Win: Bill Abernathy (8-2) Loss: Lars Christian (5-7)
Save: Yoshinari Inoue (15)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Abernathy pitching. Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Carl Furillo strikes out. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Lars Christian pitching. Cookie White singles to center field. L.L. Kappel grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rob Harris lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Belt singles to center field. Carlos Griffey flies out to the left fielder. Harry Coles walks. Paul Blair strikes out. Joe Rudy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave Eichrodt grounds out to the pitcher. Garland Quinn singles to right field. Herb Hume strikes out. Ken Huenke grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lars Christian strikes out. Bill Mazeroski walks. Carl Furillo grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Kyle Snider walks. Bill Abernathy fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Abernathy grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Cookie White flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Junior Caminaro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Belt strikes out. Carlos Griffey singles to center field. Harry Coles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland L.L. Kappel flies out to the right fielder. Rob Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Eichrodt hits a home run. Garland Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Paul Blair strikes out. Joe Rudy pops out to the second baseman. Lars Christian pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Herb Hume strikes out. Ken Huenke grounds out to the pitcher. Kyle Snider singles to center field. Bill Abernathy lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Carl Furillo grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Caminaro flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Cookie White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). L.L. Kappel walks. Rob Harris strikes out. Dave Eichrodt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Belt singles to center field. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Harry Coles grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Alex Belt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Paul Blair flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Garland Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Herb Hume grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Huenke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City 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. Al McHale is pinch hitting for Joe Rudy. Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Stu Goodwin is pinch hitting for Lars Christian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Stu Goodwin strikes out. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Woodie Randall pitching. Quinn Mattingly enters the game as a defensive replacement for Al McHale at 3B. Kyle Snider grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jack Hicks is pinch hitting for Charlie Merena. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jack Hicks doubles to left field. Cookie White flies out to the left fielder. L.L. Kappel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yoshinari Inoue pitching. Carl Furillo bunts for a base hit. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Alex Belt flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Griffey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Win Sayers improves in arm Marty Foss improves in range Curt Culler did not respond to coaching in control Ted Gonzalez improves in power_vs_lefty Marty Foss improves in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Randy Desjardien improves in range Dike Bradley did not respond to coaching in control Alan Haeffner improves in power_vs_righty Kirby Mossi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty