Win: Tod Andersen (7-11) Loss: Gene Couchee (4-6)
Save: Len Miller (16)
Inning: 1 Oakland Tod Andersen pitching. Steve Pechiney singles to center field. Randy Munoz walks. Henry Marshall reached on a fielding error by Tim Taylor. Armando Knauss walks. Steve Pechiney scores. Bruce Asadoor singles to center field. Randy Munoz scores. Henry Marshall scores. Armando Knauss advances to third on the hit. Steve Diggs grounds out to the shortstop. Armando Knauss scores. Bruce Asadoor advances to second on the play. Shinichi Yano grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ed Stark strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City A.J. Dell pitching. Ray Erautt pops out to the second baseman. Blas Zuvella singles to left field. Tim Taylor hits a home run. Blas Zuvella scores. Nelson Nunamaker pops out to the shortstop. Paul Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland A.J. Dell strikes out. Steve Pechiney singles to left field. Steve Pechiney steals second. Randy Munoz pops out to the first baseman. Henry Marshall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ike DeMars lines out to the first baseman. Bucky Buchanan grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Dunlop flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Armando Knauss strikes out. Bruce Asadoor strikes out. Steve Diggs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tod Andersen strikes out. Ray Erautt walks. Blas Zuvella singles to left field. Ray Erautt advances to third on the hit. Tim Taylor singles past the shortstop. Ray Erautt scores. Blas Zuvella aggressively advances to third on the hit. Nelson Nunamaker lines out to the third baseman. Paul Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Shinichi Yano singles to center field. Ed Stark grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Shinichi Yano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. A.J. Dell lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Steve Pechiney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ike DeMars grounds out to the third baseman. Bucky Buchanan singles past the first baseman. Bucky Buchanan steals second. Mike Dunlop grounds out to the third baseman. Tod Andersen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Randy Munoz strikes out. Henry Marshall grounds out to the third baseman. Armando Knauss flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jackson Wheelarma comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Erautt grounds out to the shortstop. Blas Zuvella pops out to the third baseman. Tim Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bruce Asadoor flies out to the right fielder. Steve Diggs walks. Steve Diggs steals second. Shinichi Yano grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Stark walks. Jackson Wheelarma singles to center field. Steve Diggs scores. Ed Stark advances to third on the hit. Steve Pechiney walks. Randy Munoz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Nelson Nunamaker singles to left field. Paul Hernandez hits a home run. Nelson Nunamaker scores. Gene Couchee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ike DeMars singles to left field. Ike DeMars steals second. Shinichi Yano throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Bucky Buchanan singles to center field. Ike DeMars scores. Win Clyde comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bucky Buchanan steals second. Mike Dunlop walks. Tod Andersen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Erautt grounds out to the shortstop. Bucky Buchanan scores. Mike Dunlop advances to third on the play. Blas Zuvella strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Henry Marshall strikes out. Armando Knauss bunts for a base hit. Bruce Asadoor lines out to the shortstop. Steve Diggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tim Taylor strikes out. Nelson Nunamaker grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Juan Deisel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Shinichi Yano strikes out. Ed Stark hits a home run. Dick Eddy is pinch hitting for Win Clyde. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Eddy singles to left field. Dick Eddy is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Steve Pechiney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Markus Briggs pitching. Ike DeMars triples. Bucky Buchanan triples. Ike DeMars scores. Gil Ferrigno comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Dunlop flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bucky Buchanan scores. Ced Zmich is pinch hitting for Juan Deisel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ced Zmich reached on a fielding error by Gil Ferrigno. Ray Erautt pops out to the shortstop. Blas Zuvella flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Len Miller pitching. Randy Munoz pops out to the third baseman. Henry Marshall singles to center field. Armando Knauss walks. Bruce Asadoor grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Batting:HR - Ed Stark (11).GIDP - Bruce Asadoor. Baserunning: SB - Steve Pechiney (26), Steve Diggs (24).CS - Dick Eddy (2). Fielding: E - Shinichi Yano, Gil Ferrigno.
Batting:3B - Ike DeMars (1), Bucky Buchanan (3).HR - Tim Taylor (13), Paul Hernandez (7).SF - Mike Dunlop. Baserunning: SB - Ike DeMars (9), Bucky Buchanan 2 (9). Fielding: E - Tim Taylor.
Game Notes Henry Marshall is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Howarth did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Larry Holmes did not respond to coaching in range Giichiro Iwasaki did not respond to coaching in control Curt Richardson did not respond to coaching in endurance John Renfroe did not respond to coaching in velocity John Renfroe did not respond to coaching in control Frank Medich did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Danny Mitchell improves in contact_vs_righty Al Beard improves in range Thomas Skalski improves in contact_vs_righty Wally McMillan improves in speed Ken Perdue did not respond to coaching in arm Alex Valdes improves in arm