Win: Mel Bentley (6-21) Loss: Fern Solis (15-10)
Save: Ken Benavides (43)
Inning: 1 Oakland Mel Bentley pitching. Hideo Yamasaki singles to center field. Joan Lugo reached on a fielding error by Rennie Stennett. Francisco Madrigo flies out to the left fielder. Bryan Loretta flies out to the left fielder. Napoleon Garcia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Fern Solis pitching. Rennie Stennett strikes out. Ikuo Inokawa grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Hammonds flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Rafa Garcia strikes out. Jonah Hernandez hits a home run. Raull Gonzalez singles to left field. Fern Solis lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hideo Yamasaki pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Juan Martin strikes out. Mark Balboa doubles to left field. Mark Colbert pops out to the second baseman. J.C. Heintzelman singles to center field. Mark Balboa is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Joan Lugo singles to left field. Francisco Madrigo flies out to the right fielder. Bryan Loretta strikes out. Napoleon Garcia grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joan Lugo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Masataka Takeshita singles past the first baseman. Mel Bentley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rennie Stennett grounds out to the second baseman. Masataka Takeshita advances to third on the play. Ikuo Inokawa walks. Bob Hammonds triples. Masataka Takeshita scores. Ikuo Inokawa scores. Juan Martin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Rafa Garcia strikes out. Jonah Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Raull Gonzalez doubles to center field. Fern Solis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mark Balboa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Colbert reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rafa Garcia. J.C. Heintzelman flies out to the right fielder. Masataka Takeshita lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Hideo Yamasaki lines out to the third baseman. Joan Lugo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Francisco Madrigo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mel Bentley flies out to the left fielder. Rennie Stennett grounds out to the shortstop. Ikuo Inokawa grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bryan Loretta grounds out to the second baseman. Napoleon Garcia singles past the third baseman. Rafa Garcia grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Napoleon Garcia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jonah Hernandez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bob Hammonds lines out to the shortstop. Juan Martin singles to left field. Mark Balboa grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Raull Gonzalez strikes out. Samuel Tinto is pinch hitting for Fern Solis. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Samuel Tinto strikes out. Hideo Yamasaki singles to left field. Joan Lugo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Carrilo pitching. Mark Colbert flies out to the center fielder. J.C. Heintzelman singles past the first baseman. Masataka Takeshita grounds out to the pitcher. J.C. Heintzelman advances to second on the play. Mel Bentley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Francisco Madrigo flies out to the right fielder. Bryan Loretta flies out to the left fielder. Napoleon Garcia singles to center field. Rafa Garcia singles to right field. Napoleon Garcia advances to third on the hit. Jim Mogridge 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. Jonah Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rennie Stennett grounds out to the shortstop. Ikuo Inokawa flies out to the left fielder. Bob Hammonds walks. Juan Martin singles to center field. Bob Hammonds advances to third on the hit. Danny Voss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Balboa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Ken Benavides comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Billy Buelvas is pinch hitting for Raull Gonzalez. Billy Buelvas strikes out. Max Sand is pinch hitting for Danny Voss. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Max Sand grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hideo Yamasaki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gary Perez improves in arm Frank Jaha improves in range Jack Samuel improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Wise did not respond to coaching in control Jack Samuel improves in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Robert Congalton improves in power_vs_righty Robert Congalton improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Dashiell did not respond to coaching in range Hajimu Uchiyama did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Dashiell did not respond to coaching in SS