Win: Cal Pichardo (8-20) Loss: Howard Yaryan (13-10)
Save: Huck Fauver (37)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Howard Yaryan pitching. Blaine Vangilder grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Dale Wisner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Cal Pichardo pitching. Trevor Easterday strikes out. So Yamashita strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Steve Odom grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Frank Grigsby singles to right field. Les Hargrove singles to center field. Vance Oster grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Grigsby advances to third on the play. Les Hargrove advances to second on the play. Bobby Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kunihisa Shibata singles to left field. Brooks Hegan flies out to the right fielder. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Cal Pichardo strikes out. Blaine Vangilder doubles to left field. Eric Nold flies out to the right fielder. Dale Wisner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Carlos Galvez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Howard Yaryan pops out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Steve Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Grigsby flies out to the right fielder. Les Hargrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Vance Oster walks. Bobby Carter singles to center field. Cal Pichardo lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Blaine Vangilder walks. Eric Nold flies out to the center fielder. Dale Wisner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the center fielder. Brooks Hegan strikes out. Doc Reimer doubles to center field. Carlos Galvez walks. Howard Yaryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Steve Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Grigsby lines out to the second baseman. Les Hargrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Trevor Easterday strikes out. So Yamashita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Vance Oster singles to left field. Bobby Carter strikes out. Vance Oster steals second. 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. Cal Pichardo strikes out. Blaine Vangilder singles to right field. Vance Oster scores. Blaine Vangilder steals second. Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dale Wisner. Kunihisa Shibata walks. Brooks Hegan pops out to the first baseman. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Galvez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dale Wisner strikes out. Steve Odom grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Nobuo Kawazoe is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Trevor Easterday pops out to the first baseman. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ryozo Wako pitching. Les Hargrove singles to right field. Vance Oster strikes out. Les Hargrove is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bobby Carter singles to center field. Jerry Hahn is pinch hitting for Cal Pichardo. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bobby Carter steals second. Jerry Hahn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Huck Fauver pitching. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the left fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the third baseman. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Deering did not respond to coaching in speed Greg Butler improves in speed Bill Jurak did not respond to coaching in arm Gair Murray did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Akira Matsumoto did not respond to coaching in velocity Hap Begley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Cisar did not respond to coaching in control