Win: Van Sherry (1-0) Loss: Jesus Luzardo (0-3)
Save: Hal Carew (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jocko Piercy pitching. Johnny Parrott singles to center field. Dave Metz flies out to the left fielder. Lynn Leard hits a home run. Johnny Parrott scores. Joe Gordon pops out to the second baseman. Tony Scharein singles to right field. Leo Johnson walks. Todd Sentell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Van Sherry pitching. Irv Pitlock grounds out to the shortstop. Ramiro Saffell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Aaron Shantz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dennis Hinds walks. Van Sherry lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Parrott pops out to the third baseman. Dave Metz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Greek Toporcer walks. Elwin Gooch strikes out. Brian Asselstine singles to left field. Greek Toporcer advances to third on the hit. Paul Killilay singles to center field. Greek Toporcer scores. Fritz Brickell strikes out. Jocko Piercy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Lynn Leard pops out to the shortstop. Joe Gordon walks. Tony Scharein singles to left field. Leo Johnson singles to right field. Todd Sentell lines out to the second baseman. Dennis Hinds walks. Joe Gordon scores. Jesus Luzardo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Van Sherry strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Irv Pitlock strikes out. Ramiro Saffell singles to right field. Aaron Shantz walks. Greek Toporcer singles to center field. Ramiro Saffell scores. Aaron Shantz advances to third on the hit. Elwin Gooch singles to right field. Aaron Shantz scores. Brian Asselstine grounds out to the shortstop. Greek Toporcer advances to third on the play. Elwin Gooch advances to second on the play. Paul Killilay grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Johnny Parrott singles to center field. Dave Metz hits a home run. Johnny Parrott scores. Abe Simpson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lynn Leard singles to right field. Joe Gordon strikes out. Tony Scharein flies out to the left fielder. Leo Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Fritz Brickell singles to right field. Abe Simpson lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman 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). Irv Pitlock grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Abe Simpson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ramiro Saffell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Irv Pitlock is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Todd Sentell grounds out to the shortstop. Dennis Hinds grounds out to the third baseman. Van Sherry grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Aaron Shantz strikes out. Greek Toporcer flies out to the left fielder. Elwin Gooch flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Johnny Parrott grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Metz flies out to the left fielder. Lynn Leard singles to center field. Joe Gordon singles past the shortstop. Tony Scharein walks. Leo Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Brian Asselstine strikes out. Paul Killilay pops out to the shortstop. Fritz Brickell walks. Edgar Giggie is pinch hitting for Abe Simpson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Edgar Giggie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Cy Beeler pitching. Todd Sentell flies out to the right fielder. Fred Hoover is pinch hitting for Dennis Hinds. Fred Hoover flies out to the left fielder. Van Sherry pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lefty McCarthy enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Hoover at C. Irv Pitlock flies out to the left fielder. Ramiro Saffell singles to center field. Aaron Shantz flies out to the right fielder. Ramiro Saffell steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Greek Toporcer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Johnny Parrott grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Metz flies out to the right fielder. Lynn Leard flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Elwin Gooch grounds out to the pitcher. Brian Asselstine singles to center field. Hal Carew 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 1st. Brian Asselstine is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Paul Killilay flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Joe Gordon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Scharein singles to left field. Leo Johnson singles to center field. Todd Sentell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Leo Johnson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lefty McCarthy singles to right field. Tony Scharein scores. Todd Sentell advances to third on the hit. Hal Carew grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Fritz Brickell strikes out. Brian Susce is pinch hitting for Cy Beeler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Brian Susce grounds out to the shortstop. Irv Pitlock grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 12 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Cy Beeler is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Goat Whitfield did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Geren did not respond to coaching in velocity John Meier did not respond to coaching in arm John Melillo improves in speed Goat Whitfield did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: George Roy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pete Sabo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pedro Clifton improves in range Paul Stinnett did not respond to coaching in velocity