Inning: 1 Oakland Curt Bell pitching. Barney Kahl flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Babe Lombardi lines out to the first baseman. Bob Bream pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Deacon Deisel pitching. Teruo Iwaoka grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Amelung singles to center field. Ken Slattery flies out to the right fielder. Casey Radinsky grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Amelung is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Benny Chiles doubles to left field. John Darwin doubles to left field. Benny Chiles scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Heinie Lowery strikes out. Larry Holmes flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John Darwin is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tony Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wally Diaz pops out to the second baseman. Roy Fontenot grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Frank Metzger singles to right field. Deacon Deisel fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Deacon Deisel singles to center field. Barney Kahl singles past the third baseman. Frank Metzger scores. Babe Lombardi grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Barney Kahl is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Bream singles to center field. Deacon Deisel scores. Babe Lombardi advances to third on the hit. Benny Chiles flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Babe Lombardi scores. John Darwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mark Mohorcic hits an infield single to the second baseman. Mark Mohorcic is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Curt Bell strikes out. Teruo Iwaoka flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Heinie Lowery grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Holmes grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Metzger lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Amelung grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Slattery pops out to the catcher. Casey Radinsky strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Deacon Deisel is hit by a pitch. Barney Kahl singles to right field. Babe Lombardi is hit by a pitch. Bob Bream strikes out. Benny Chiles strikes out. John Darwin walks. Deacon Deisel scores. Bruce Mendoza comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Heinie Lowery flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tony Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Wally Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Fontenot walks. Mark Mohorcic flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Larry Holmes flies out to the right fielder. Frank Metzger strikes out. Deacon Deisel pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bruce Mendoza singles past the first baseman. Teruo Iwaoka grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Amelung hits a home run. Ken Slattery singles to center field. Casey Radinsky grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Slattery is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Barney Kahl grounds out to the shortstop. Babe Lombardi walks. Bob Bream singles to center field. Babe Lombardi advances to third on the hit. Benny Chiles doubles to center field. Babe Lombardi scores. Bob Bream uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tom Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lenny Haney is pinch hitting for John Darwin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lenny Haney strikes out. Howie Washburn is pinch hitting for Heinie Lowery. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Howie Washburn singles in front of the right fielder. Benny Chiles scores. Patrick Giallombardo is pinch hitting for Larry Holmes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Patrick Giallombardo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tony Williams flies out to the center fielder. Wally Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Fontenot walks. Mark Mohorcic flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Frank Metzger grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Davenport is pinch hitting for Deacon Deisel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Sam Davenport flies out to the right fielder. Barney Kahl walks. Babe Lombardi pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ken McAleer pitching. Cecil Powell is pinch hitting for Tom Gardner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cecil Powell walks. Teruo Iwaoka triples. Cecil Powell scores. Joe Amelung grounds out to the third baseman. Corey Bowman is pinch hitting for Ken Slattery. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Corey Bowman singles to right field. Teruo Iwaoka scores. Brian Baker is pinch hitting for Casey Radinsky. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brian Baker grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Jon Clarke pitching. Bob Bream singles to right field. Bob Bream is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Benny Chiles strikes out. Lenny Haney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Tony Williams flies out to the center fielder. Wally Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Red Preibisch is pinch hitting for Roy Fontenot. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Red Preibisch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Rick Colliflower did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Toby Lewis improves in control Don Wilson improves in control Yoshinori Deguchi improves in power_vs_righty Don Wilson improves in velocity Joe Wade improves in power_vs_righty Joe Wade did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Charlie Mays improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Berly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Berly improves in range Erv Boccabella improves in range Rick Moriarty did not respond to coaching in velocity Livan Quintana did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty