Win: Brad Long (6-8) Loss: Brian Brainerd (1-1)
Save: Jimmy Powell (4)
Inning: 1 Oakland Brian Brainerd pitching. Harry Bostock lines out to the shortstop. Del Devlin flies out to the left fielder. Kenichiro Kataoka doubles to right field. Art Gardella strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Brad Long pitching. Bert James grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Chuck Freeman strikes out. Billy Johnson doubles to center field. Kevin Koestner flies out to the center fielder. Craig Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Archie Craig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bunny Roth strikes out. Harry Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Brad Long singles to center field. Harry Bostock singles to right field. Del Devlin strikes out. Kenichiro Kataoka flies out to the left fielder. Art Gardella pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Yadil Delgado walks. Yadil Delgado steals second. Ryoichi Misawa grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Brainerd flies out to the center fielder. Bert James flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Chuck Freeman walks. Billy Johnson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Kevin Koestner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tarrik Kleinke singles to center field. Tarrik Kleinke is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Joe Cedeno hits a home run. Archie Craig doubles to left field. Bunny Roth flies out to the right fielder. Harry Jackson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Craig Willis singles to center field. Brad Long lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Craig Willis forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Harry Bostock grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Yadil Delgado strikes out. Ryoichi Misawa grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Brainerd grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Del Devlin strikes out. Kenichiro Kataoka strikes out. Art Gardella doubles to center field. Chuck Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bert James doubles to center field. Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the third baseman. Archie Craig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Billy Johnson singles to right field. Kevin Koestner flies out to the center fielder. Craig Willis doubles to center field. Billy Johnson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brad Long reached on a 2-base fielding error by Tarrik Kleinke. Craig Willis scores. Harry Bostock grounds out to the shortstop. Del Devlin singles to center field. Brad Long scores. Kenichiro Kataoka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Del Devlin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bunny Roth strikes out. Harry Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Yadil Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Art Gardella grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Freeman strikes out. Billy Johnson singles to left field. Kevin Koestner walks. Craig Willis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kevin Koestner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ryoichi Misawa walks. Brian Brainerd lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Bert James walks. Jimmy Powell 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. Tarrik Kleinke strikes out. Joe Cedeno grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bert James is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Jimmy Powell grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Bostock flies out to the right fielder. Del Devlin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Archie Craig strikes out. Bunny Roth flies out to the center fielder. Harry Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Russ Hershiser improves in contact_vs_lefty Bennie Barkley improves in arm Al Smith improves in control Bennie Barkley improves in contact_vs_lefty Del Bailey did not respond to coaching in control Bob Bohn improves in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in speed Tim Watkins improves in velocity Alex Unser improves in speed Harry Macha improves in power_vs_righty Yorelvis Poll improves in speed Dean Kimber did not respond to coaching in control Ken Hobbs did not respond to coaching in 1B