Win: Birdie Lake (8-5) Loss: Orville Phoebus (1-5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Birdie Lake pitching. George Callahan strikes out. Ted Witherup flies out to the right fielder. Walt Santovenia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Orville Phoebus pitching. Lave Bowa flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Ed Lovelace triples. Sandy Hernandez doubles to right field. Ed Lovelace scores. Angel Gill pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland John Hoyt walks. Dean Brodowski walks. George Umbricht strikes out. Jim Foley flies out to the right fielder. Cy Demaree grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dean Brodowski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull singles to right field. Bob Boone singles in front of the center fielder. Bob Tartabull reached on a fielding error by Jim Foley. Birdie Lake strikes out. Lave Bowa hits a home run. Reggie Tartabull scores. Bob Boone scores. Bob Tartabull scores. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Ed Lovelace strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Orville Phoebus singles to right field. George Callahan singles to center field. Orville Phoebus advances to third on the hit. Ted Witherup singles to left field. Orville Phoebus scores. Walt Santovenia doubles to center field. George Callahan scores. Ted Witherup uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Hoyt flies out to the left fielder. Dean Brodowski grounds out to the shortstop. George Umbricht flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Sandy Hernandez walks. Sandy Hernandez steals second. Angel Gill strikes out. Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sandy Hernandez advances to third on the play. J.J. Suggs 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. Bob Boone singles to center field. Sandy Hernandez scores. Bob Tartabull grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Boone is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Jim Foley strikes out. Cy Demaree grounds out to the pitcher. J.J. Suggs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Birdie Lake strikes out. Lave Bowa flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland George Callahan strikes out. Ted Witherup grounds out to the pitcher. Walt Santovenia walks. John Hoyt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Lovelace grounds out to the third baseman. Sandy Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Angel Gill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Dean Brodowski flies out to the left fielder. George Umbricht walks. Jim Foley pops out to the shortstop. George Umbricht steals second. Cy Demaree flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull strikes out. Bob Boone strikes out. Bob Tartabull singles to center field. Birdie Lake grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Tartabull is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Stu Morgan is pinch hitting for J.J. Suggs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stu Morgan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! George Callahan singles to right field. Ted Witherup reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ed Lovelace. Walt Santovenia flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, George Callahan scores. George Flanagan 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. John Hoyt doubles to left field. Ted Witherup scores. Dean Brodowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Don Lowe pitching. Lave Bowa is hit by a pitch. Lave Bowa steals second. Lefty Lindaman grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Lovelace singles to center field. Lave Bowa scores. Sandy Hernandez grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Lovelace advances to second on the play. Ed Lovelace gets picked off second (1-6). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland George Umbricht strikes out. Jim Foley singles to left field. Cy Demaree grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Angel Gill walks. Angel Gill steals second. Reggie Tartabull walks. Yariel Duvergel is pinch hitting for Bob Boone. Yariel Duvergel singles past the second baseman. Bob Tartabull flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Angel Gill scores. Johnny Swentor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Beltran is pinch hitting for George Flanagan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Passed ball. Reggie Tartabull advances to third. Yariel Duvergel advances to second. Bill Beltran hits a home run. Reggie Tartabull scores. Yariel Duvergel scores. Lave Bowa singles to center field. Lave Bowa steals second. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Ed Lovelace grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ishod Wair pitching. Al Klugmann is pinch hitting for Johnny Swentor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al Klugmann grounds out to the second baseman. George Callahan grounds out to the pitcher. Art Bryden is pinch hitting for Ted Witherup. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Art Bryden grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Walt Santovenia (5), John Hoyt (8).SF - Walt Santovenia.GIDP - Cy Demaree. Baserunning: SB - George Umbricht (3). Fielding: E - Jim Foley.PB - Cy Demaree.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ray Rivera did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Gee Lampkin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Nicosia did not respond to coaching in velocity Javier Brown improves in contact_vs_lefty Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Ballard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Vic Kehn improves in contact_vs_lefty Snipe Arnovich did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Dunn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bruno Milosevich did not respond to coaching in SS