Win: Howard Yaryan (15-12) Loss: Tom Thompson (7-5)
Save: Ron Houser (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Howard Yaryan pitching. Blaine Vangilder pops out to the first baseman. Steve Kahdot hits an infield single to the pitcher. Eric Nold strikes out. Dale Wisner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Thompson pitching. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois walks. So Yamashita grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Grigsby flies out to the right fielder. Steve Odom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Bobby Carter doubles to center field. Les Hargrove grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara doubles to right field. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Daisuke Komatsubara advances to third on the play. Shawn Hubbell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tom Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Blaine Vangilder singles to left field. Steve Kahdot grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Carlos Galvez grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Yaryan grounds out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday singles to left field. Patrick Dubois singles to center field. So Yamashita strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Eric Nold pops out to the shortstop. Dale Wisner strikes out. Frank Grigsby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Kunihisa Shibata reached on a fielding error by Bobby Carter. Shawn Hubbell hits an infield single to the pitcher. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Carlos Galvez walks. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Howard Yaryan walks. Kunihisa Shibata scores. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Patrick Dubois singles to center field. Shawn Hubbell scores. Carlos Galvez uses his aggressiveness and scores. So Yamashita strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Steve Odom strikes out. Bobby Carter flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Les Hargrove singles past the second baseman. Tom Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Shawn Hubbell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Blaine Vangilder singles to left field. Steve Kahdot singles to left field. Blaine Vangilder advances to third on the hit. Eric Nold singles to left field. Blaine Vangilder scores. Dale Wisner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eric Nold is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Grigsby flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Kahdot scores. Steve Odom doubles to right field. Dale Wisner scores. Ron Houser 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. Bobby Carter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Carlos Galvez walks. Ron Houser lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Trevor Easterday singles to right field. Carlos Galvez scores. Ed George comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Patrick Dubois strikes out. 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: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Les Hargrove pops out to the first baseman. Ed Harrison is pinch hitting for Ed George. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Harrison pops out to the first baseman. Blaine Vangilder pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Munger pitching. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Kunihisa Shibata triples. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Shawn Hubbell strikes out. Carlos Galvez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Steve Kahdot walks. Eric Nold grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dale Wisner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Brian Dowd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Houser strikes out. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Grigsby singles to left field. Steve Odom flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Carter pops out to the first baseman. Les Hargrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ed Thompson did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Armstrong improves in speed Milton Pratt improves in contact_vs_righty John Lezcano did not respond to coaching in endurance Bob Everitt did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Clayton Harris did not respond to coaching in velocity Eddie Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in control Jim Katoll did not respond to coaching in velocity Nobuo Kawazoe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty