keisler grounds out to the second baseman. Murphy Strange strikes out. Alvaro Boone pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Brookens pitching. Eddie Becker is pinch hitting for Joe Harris. Eddie Becker walks. Butch Newsome is pinch hitting for Lee Works. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Butch Newsome flies out to the left fielder. Tom Tiernan pops out to the first baseman. Leo Townsend grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ed Rudi pitching. Bob Elliott strikes out. Pepper Mays grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Meyer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Alcantara did not respond to coaching in speed Chris Kinney did not respond to coaching in velocity John Geronimo improves in arm Roy House did not respond to coaching in range Wayne Janowicz improves in contact_vs_righty Beiker Reimer improves in range William Spiezio did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jack Plank improves in speed Kevin Borden improves in power_vs_righty Bob Bell improves in arm Jimmy Veigel did not respond to coaching in speed Kevin Borden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Roger Dauss did not respond to coaching in velocity Tony Morris did not respond to coaching in 1B