Win: Fred Becker (1-0) Loss: Lars Christian (2-2)
Save: Yoshinari Inoue (5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Lars Christian pitching. Allan Schorr walks. Garland Quinn grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ramon Jones singles to right field. Orlando Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Fred Becker pitching. Carl Furillo walks. Ron Shelton walks. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Al McHale flies out to the center fielder. Alex Belt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Paul Kennedy walks. Tomas Keegan strikes out. Saul Febles singles to right field. Clay Gornicki walks. Fred Becker strikes out. Allan Schorr flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Paul Blair grounds out to the shortstop. Al Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Garland Quinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ramon Jones flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Cruz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lars Christian grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Furillo strikes out. Ron Shelton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Paul Kennedy singles to right field. Tomas Keegan flies out to the left fielder. Saul Febles grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Junior Caminaro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al McHale flies out to the center fielder. Alex Belt singles to right field. Alex Belt steals second. Paul Blair strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Clay Gornicki flies out to the left fielder. Fred Becker pops out to the catcher. Allan Schorr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Al Ramirez walks. Bill Mazeroski grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Ramirez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lars Christian lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carl Furillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Garland Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Ramon Jones strikes out. Orlando Cruz lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ron Shelton strikes out. Junior Caminaro walks. Al McHale strikes out. Junior Caminaro is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Paul Kennedy singles to left field. Tomas Keegan singles to left field. Saul Febles grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tomas Keegan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Red Kline is pinch hitting for Clay Gornicki. Red Kline grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Kennedy scores. Saul Febles advances to second on the play. John Riedling is pinch hitting for Fred Becker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Riedling flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Harry Furillo pitching. Alex Belt flies out to the center fielder. Paul Blair singles to left field. Paul Blair is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Al Ramirez pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Allan Schorr grounds out to the shortstop. Leo Denny 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. Garland Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Ramon Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski flies out to the right fielder. Leo Denny grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Furillo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Orlando Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Paul Kennedy strikes out. Tomas Keegan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Yoshinari Inoue comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ron Shelton doubles to left field. Junior Caminaro grounds out to the pitcher. Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Shelton advances to third on the play. Alex Belt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Lars Christian is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Parsons improves in power_vs_lefty Andy McLain improves in contact_vs_lefty Red Morse did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Knott did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Sanders improves in power_vs_lefty John Gillespie did not respond to coaching in control Julio Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Marty Foss did not respond to coaching in speed