Inning: 1 Kansas City Eddie Burdock pitching. Loy Barbeau lines out to the third baseman. Damon Vitelli walks. Eddie Nieves walks. Dan Pierzynski grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eddie Nieves is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Urbano Arnold singles to left field. Damon Vitelli scores. John Lowdermilk strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Harry Hug pitching. GG SiSi walks. Benny Tate strikes out. Zoilo Ellison grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jack Freigau singles to left field. Jim Jude flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Harry Hug lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Loy Barbeau singles to right field. Damon Vitelli flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Alfonso Hidalgo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Young Lew walks. D Wills flies out to the left fielder. B Fredo pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Eddie Nieves flies out to the right fielder. Dan Pierzynski strikes out. Urbano Arnold flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Purnal Lankford strikes out. Eddie Burdock singles to center field. GG SiSi walks. Benny Tate grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Burdock advances to third on the play. GG SiSi advances to second on the play. Zoilo Ellison strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City John Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Freigau strikes out. Jim Jude pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Alfonso Hidalgo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Young Lew strikes out. D Wills singles to left field. B Fredo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Harry Hug grounds out to the shortstop. Loy Barbeau walks. Loy Barbeau is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Damon Vitelli singles to center field. Eddie Nieves doubles to left field. Dan Pierzynski hits a home run. Damon Vitelli scores. Eddie Nieves scores. Urbano Arnold singles to right field. John Lowdermilk walks. Jack Freigau grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Purnal Lankford grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Rath is pinch hitting for Eddie Burdock. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jim Rath pops out to the second baseman. GG SiSi hits a home run. Benny Tate singles to right field. Zoilo Ellison pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Lay T pitching. Jim Jude strikes out. Tom Torkelson is pinch hitting for Harry Hug. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Torkelson flies out to the center fielder. Loy Barbeau grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Biddle pitching. Alfonso Hidalgo singles past the shortstop. Young Lew grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Alfonso Hidalgo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Young Lew steals second. D Wills singles to left field. Young Lew is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. B Fredo walks. Purnal Lankford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Damon Vitelli flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Nieves singles to center field. Dan Pierzynski singles to right field. Urbano Arnold pops out to the catcher. John Lowdermilk singles to center field. Eddie Nieves scores. Jack Freigau pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Tony Abbaticchio is pinch hitting for Lay T. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Tony Abbaticchio grounds out to the second baseman. GG SiSi flies out to the left fielder. Benny Tate singles to center field. Tohru Yoshikawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Zoilo Ellison reached on a fielding error by Urbano Arnold. Frank Simon is pinch hitting for Alfonso Hidalgo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Simon grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frankly Walking pitching. Jim Jude flies out to the center fielder. Tohru Yoshikawa flies out to the center fielder. Loy Barbeau singles to center field. Damon Vitelli flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Randy Howell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Damon Vitelli at CF. Shawn Essian enters the game as a defensive replacement for Urbano Arnold at 2B. B Hizzie is pinch hitting for Young Lew. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. B Hizzie flies out to the right fielder. D Wills flies out to the center fielder. B Fredo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Eddie Nieves doubles to left field. Dan Pierzynski flies out to the center fielder. Shawn Essian singles to left field. John Lowdermilk walks. Jack Freigau reached on a 2-base throwing error by D Wills. Eddie Nieves scores. Shawn Essian scores. Jim Jude singles to center field. John Lowdermilk scores. Jack Freigau scores. Mickey Creeden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tohru Yoshikawa lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Loy Barbeau walks. Randy Howell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Purnal Lankford singles to center field. George Klassen is pinch hitting for Mickey Creeden. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Klassen singles to center field. Purnal Lankford advances to third on the hit. GG SiSi strikes out. Benny Tate grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11 Oakland total runners LOB: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Charley Small improves in range Jack Diaz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Callahan improves in contact_vs_righty Walter Herr did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Eric Hobbie improves in power_vs_righty Ed Niekro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Davanon did not respond to coaching in velocity Lou Templeton improves in contact_vs_righty