Inning: 1 Oakland Duane Minner pitching. Murphy Strange walks. Alvaro Boone walks. Bob Elliott strikes out. Pepper Mays grounds out to the catcher. Murphy Strange advances to third on the play. Alvaro Boone advances to second on the play. Norihiro Egawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Buddy Holle pitching. Tom Tiernan strikes out. Leo Townsend singles to center field. Chuck Pazik walks. Hal Garman pops out to the first baseman. Odell Glanville walks. Mutz Snover walks. Leo Townsend scores. Bobby Prendergast strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Bill Torres triples. The defense is playing the corners in. Gary Keisler walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Joe Cameron grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Keisler advances to second on the play. Buddy Holle grounds out to the third baseman. Murphy Strange walks. Alvaro Boone grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Harris singles to right field. Duane Minner lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Tiernan grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Harris advances to third on the play. Leo Townsend grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Bob Elliott strikes out. Pepper Mays flies out to the right fielder. Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Chuck Pazik doubles to center field. Hal Garman walks. Odell Glanville pops out to the catcher. Mutz Snover singles past the shortstop. Chuck Pazik is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Hal Garman advances to third on the play. Bobby Prendergast grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill Torres flies out to the left fielder. Gary Keisler flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cameron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Duane Minner grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Tiernan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Buddy Holle grounds out to the second baseman. Murphy Strange doubles to right field. Alvaro Boone strikes out. Bob Elliott grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Leo Townsend grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Pazik grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Garman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Pepper Mays flies out to the right fielder. Norihiro Egawa flies out to the left fielder. Bill Torres grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Odell Glanville hits a home run. Mutz Snover grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Prendergast grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Harris walks. Eddie Becker is pinch hitting for Duane Minner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Eddie Becker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dal Rose pitching. Gary Keisler singles to center field. Joe Cameron flies out to the right fielder. Tom Meyer is pinch hitting for Buddy Holle. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tom Meyer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Coquillette pitching. Tom Tiernan grounds out to the pitcher. Leo Townsend grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Pazik grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Murphy Strange grounds out to the third baseman. Alvaro Boone singles to left field. Bob Elliott singles to right field. Alvaro Boone advances to third on the hit. Pepper Mays grounds out to the shortstop. Alvaro Boone scores. Bob Elliott advances to second on the play. Norihiro Egawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hal Garman pops out to the third baseman. Odell Glanville flies out to the center fielder. Mutz Snover grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ed Rudi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Torres strikes out. Gary Keisler hits an infield single to the pitcher. Joe Cameron doubles to center field. Gary Keisler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Keith Wilkins is pinch hitting for Ken Coquillette. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Keith Wilkins grounds out to the third baseman. Murphy Strange grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Red Kress pitching. Bobby Prendergast singles to left field. Noriyoshi Tezuka is pinch running for Bobby Prendergast on 1st base. Joe Harris strikes out. Butch Newsome is pinch hitting for Ed Rudi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Butch Newsome singles to center field. Noriyoshi Tezuka advances to third on the hit. Tom Tiernan singles to right field. Noriyoshi Tezuka scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jake Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Wayne Janowicz did not respond to coaching in range Dave Zipfel did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Bankhead did not respond to coaching in velocity William Spiezio did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Xavier Skalski improves in power_vs_righty 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: Cory Armas did not respond to coaching in control Francisco Brunette did not respond to coaching in control Sam Cary did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Borden improves in contact_vs_lefty Sam Cary did not respond to coaching in velocity Roger Dauss did not respond to coaching in control Tony Morris improves in 1B