Win: Frank Phillips (4-2) Loss: Larry Mendoza (4-3)
Save: Harry Haeffner (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank Phillips pitching. Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Cooke singles to left field. Rick Cooke steals second. Yadil Delgado is hit by a pitch. Ken Hobbs strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Larry Mendoza pitching. Harry Bostock strikes out. Jose Reilley grounds out to the pitcher. Whitey Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Roosevelt Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Ryoichi Misawa flies out to the center fielder. Wayne Poole singles to right field. Larry Mendoza grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Wayne Poole is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Art Gardella singles to right field. Chuck Freeman strikes out. Art Gardella steals second. Kevin Koestner singles to left field. Art Gardella scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Erik Smith hits a home run. Kevin Koestner scores. Craig Willis reached on a fielding error by Wayne Poole. Frank Phillips lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Bostock strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Cedeno hits an infield single to the third baseman. Rick Cooke strikes out. Yadil Delgado doubles to center field. Ken Hobbs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Jose Reilley grounds out to the third baseman. Whitey Smith flies out to the center fielder. Art Gardella lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Roosevelt Thompson walks. Roosevelt Thompson steals second. Ryoichi Misawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Roosevelt Thompson advances to third on the play. Wayne Poole walks. Wayne Poole is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Larry Mendoza grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Chuck Freeman pops out to the first baseman. Kevin Koestner walks. Erik Smith pops out to the shortstop. Craig Willis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tarrik Kleinke walks. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Rick Cooke strikes out. Yadil Delgado walks. Ken Hobbs singles in front of the center fielder. Tarrik Kleinke scores. Roosevelt Thompson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Frank Phillips walks. Harry Bostock grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Phillips is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Reilley flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Archie Craig is pinch hitting for Ryoichi Misawa. Archie Craig grounds out to the shortstop. Wayne Poole flies out to the center fielder. Larry Mendoza flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Art Gardella grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Freeman walks. Kevin Koestner flies out to the left fielder. Erik Smith singles to left field. Chuck Freeman advances to third on the hit. Craig Willis walks. Frank Phillips pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tarrik Kleinke strikes out. Joe Cedeno walks. Rick Cooke singles to center field. Joe Cedeno advances to third on the hit. Yadil Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Cedeno is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Harry Bostock walks. Jose Reilley pops out to the second baseman. Whitey Smith walks. Art Gardella grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Whitey Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chuck Freeman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Andy Slaton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ken Hobbs bunts for a base hit. Roosevelt Thompson walks. Archie Craig grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ken Hobbs advances to third on the play. Wayne Poole grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Kevin Koestner singles past the first baseman. Erik Smith flies out to the left fielder. Craig Willis hits an infield single to the pitcher. Scott Madrid comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Deacon Newman is pinch hitting for Andy Slaton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Deacon Newman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Harry Haeffner pitching. Joe DeShields is pinch hitting for Scott Madrid. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe DeShields pops out to the second baseman. Tarrik Kleinke flies out to the right fielder. Joe Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Yadil Delgado (6).GIDP - Archie Craig.HBP - Yadil Delgado (1). Baserunning: SB - Rick Cooke (5), Roosevelt Thompson (2).CS - Wayne Poole (2). Fielding: E - Wayne Poole.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Geoff Bilardello did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Unser improves in range Dale Hofmann did not respond to coaching in endurance Dave Reid did not respond to coaching in control Yorelvis Poll improves in power_vs_lefty Geoff Bilardello did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Sanders did not respond to coaching in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charles Jordan improves in speed Russ Hershiser improves in speed Ron Kelly did not respond to coaching in range Bennie Barkley did not respond to coaching in speed Kevin Fahrer did not respond to coaching in control Bob Veras did not respond to coaching in speed