Win: Pep Wright (9-3) Loss: Len Shockley (6-5)
Save: Steve Smith (18)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Len Shockley pitching. Bill Mazeroski walks. Carl Furillo strikes out. Al McHale singles to center field. Carlos Griffey pops out to the shortstop. Al Ramirez doubles to center field. Bill Mazeroski scores. Al McHale uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ron Shelton singles to right field. Charlie Mitchell singles to right field. Al Ramirez scores. Quinn Mattingly strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Pep Wright pitching. Cookie White pops out to the first baseman. L.L. Kappel strikes out. Rob Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Pep Wright strikes out. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Furillo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave Eichrodt pops out to the second baseman. Herb Hume grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Huenke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Al McHale strikes out. Carlos Griffey flies out to the right fielder. Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Cyrus Daniels singles to center field. Ramon Jones grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Len Shockley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ron Shelton grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Quinn Mattingly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Cookie White doubles to left field. L.L. Kappel doubles to right field. Cookie White scores. Rob Harris pops out to the second baseman. Dave Eichrodt grounds out to the second baseman. L.L. Kappel advances to third on the play. Herb Hume grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Pep Wright strikes out. Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Carl Furillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ken Huenke triples. Cyrus Daniels grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Huenke scores. Ramon Jones walks. Len Shockley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cookie White grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Al Ramirez flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland L.L. Kappel grounds out to the second baseman. Rob Harris singles to left field. Dave Eichrodt strikes out. Rob Harris is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ron Shelton strikes out. Charlie Mitchell pops out to the third baseman. Quinn Mattingly walks. Pep Wright pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Herb Hume flies out to the right fielder. Ken Huenke flies out to the center fielder. Cyrus Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Abbott 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. Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Carl Furillo singles to center field. Al McHale flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Pavel Quiros enters the game as a defensive replacement for Al McHale at CF. Ramon Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Hicks is pinch hitting for Bill Abbott. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jack Hicks lines out to the second baseman. Cookie White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yoshinari Inoue pitching. Al Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Ron Shelton triples. Charlie Mitchell singles to right field. Ron Shelton scores. Quinn Mattingly singles to right field. Bill Stephenson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Coles is pinch hitting for Pep Wright. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Harry Coles flies out to the center fielder. Bill Mazeroski grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Quinn Mattingly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Steve Smith pitching. L.L. Kappel singles to center field. Rob Harris singles to center field. L.L. Kappel advances to third on the hit. Dave Eichrodt flies out to the left fielder. Herb Hume grounds out to the shortstop. L.L. Kappel scores. Rob Harris advances to second on the play. Ken Huenke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Watson Jones improves in arm Ted Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in arm Charlie Sanders improves in power_vs_righty Al Lopatka 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: Alan Haeffner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Otto Anderson did not respond to coaching in endurance Al Carpenter did not respond to coaching in control Lady Post did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Zisk did not respond to coaching in 1B