Win: Harry Furillo (5-1) Loss: Alvin York (5-5)
Save: Yoshinari Inoue (14)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Bailey pitching. Bill Mazeroski singles to center field. Carl Furillo walks. Junior Caminaro grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bill Mazeroski advances to third on the play. Alex Belt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Alvin York pitching. Cookie White strikes out. L.L. Kappel hits a home run. Rob Harris singles to left field. Dave Eichrodt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Carlos Griffey pops out to the shortstop. Harry Coles pops out to the second baseman. Paul Blair singles to center field. Ron Shelton singles to left field. Alvin York grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Frank Beard grounds out to the shortstop. Garland Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Herb Hume strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski flies out to the center fielder. Carl Furillo doubles to right field. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Alex Belt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ken Huenke flies out to the left fielder. Bob Bailey pops out to the shortstop. Cookie White pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Carlos Griffey strikes out. Harry Coles strikes out. Paul Blair singles to left field. Paul Blair steals second. Ron Shelton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland L.L. Kappel flies out to the center fielder. Rob Harris strikes out. Dave Eichrodt reached on a fielding error by Ron Shelton. Frank Beard pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alvin York strikes out. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Furillo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Garland Quinn strikes out. Herb Hume singles to right field. Herb Hume is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ken Huenke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Junior Caminaro singles to center field. Alex Belt walks. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the pitcher. Junior Caminaro advances to third on the play. Alex Belt advances to second on the play. Harry Coles flies out to the right fielder. Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Bailey grounds out to the pitcher. Cookie White pops out to the pitcher. L.L. Kappel singles to center field. Rob Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ron Shelton singles past the second baseman. Alvin York lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Bill Mazeroski singles to center field. Carl Furillo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dave Eichrodt grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Beard pops out to the second baseman. Garland Quinn pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Junior Caminaro singles to left field. Alex Belt strikes out. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the pitcher. Junior Caminaro advances to second on the play. Charlie Merena comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Harry Coles singles to right field. Junior Caminaro scores. Paul Blair walks. Ron Shelton singles to left field. Harry Coles scores. Harry Furillo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alvin York grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Joe Rudy enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ron Shelton at 3B. Herb Hume flies out to the left fielder. Ken Huenke flies out to the right fielder. Jack Hicks is pinch hitting for Harry Furillo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jack Hicks singles to center field. Cookie White hits a home run. Jack Hicks scores. L.L. Kappel singles to left field. Rob Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yoshinari Inoue pitching. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the right fielder. Carl Furillo singles to left field. Junior Caminaro flies out to the right fielder. Carl Furillo steals second. Alex Belt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 11 Oakland total runners left on base: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brian Kume improves in range Charlie Sanders improves in power_vs_lefty Sergio Thornton improves in contact_vs_righty Kevin Bibby improves in arm Sergio Thornton improves in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Otto Anderson did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie Tarbert did not respond to coaching in velocity Ramon Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Al Carpenter improves in control