Win: Bryan Beane (9-14) Loss: Danny Heathcott (9-17)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Danny Heathcott pitching. Reggie Tartabull strikes out. Lave Bowa flies out to the left fielder. Yariel Duvergel walks. Freddy Perry grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yariel Duvergel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Bryan Beane pitching. Dusty Sloan pops out to the shortstop. Ted Wood singles to left field. Walt Santovenia flies out to the right fielder. Ted Wood is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bob Tartabull flies out to the right fielder. Gene Stanton pops out to the second baseman. Angel Gill walks. Sandy Hernandez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Angel Gill is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Jim Butler strikes out. Jim Foley grounds out to the pitcher. George Umbricht grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bryan Beane flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Tartabull flies out to the right fielder. Lave Bowa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Stu Morgan flies out to the right fielder. Masaharu Oshimoto singles to center field. Danny Heathcott lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dusty Sloan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Yariel Duvergel flies out to the left fielder. Freddy Perry lines out to the second baseman. Bob Tartabull flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ted Wood pops out to the first baseman. Walt Santovenia grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Butler grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Gene Stanton lines out to the second baseman. Angel Gill singles to center field. Sandy Hernandez grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Angel Gill is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bryan Beane flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Jim Foley grounds out to the shortstop. George Umbricht strikes out. Stu Morgan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull reached on a 2-base throwing error by George Umbricht. Lave Bowa singles to right field. Reggie Tartabull scores. Yariel Duvergel hits a home run. Lave Bowa scores. Freddy Perry flies out to the center fielder. Bob Tartabull strikes out. Gene Stanton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Masaharu Oshimoto grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Heathcott strikes out. Dusty Sloan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Angel Gill strikes out. Sandy Hernandez pops out to the shortstop. Bryan Beane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ted Wood pops out to the shortstop. Walt Santovenia flies out to the right fielder. Jim Butler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman. Lave Bowa singles to right field. Yariel Duvergel strikes out. Freddy Perry singles to left field. Lave Bowa advances to third on the hit. Jim Rosario 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. Bob Tartabull reached on a 2-base fielding error by Walt Santovenia. Lave Bowa scores. Gene Stanton singles to right field. Freddy Perry scores. Angel Gill walks. Sandy Hernandez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Foley flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! George Umbricht strikes out. Stu Morgan singles to right field. Masaharu Oshimoto pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bryan Beane grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Tartabull flies out to the left fielder. Lave Bowa walks. Yariel Duvergel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Hiroshi Hamikamika is pinch hitting for Jim Rosario. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hiroshi Hamikamika walks. Hiroshi Hamikamika steals second. Dusty Sloan strikes out. Ted Wood grounds out to the pitcher. Walt Santovenia walks. Kazuya Kuroe is pinch hitting for Jim Butler. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazuya Kuroe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Trench Rodriguez improves in velocity Bob Boone improves in arm Jerry Hsu improves in control Damon Peerson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Oscar Chambers did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Klugmann did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Don Lowe did not respond to coaching in velocity John Hoyt improves in contact_vs_lefty Ted Witherup did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in C