Win: Elmer Tidrow (11-9) Loss: Larry Mendoza (8-15)
Save: Andy Slaton (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Hugo Quintana pitching. Ty Gastonio singles to right field. Del Devlin walks. Papa Burkam grounds out to the pitcher. Ty Gastonio advances to third on the play. Del Devlin advances to second on the play. Craig Willis grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ty Gastonio scores. Del Devlin advances to third on the play. Kevin Koestner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Elmer Tidrow pitching. Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the shortstop. Roosevelt Thompson singles in front of the center fielder. Roosevelt Thompson steals second. Archie Craig flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Art Gardella pops out to the second baseman. Wally Poat strikes out. Daryl Lasher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ike Campbell grounds out to the pitcher. Nick Clark grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Shoch walks. Bill Shoch steals second. Ryoichi Misawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Elmer Tidrow flies out to the left fielder. Ty Gastonio grounds out to the third baseman. Del Devlin walks. Papa Burkam grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Hugo Quintana grounds out to the shortstop. Tarrik Kleinke flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Craig Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Koestner singles to left field. Art Gardella strikes out. Wally Poat flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Roosevelt Thompson reached on a fielding error by Wally Poat. Archie Craig singles to left field. Ike Campbell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Roosevelt Thompson advances to third on the play. Nick Clark singles to right field. Roosevelt Thompson scores. Nick Clark steals second. Bill Shoch walks. Ryoichi Misawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Daryl Lasher flies out to the center fielder. Elmer Tidrow flies out to the center fielder. Ty Gastonio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Hugo Quintana singles to center field. Tarrik Kleinke doubles to center field. Hugo Quintana is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Roosevelt Thompson doubles to left field. Tarrik Kleinke scores. Archie Craig grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Del Devlin doubles to left field. Papa Burkam walks. Larry Mendoza 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. Craig Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Del Devlin advances to third on the play. Papa Burkam advances to second on the play. Kevin Koestner flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Del Devlin scores. Art Gardella pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ike Campbell strikes out. Nick Clark singles past the third baseman. Bill Shoch strikes out. Ryoichi Misawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Wally Poat flies out to the right fielder. Daryl Lasher grounds out to the second baseman. Elmer Tidrow grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Larry Mendoza grounds out to the third baseman. Tarrik Kleinke singles to center field. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Tarrik Kleinke steals second. Roosevelt Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Harry Bostock is pinch hitting for Ty Gastonio. Harry Bostock flies out to the left fielder. Del Devlin grounds out to the second baseman. Papa Burkam grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Archie Craig grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Campbell grounds out to the pitcher. Nick Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Craig Willis grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Koestner doubles past the center fielder. Art Gardella singles to right field. Kevin Koestner scores. Wally Poat flies out to the left fielder. Daryl Lasher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Andy Slaton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Shoch grounds out to the second baseman. Ryoichi Misawa walks. Matt Smalley is pinch hitting for Larry Mendoza. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Matt Smalley grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chuck Freeman improves in speed Ron Kelly improves in speed Jose Reilley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rip McCormick did not respond to coaching in control Del Bailey did not respond to coaching in control Rip McCormick did not respond to coaching in control Jose Lynn did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rick Cooke improves in contact_vs_righty Troy Weatherly did not respond to coaching in control Duane Sisk did not respond to coaching in control Tim Watkins did not respond to coaching in control Joe DeShields did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Duane Sisk did not respond to coaching in endurance Harry Jackson did not respond to coaching in CF