Win: Atsuhiro Mine (14-15) Loss: Ed Thompson (7-9)
Save: Joe Rommel (19)
Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Thompson pitching. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara gets picked off first. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Atsuhiro Mine pitching. Eric Nold pops out to the shortstop. Les Hargrove flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Carter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Masato Tani flies out to the center fielder. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Pete Delgado pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dale Wisner strikes out. Blaine Vangilder lines out to the first baseman. Tony Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Pat Morrison grounds out to the third baseman. Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the shortstop. Atsuhiro Mine grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Vance Oster grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Nen walks. Pat Nen steals second. Ed Thompson strikes out. Eric Nold flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara hits a home run. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the left fielder. Masato Tani singles to center field. Trevor Easterday grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Masato Tani is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Les Hargrove flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Carter walks. Dale Wisner lines out to the first baseman. Blaine Vangilder walks. Tony Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Pete Delgado flies out to the left fielder. Pat Morrison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Vance Oster flies out to the left fielder. Pat Nen grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Atsuhiro Mine grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Eric Nold flies out to the right fielder. Les Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Carter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Masato Tani flies out to the right fielder. Trevor Easterday singles to right field. Hirokazu Kawa advances to third on the hit. Pete Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Hirokazu Kawa scores. Pat Morrison flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dale Wisner singles to right field. Blaine Vangilder pops out to the third baseman. Tony Hunt singles to left field. Dale Wisner advances to third on the hit. Vance Oster pops out to the second baseman. Pat Nen pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Yorelvis Barroso singles to left field. Yorelvis Barroso is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Atsuhiro Mine flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Les Hargrove grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa doubles to right field. 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. Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman. Trevor Easterday walks. So Yamashita is pinch hitting for Pete Delgado. So Yamashita grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Carlos Galvez enters the game as a defensive replacement for So Yamashita at C. Joe Rommel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bobby Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Wisner walks. Blaine Vangilder flies out to the right fielder. Tony Hunt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Don Rodriquez improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in control Don Rodriquez did not respond to coaching in range Don Rodriquez improves in contact_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pepper Poat improves in speed Tom Munger did not respond to coaching in control Jim Deering improves in arm Bob Everitt improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Everitt did not respond to coaching in CF