Win: Howard Yaryan (11-12) Loss: Jamey Fain (8-12)
Save: Fred Orndorff (7)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jamey Fain pitching. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday strikes out. So Yamashita strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Howard Yaryan pitching. Eric Nold grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Kahdot singles to right field. Frank Grigsby flies out to the center fielder. Steve Kahdot steals second. Passed ball. Steve Kahdot advances to third. Les Hargrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bobby Carter hits a home run. Dale Wisner grounds out to the shortstop. Blaine Vangilder singles to center field. Blaine Vangilder steals second. Tony Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. Blaine Vangilder advances to third on the play. Jamey Fain strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata triples. Shawn Hubbell strikes out. Howard Yaryan grounds out to the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata scores. Patrick Dubois walks. Trevor Easterday is hit by a pitch. So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Eric Nold strikes out. Steve Kahdot singles past the second baseman. Steve Kahdot steals second. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Les Hargrove grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Pete Delgado walks. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bobby Carter grounds out to the third baseman. Dale Wisner pops out to the shortstop. Blaine Vangilder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Shawn Hubbell grounds out to the third baseman. Howard Yaryan walks. Patrick Dubois grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Howard Yaryan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Trevor Easterday flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tony Hunt singles to left field. Jamey Fain fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jamey Fain grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tony Hunt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eric Nold strikes out. Steve Kahdot walks. Frank Grigsby grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steve Kahdot is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland So Yamashita grounds out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the center fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Les Hargrove singles to right field. Bobby Carter grounds out to the second baseman. Les Hargrove advances to second on the play. Dale Wisner flies out to the right fielder. Blaine Vangilder pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Shawn Hubbell singles to left field. Howard Yaryan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Howard Yaryan strikes out. Patrick Dubois walks. Trevor Easterday singles to right field. Shawn Hubbell scores. Patrick Dubois advances to third on the hit. So Yamashita walks. Ed George 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 2nd. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Patrick Dubois scores. Trevor Easterday scores. So Yamashita advances to third on the hit. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tony Hunt pops out to the shortstop. Doug Vico is pinch hitting for Ed George. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doug Vico grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Fred Simon pitching. Pete Delgado grounds out to the third baseman. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the third baseman. Shawn Hubbell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Danny Manning enters the game as a defensive replacement for Trevor Easterday at 2B. Pat Morrison enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hirokazu Kawa at 3B. Steve Kahdot singles to center field. Frank Grigsby doubles to center field. Fred Orndorff 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 2nd. Les Hargrove grounds out to the catcher. Bobby Carter flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Kahdot scores. Dale Wisner singles to center field. Frank Grigsby scores. Dale Wisner steals second. Blaine Vangilder walks. Tony Hunt pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Fred Orndorff strikes out. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Danny Manning singles to center field. So Yamashita walks. Pat Morrison walks. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jerry Hahn is pinch hitting for Fred Simon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jerry Hahn singles in front of the center fielder. Eric Nold reached on a fielding error by Pat Morrison. Steve Kahdot grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jerry Hahn advances to third on the play. Frank Grigsby flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Frank Grigsby (23).HR - Bobby Carter (8).SF - Bobby Carter.GIDP - Steve Kahdot. Baserunning: SB - Steve Kahdot 2 (28), Dale Wisner (21), Blaine Vangilder (20).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Ostermueller did not respond to coaching in velocity Kenichi Ogawa did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ken Edington did not respond to coaching in velocity John Lezcano did not respond to coaching in velocity Pepper Poat improves in power_vs_righty Harry Armstrong did not respond to coaching in CF