Win: Gene Couchee (2-3) Loss: Michel Larduet (2-2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Michel Larduet pitching. Steve Pechiney strikes out. Steve Kamieniecki strikes out. Shinichi Yano hits a home run. Steve Diggs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Gene Couchee pitching. Ike DeMars grounds out to the third baseman. Nelson Nunamaker walks. Tim Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Bucky Buchanan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Bruce Asadoor grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Mercedes grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Al Jelincich grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ray Erautt flies out to the center fielder. Mike Dunlop walks. Mike Dunlop steals second. Dave Mercedes throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Blas Zuvella strikes out. Paul Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ed Stark grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Couchee pops out to the third baseman. Steve Pechiney hits a home run. Steve Kamieniecki singles to center field. Shinichi Yano doubles to center field. Steve Kamieniecki uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve Diggs singles to right field. Shinichi Yano scores. Bruce Asadoor walks. Passed ball. Steve Diggs advances to third. Bruce Asadoor advances to second. Dave Mercedes singles to center field. Steve Diggs scores. Bruce Asadoor scores. Al Jelincich singles to right field. Dave Mercedes advances to third on the hit. Ed Stark walks. Gene Couchee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Michel Larduet grounds out to the pitcher. Ike DeMars grounds out to the shortstop. Nelson Nunamaker singles past the second baseman. Tim Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Steve Pechiney strikes out. Steve Kamieniecki singles to center field. Shinichi Yano strikes out. Steve Diggs singles to right field. Steve Kamieniecki advances to third on the hit. Bruce Asadoor walks. Dave Mercedes singles to center field. Steve Kamieniecki scores. Steve Diggs scores. Bruce Asadoor advances to third on the hit. Al Jelincich strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bucky Buchanan singles to center field. Ray Erautt singles to left field. Bucky Buchanan advances to third on the hit. Mike Dunlop strikes out. Blas Zuvella singles to right field. Bucky Buchanan scores. Ray Erautt advances to third on the hit. Paul Hernandez singles to center field. Ray Erautt scores. Ced Zmich is pinch hitting for Michel Larduet. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ced Zmich flies out to the center fielder. Ike DeMars flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Ryne Macullar pitching. Ed Stark strikes out. Gene Couchee pops out to the second baseman. Steve Pechiney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nelson Nunamaker grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tim Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Bucky Buchanan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Steve Kamieniecki singles to right field. Shinichi Yano singles to center field. Steve Kamieniecki advances to third on the hit. Steve Diggs flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Kamieniecki scores. Bruce Asadoor flies out to the left fielder. Dave Mercedes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ray Erautt grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Dunlop flies out to the center fielder. Blas Zuvella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Al Jelincich singles to left field. Al Jelincich steals second. Ed Stark grounds out to the second baseman. Al Jelincich advances to third on the play. Gene Couchee grounds out to the shortstop. Al Jelincich scores. Steve Pechiney singles to center field. Steve Pechiney steals second. Steve Kamieniecki walks. Shinichi Yano strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Paul Hernandez singles to left field. Esteban d Aquino is pinch hitting for Ryne Macullar. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Esteban d Aquino grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ike DeMars grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Frank Kelleher pitching. Steve Diggs reached on a fielding error by Mike Dunlop. Steve Diggs is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bruce Asadoor grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Mercedes walks. Al Jelincich grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Nelson Nunamaker flies out to the center fielder. Tim Taylor strikes out. Bucky Buchanan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ed Stark strikes out. Gene Couchee grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Pechiney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ray Erautt grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Hamilton is pinch hitting for Mike Dunlop. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Hamilton grounds out to the shortstop. Blas Zuvella triples. Francisco Kalahan is pinch hitting for Paul Hernandez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Francisco Kalahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Shinichi Yano (1).HR - Steve Pechiney (4), Shinichi Yano (1).SF - Steve Diggs. Baserunning: SB - Steve Pechiney (4), Al Jelincich (5).CS - Steve Diggs (3). Fielding: E - Dave Mercedes.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Glenn Elliot did not respond to coaching in control Frank Medich did not respond to coaching in speed Rick Cooney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rick Cooney did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Kline improves in speed Tom Cardona improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Whitehouse did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Ramirez did not respond to coaching in control Milt Perry improves in power_vs_righty Dick Hawke did not respond to coaching in range Allie Wheeler improves in power_vs_righty Harry Clemente improves in range Milt Perry improves in contact_vs_righty