Win: Fred Guzman (3-0) Loss: Jesus Luzardo (0-4)
Save: Hal Carew (4)
Inning: 1 Oakland Kid Kinzy pitching. Johnny Parrott grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Metz walks. Lynn Leard grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank Cather pitching. Cam Higgins singles to left field. Ramiro Saffell doubles to right field. Cam Higgins uses his aggressiveness and scores. Aaron Shantz doubles past the right fielder. Ramiro Saffell scores. Greek Toporcer hits a home run. Aaron Shantz scores. Randy Farley flies out to the center fielder. Brian Asselstine strikes out. Elemeno Pea singles to left field. Fritz Brickell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Tony Scharein doubles to right field. Leo Johnson doubles to center field. Tony Scharein scores. Todd Sentell pops out to the second baseman. Dennis Hinds singles to center field. Leo Johnson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dennis Hinds is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Chief Kauff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Kid Kinzy pops out to the first baseman. Cam Higgins grounds out to the pitcher. Ramiro Saffell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Frank Cather strikes out. Johnny Parrott singles to right field. Dave Metz singles to right field. Lynn Leard grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Metz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tony Scharein lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Aaron Shantz singles to right field. Greek Toporcer flies out to the center fielder. Randy Farley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Leo Johnson strikes out. Todd Sentell flies out to the left fielder. Dennis Hinds grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Fred Guzman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Asselstine strikes out. Elemeno Pea grounds out to the shortstop. Fritz Brickell singles to left field. Kid Kinzy pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Chief Kauff singles to center field. Fred Guzman lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Johnny Parrott flies out to the center fielder. Dave Metz doubles to right field. Chief Kauff scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Jesus Luzardo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lynn Leard grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Fred Guzman scores. Dave Metz advances to third on the play. Tony Scharein flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Cam Higgins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ramiro Saffell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Aaron Shantz singles to left field. Greek Toporcer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Leo Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Todd Sentell strikes out. Dennis Hinds doubles to left field. Chief Kauff lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Randy Farley grounds out to the pitcher. Brian Asselstine grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Elemeno Pea flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Fred Hoover is pinch hitting for Fred Guzman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Hoover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Parrott singles to right field. Dave Metz hits a home run. Johnny Parrott scores. Ned Pepper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lynn Leard flies out to the center fielder. Tony Scharein hits a home run. Leo Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Don McGee pitching. Fritz Brickell grounds out to the third baseman. Ned Pepper strikes out. Cam Higgins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Todd Sentell flies out to the right fielder. Dennis Hinds singles to right field. Chief Kauff strikes out. Roger Lyons is pinch hitting for Don McGee. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roger Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hal Carew pitching. Ramiro Saffell flies out to the right fielder. Aaron Shantz grounds out to the second baseman. Greek Toporcer doubles to left field. Randy Farley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Johnny Parrott strikes out. Dave Metz walks. Lynn Leard singles to right field. Bill Oliver comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Scharein walks. Leo Johnson strikes out. Todd Sentell reached on a fielding error by Brian Asselstine. Dave Metz scores. Dennis Hinds grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Kansas City Brian Asselstine flies out to the center fielder. Elemeno Pea pops out to the third baseman. Fritz Brickell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Dave Metz (5), Tony Scharein (5), Leo Johnson (3), Dennis Hinds (4).HR - Dave Metz (4), Tony Scharein (2).GIDP - Lynn Leard. Baserunning: CS - Dennis Hinds (2).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nerio Young did not respond to coaching in control Dick Sabo did not respond to coaching in velocity John Meier did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Walters improves in velocity 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: Paul Stinnett improves in velocity Les Smith improves in contact_vs_righty Paul Stinnett did not respond to coaching in endurance Fred Harikkala did not respond to coaching in endurance