Win: Dennis Sanicki (6-3) Loss: Jim Seales (8-6)
Save: Yam Martz (21)
Inning: 1 Oakland Dennis Sanicki pitching. William Floyd flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Rich Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Don Lawrick hits an infield single to the second baseman. Lee Bell singles to right field. Don Lawrick advances to third on the hit. Brent Cox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jim Seales pitching. Jim Moolic grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Konieczny strikes out. Ron Felton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bill Ward pops out to the shortstop. Al Hines strikes out. Derrick Orton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rich Weston pops out to the second baseman. Noboru Asakura grounds out to the second baseman. Ecky McMillan triples. Gene Ramos flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jim Seales singles to center field. William Floyd walks. Rich Martinez grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Seales advances to third on the play. William Floyd advances to second on the play. Don Lawrick strikes out. Lee Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bruce Perrin singles to right field. Dennis Sanicki fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dennis Sanicki singles past the first baseman. Bruce Perrin is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Jim Moolic singles to left field. Bill Konieczny grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jim Moolic is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Passed ball. Dennis Sanicki scores. Bill Konieczny advances to second. Ron Felton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Brent Cox doubles to left field. Bill Ward grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brent Cox advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Al Hines flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Brent Cox scores. Derrick Orton walks. Jim Seales strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rich Weston walks. Rich Weston steals second. Noboru Asakura strikes out. Ecky McMillan flies out to the right fielder. Gene Ramos walks. Bruce Perrin grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gene Ramos is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland William Floyd strikes out. Rich Martinez pops out to the first baseman. Don Lawrick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dennis Sanicki grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Moolic walks. Jim Moolic is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Konieczny flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Lee Bell flies out to the left fielder. Brent Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Ward flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ron Felton strikes out. Rich Weston strikes out. Noboru Asakura singles to right field. Ecky McMillan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Al Hines grounds out to the third baseman. Derrick Orton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Seales grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gene Ramos lines out to the second baseman. Bruce Perrin grounds out to the shortstop. Dennis Sanicki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland William Floyd strikes out. Rich Martinez strikes out. Don Lawrick hits a home run. Lee Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jim Moolic singles to right field. Bill Konieczny hits a home run. Jim Moolic scores. Ron Felton lines out to the shortstop. Rich Weston singles to center field. Rich Weston steals second. Dick Groat 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. Noboru Asakura singles past the first baseman. Rich Weston uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ecky McMillan grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Harold Cepeda enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ecky McMillan at RF. Yam Martz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Brent Cox doubles to center field. Bill Ward flies out to the center fielder. Al Hines grounds out to the third baseman. Derrick Orton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Icehouse Fields did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Steve Johnson improves in contact_vs_lefty Carl Kinzy improves in power_vs_righty Alton Hughes did not respond to coaching in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dan Murphy did not respond to coaching in endurance Junior Ramirez did not respond to coaching in arm Toshio Tachikawa improves in power_vs_lefty Dan Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Merritt did not respond to coaching in C