Win: Ray Phillips (6-4) Loss: Klaus Kustus (3-5)
Save: Jim Brookens (13)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ray Phillips pitching. Tom Tiernan strikes out. Gary Ostrowski flies out to the center fielder. Noriyoshi Tezuka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Klaus Kustus pitching. Murphy Strange walks. Keith Wilkins walks. Bob Elliott walks. Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Murphy Strange scores. Keith Wilkins advances to third on the play. Bob Elliott advances to second on the play. Bob Mullen flies out to the left fielder. Bill Torres walks. Irv Brittin strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Barbeau flies out to the left fielder. Butch Newsome singles to center field. Ducky Meyer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Joe Cameron grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Phillips strikes out. Murphy Strange hits a home run. Keith Wilkins singles to right field. Bob Elliott singles to left field. Keith Wilkins advances to third on the hit. Norihiro Egawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Max Boehler grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Becker flies out to the right fielder. Klaus Kustus pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bob Mullen doubles to center field. Bill Torres grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Mullen advances to third on the play. Passed ball. Bob Mullen scores. Irv Brittin walks. Joe Cameron grounds out to the pitcher. Irv Brittin advances to second on the play. Ray Phillips strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tom Tiernan strikes out. Gary Ostrowski singles past the third baseman. Noriyoshi Tezuka singles to right field. Gary Ostrowski advances to third on the hit. John Barbeau grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Ostrowski scores. Noriyoshi Tezuka advances to second on the play. Butch Newsome strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Murphy Strange walks. Keith Wilkins doubles past the third baseman. Murphy Strange uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Keith Wilkins advances to third on the play. Bob Mullen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ducky Meyer grounds out to the third baseman. Max Boehler walks. Max Boehler steals second. Eddie Becker reached on a 2-base throwing error by Irv Brittin. Max Boehler scores. Mutz Snover is pinch hitting for Klaus Kustus. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mutz Snover grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Becker advances to third on the play. Tom Tiernan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Dal Rose pitching. Bill Torres grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Irv Brittin strikes out. Joe Cameron pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Gary Ostrowski flies out to the right fielder. Noriyoshi Tezuka flies out to the center fielder. John Barbeau strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ray Phillips grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Murphy Strange grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Keith Wilkins grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Butch Newsome walks. Ducky Meyer pops out to the second baseman. Max Boehler grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Butch Newsome is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eddie Becker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bob Elliott strikes out. Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Mullen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dal Rose walks. Tom Tiernan pops out to the second baseman. Gary Ostrowski strikes out. Noriyoshi Tezuka grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dal Rose is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bill Torres walks. Irv Brittin flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cameron strikes out. Tom Meyer is pinch hitting for Ray Phillips. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Meyer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jim Brookens pitching. John Barbeau walks. Butch Newsome grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ducky Meyer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Oakland total runners left on base: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Billy Borom did not respond to coaching in range Hal Garman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Sam Cary did not respond to coaching in velocity George Harris improves in power_vs_righty George Harris improves in arm Tony Morris did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tony Morris did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Geronimo improves in power_vs_righty Frank Bankhead did not respond to coaching in control Jake Jones did not respond to coaching in control Wayne Janowicz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fritz Henriksen improves in contact_vs_righty Fritz Henriksen improves in contact_vs_righty William Spiezio did not respond to coaching in 2B