Win: Lars Christian (8-3) Loss: Harry Furillo (1-3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Pep Wright pitching. Cookie White singles to right field. Cookie White is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). L.L. Kappel singles to left field. Rob Harris strikes out. Dave Eichrodt pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Abernathy pitching. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Furillo grounds out to the shortstop. Al McHale flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Herb Hume walks. Ken Huenke grounds out to the second baseman. Herb Hume advances to second on the play. Cyrus Daniels grounds out to the shortstop. Ramon Jones walks. Bill Abernathy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Carlos Griffey walks. Al Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Ron Shelton bunts for a base hit. Charlie Mitchell singles to right field. Carlos Griffey scores. Quinn Mattingly grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Cookie White doubles to left field. L.L. Kappel singles to left field. Cookie White scores. L.L. Kappel steals second. Rob Harris strikes out. Dave Eichrodt hits an infield single to the catcher. Herb Hume pops out to the catcher. Ken Huenke walks. Cyrus Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Pep Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the left fielder. Carl Furillo pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ramon Jones flies out to the right fielder. Bill Abernathy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cookie White grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Al McHale strikes out. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Al Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland L.L. Kappel grounds out to the pitcher. Rob Harris singles to center field. Dave Eichrodt singles to center field. Rob Harris advances to third on the hit. Dave Eichrodt is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Herb Hume singles to right field. Rob Harris scores. Ken Huenke grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Herb Hume is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ron Shelton flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Mitchell singles to right field. Quinn Mattingly flies out to the right fielder. Pep Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Cyrus Daniels pops out to the first baseman. Ramon Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Abernathy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Carl Furillo grounds out to the third baseman. Al McHale singles to right field. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Cookie White walks. Tim Seibold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cookie White is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). L.L. Kappel grounds out to the second baseman. Rob Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al Ramirez singles to left field. Ron Shelton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Ramirez advances to second on the play. Charlie Mitchell hits a home run. Al Ramirez scores. Quinn Mattingly singles to center field. Tim Seibold lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Paul Blair enters the game as a defensive replacement for Al McHale at CF. Dave Eichrodt singles past the second baseman. Herb Hume grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ken Huenke singles to left field. Ken Huenke steals second. Cyrus Daniels singles to left field. Ken Huenke scores. Cyrus Daniels steals second. Ramon Jones hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jack Hicks is pinch hitting for Bill Abernathy. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jack Hicks flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Harry Furillo pitching. Carl Furillo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Blair singles past the first baseman. Paul Blair steals second. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the third baseman. Al Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Cookie White doubles past the first baseman. Lars Christian comes in from the bullpen to pitch. L.L. Kappel grounds out to the second baseman. Cookie White advances to third on the play. Rob Harris strikes out. Dave Eichrodt lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ron Shelton singles to left field. Charlie Mitchell doubles to left field. The defense is playing the infield in. Quinn Mattingly singles to center field. Ron Shelton scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 10 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Cookie White 2 (28).GIDP - Herb Hume. Baserunning: SB - L.L. Kappel (27), Ken Huenke (9), Cyrus Daniels (5).CS - Cookie White 2 (9), Dave Eichrodt (3).
Game Notes Rob Harris is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dike Bradley improves in control John Zisk did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Riedling did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Johnny Primo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Zisk did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Sanders did not respond to coaching in range Watson Jones improves in power_vs_lefty Kevin Bibby improves in contact_vs_righty George Clyde did not respond to coaching in velocity Marty Foss did not respond to coaching in CF