Inning: 1 Oakland Frank Viola pitching. Allan Schorr strikes out. Garland Quinn pops out to the second baseman. Ramon Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ed Siner pitching. Carl Furillo grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Shelton pops out to the shortstop. Junior Caminaro flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Orlando Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Paul Kennedy doubles to left field. Tomas Keegan strikes out. Saul Febles singles to left field. Paul Kennedy uses his aggressiveness and scores. Saul Febles steals second. Clay Gornicki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al McHale grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Belt singles to right field. Paul Blair walks. Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Alex Belt advances to third on the play. Paul Blair advances to second on the play. Bill Mazeroski strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Ed Siner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Allan Schorr singles to center field. Garland Quinn flies out to the left fielder. Ramon Jones walks. Orlando Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Viola pops out to the third baseman. Carl Furillo flies out to the right fielder. Ron Shelton walks. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Paul Kennedy flies out to the right fielder. Tomas Keegan grounds out to the pitcher. Saul Febles strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Al McHale pops out to the shortstop. Alex Belt hits a home run. Paul Blair hits an infield single to the second baseman. Paul Blair is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Al Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Clay Gornicki flies out to the left fielder. Ed Siner grounds out to the shortstop. Allan Schorr singles to center field. Garland Quinn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Allan Schorr is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski singles to center field. Frank Viola lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carl Furillo singles to right field. Bill Mazeroski scores. Ron Shelton walks. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Al McHale walks. Alex Belt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Ramon Jones strikes out. Orlando Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Paul Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Paul Blair singles to center field. Al Ramirez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Tomas Keegan singles to center field. Saul Febles grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tomas Keegan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Red Kline is pinch hitting for Clay Gornicki. Red Kline pops out to the shortstop. John Riedling is pinch hitting for Ed Siner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Riedling singles to left field. Saul Febles advances to third on the hit. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Saul Febles scores. Allan Schorr singles to center field. Garland Quinn doubles to center field. John Riedling scores. Ramon Jones hits an infield single to the pitcher. Allan Schorr scores. Tim Seibold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Orlando Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Stephenson pitching. Tim Seibold strikes out. Carl Furillo grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Shelton flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Paul Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Keegan flies out to the left fielder. Saul Febles singles to left field. Saul Febles steals second. Red Kline flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Junior Caminaro flies out to the right fielder. Al McHale flies out to the center fielder. Alex Belt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland John Paciorek is pinch hitting for Bill Stephenson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. John Paciorek reached on a 2-base fielding error by Al McHale. Allan Schorr walks. Garland Quinn strikes out. Ramon Jones reached on a fielding error by Al Ramirez. Orlando Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Paciorek scores. Paul Kennedy singles to center field. Allan Schorr scores. Ramon Jones advances to third on the hit. Tomas Keegan singles to right field. Ramon Jones scores. Saul Febles pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Charlie Merena pitching. Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Joe Rudy is pinch hitting for Al Ramirez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Rudy grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Mazeroski walks. Carlos Griffey is pinch hitting for Tim Seibold. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carlos Griffey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Hill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Parsons improves in contact_vs_lefty Phil Whitt did not respond to coaching in control Red Morse did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brian Escobar improves in arm Elmer Braggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Matt Sheridan improves in contact_vs_righty Julio Taylor did not respond to coaching in control