Win: Joe Sawatski (7-1) Loss: Lars Christian (5-1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Lars Christian pitching. Cookie White grounds out to the second baseman. Rob Harris grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Garland Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Sawatski pitching. Paul Blair strikes out. Carl Furillo pops out to the first baseman. Junior Caminaro singles to center field. Al McHale flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Jack Hicks doubles past the first baseman. Dave Eichrodt singles to center field. Jack Hicks scores. Herb Hume grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Frank Beard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Carlos Griffey grounds out to the catcher. Joe Rudy grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Coles singles to right field. Manny Hanning grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Coles is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Leo Ens strikes out. Joe Sawatski reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lars Christian. Cookie White lines out to the shortstop. Rob Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lars Christian singles to right field. Paul Blair strikes out. Carl Furillo strikes out. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Garland Quinn strikes out. Jack Hicks singles to right field. Dave Eichrodt grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jack Hicks is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Herb Hume flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Al McHale strikes out. Carlos Griffey flies out to the center fielder. Joe Rudy pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Frank Beard singles to right field. Leo Ens flies out to the center fielder. Joe Sawatski lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cookie White singles to center field. Frank Beard scores. Cookie White steals second. Rob Harris walks. Garland Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Harry Coles singles to right field. Manny Hanning grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Coles advances to second on the play. Lars Christian grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Blair singles to center field. Carl Furillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Jack Hicks grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Eichrodt singles to center field. Herb Hume grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dave Eichrodt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Beard grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Junior Caminaro grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Al McHale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Griffey pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Leo Ens grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Sawatski flies out to the center fielder. Cookie White grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Rudy grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Coles strikes out. Manny Hanning strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ken Kane comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rob Harris triples. Garland Quinn flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Rob Harris scores. Jack Hicks grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Eichrodt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ken Kane strikes out. Paul Blair grounds out to the pitcher. Carl Furillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Herb Hume singles past the second baseman. Frank Beard singles to center field. Herb Hume advances to third on the hit. Leo Ens doubles to left field. Herb Hume scores. Frank Beard uses his aggressiveness and scores. Woodie Randall comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Smith is pinch hitting for Joe Sawatski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Smith grounds out to the catcher. Cookie White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Leo Ens advances to third on the play. Rob Harris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Stephenson pitching. Junior Caminaro flies out to the left fielder. Al McHale strikes out. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dike Bradley did not respond to coaching in velocity Fernando Herrera did not respond to coaching in control Neal Kline improves in contact_vs_lefty Kirby Mossi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bill Mazeroski did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Julio Taylor did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Mazeroski did not respond to coaching in arm Roberto Miranda did not respond to coaching in 3B