Inning: 1 Oakland Jamey Fain pitching. Masato Tani flies out to the left fielder. Patrick Dubois singles to center field. Dan Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. Yasushi Makino flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Rangel Martinez pitching. Jerry Hahn grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Kahdot grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Nen walks. Matt Lopez walks. Rufe Bowles walks. Tony Mattick singles to right field. Pat Nen scores. Matt Lopez scores. Rufe Bowles advances to third on the hit. Tom Leber grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Don Oates flies out to the right fielder. Dian Gonzalez walks. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Jamey Fain strikes out. Jerry Hahn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Rangel Martinez singles to left field. Masato Tani strikes out. Patrick Dubois flies out to the left fielder. Dan Barthelson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rangel Martinez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Steve Kahdot flies out to the center fielder. Pat Nen strikes out. Matt Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Yasushi Makino singles to center field. So Yamashita grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yasushi Makino is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Don Oates singles to right field. So Yamashita advances to third on the hit. Don Oates steals second. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. So Yamashita scores. Don Oates advances to third on the play. Pete Delgado singles to right field. Don Oates scores. Rangel Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rufe Bowles flies out to the center fielder. Tony Mattick walks. Tom Leber grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Masato Tani doubles to left field. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Dan Barthelson singles to center field. Masato Tani scores. Yasushi Makino singles to left field. Dan Barthelson advances to third on the hit. So Yamashita doubles to left field. Dan Barthelson scores. Don Oates walks. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Pete Delgado singles to left field. Yasushi Makino scores. So Yamashita scores. Don Oates advances to third on the hit. Chris Rosario comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rangel Martinez reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pat Nen. Don Oates scores. Masato Tani flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Rosario walks. Jerry Hahn flies out to the left fielder. Steve Kahdot strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Patrick Dubois doubles to right field. Dan Barthelson flies out to the center fielder. Yasushi Makino pops out to the shortstop. So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Pat Nen strikes out. Matt Lopez hits a home run. Rufe Bowles pops out to the first baseman. Tony Mattick pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Don Oates singles to center field. Don Oates steals second. Dian Gonzalez walks. Pete Delgado strikes out. Rangel Martinez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masato Tani singles to center field. Don Oates scores. Dian Gonzalez scores. Fred Simon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Patrick Dubois doubles to center field. Masato Tani uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dan Barthelson singles to right field. Patrick Dubois is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tom Leber reached on a fielding error by Patrick Dubois. Eric Nold strikes out. Doug Vico is pinch hitting for Fred Simon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Leber steals second. Doug Vico grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Hahn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Ed Hechinger pitching. Yorelvis Barroso is pinch hitting for Yasushi Makino. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the left fielder. Trevor Easterday is pinch hitting for So Yamashita. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Morrison is pinch hitting for Don Oates. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pat Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Frank Grigsby is pinch hitting for Steve Kahdot. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Grigsby walks. Frank Grigsby steals second. Pat Nen doubles to right field. Frank Grigsby scores. Matt Lopez singles to right field. Pat Nen scores. Rufe Bowles singles to left field. Matt Lopez advances to third on the hit. Tony Mattick walks. Tom Leber doubles to left field. Matt Lopez scores. Rufe Bowles scores. Fred Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eric Nold lines out to the second baseman. Bobby Carter is pinch hitting for Ed Hechinger. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bobby Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Hahn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Doug Banks pitching. Dian Gonzalez singles to center field. Dian Gonzalez steals second. Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Orndorff flies out to the right fielder. Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Grigsby strikes out. Pat Nen strikes out. Matt Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Masato Tani (1), Patrick Dubois 2 (5), So Yamashita (4). Baserunning: SB - Don Oates 2 (2), Dian Gonzalez (4). Fielding: E - Patrick Dubois.
Batting:2B - Pat Nen (2), Tom Leber (1).HR - Matt Lopez (1).GIDP - Tom Leber. Baserunning: SB - Frank Grigsby (1), Tom Leber (1). Fielding: E - Pat Nen.
Game Notes Dan Barthelson is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harry Dean improves in velocity Doc Reimer improves in speed Curly Devine did not respond to coaching in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Klondike James improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Gilles did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Gilles did not respond to coaching in control Chick Karl did not respond to coaching in SS