Win: Brian Medina (2-1) Loss: Buddy Soff (0-3)
Save: Ken McAleer (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Buddy Soff pitching. Barney Kahl strikes out. Red Bancroft flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bream singles to right field. Benny Chiles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bobby Bowen pitching. Corey Bowman grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Baker grounds out to the third baseman. Cecil Powell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland John Darwin singles to right field. Sam Davenport pops out to the second baseman. John Darwin steals second. Larry Holmes singles to center field. Lenny Haney flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Bowen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al Kenders reached on a fielding error by John Darwin. Wally Diaz doubles to right field. Al Kenders uses his aggressiveness and scores. Red Preibisch is hit by a pitch. Joe Amelung walks. Teruo Iwaoka strikes out. Buddy Soff strikes out. Corey Bowman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Barney Kahl singles to right field. Red Bancroft singles to right field. Bob Bream singles to center field. Barney Kahl scores. Red Bancroft advances to third on the hit. Benny Chiles grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Bream advances to second on the play. John Darwin singles to left field. Red Bancroft scores. Bob Bream scores. Sam Davenport flies out to the right fielder. Larry Holmes grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Brian Baker strikes out. Cecil Powell strikes out. Al Kenders pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Lenny Haney grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Bowen grounds out to the second baseman. Barney Kahl grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Wally Diaz bunts for a base hit. Red Preibisch strikes out. Joe Amelung grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Red Bancroft singles to left field. Bob Bream strikes out. Benny Chiles grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Red Bancroft is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Darwin walks. Sam Davenport reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cecil Powell. Benny Chiles scores. Larry Holmes walks. Lenny Haney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City Teruo Iwaoka walks. Buddy Soff lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Corey Bowman singles to center field. Teruo Iwaoka scores. Brian Baker reached on a fielding error by Sam Davenport. Cecil Powell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Corey Bowman is out at third base. Al Kenders singles to left field. Brian Baker is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Bobby Bowen flies out to the left fielder. Barney Kahl singles to right field. Red Bancroft flies out to the right fielder. Bob Bream strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Howie Washburn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Red Bancroft at CF. Wally Diaz walks. Wally Diaz steals second. Red Preibisch walks. Joe Amelung walks. Teruo Iwaoka singles to center field. Wally Diaz scores. Brian Medina comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Soff grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Red Preibisch scores. Joe Amelung advances to third on the play. Corey Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Benny Chiles flies out to the center fielder. John Darwin walks. Sam Davenport doubles to left field. The defense is playing the infield in. Adan Ortiz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Holmes singles to left field. John Darwin scores. Sam Davenport scores. Lenny Haney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Larry Holmes advances to second on the play. Ken Quintana is pinch hitting for Brian Medina. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ken Quintana flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Steve Eiland pitching. Brian Baker grounds out to the third baseman. Cecil Powell grounds out to the third baseman. Al Kenders flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Barney Kahl flies out to the right fielder. Howie Washburn singles to left field. Howie Washburn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bob Bream grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Wally Diaz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sam Davenport. Red Preibisch strikes out. Joe Amelung pops out to the shortstop. Teruo Iwaoka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Benny Chiles triples. John Darwin lines out to the second baseman. Sam Davenport walks. Larry Holmes lines out to the first baseman. Lenny Haney walks. Patrick Giallombardo is pinch hitting for Steve Eiland. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Patrick Giallombardo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ken McAleer pitching. Bunny Joyce is pinch hitting for Adan Ortiz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bunny Joyce flies out to the left fielder. Corey Bowman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Benny Chiles. Brian Baker walks. Cecil Powell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Corey Bowman is out at third base. Al Kenders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 12 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Sam Davenport (2).3B - Benny Chiles (2). Baserunning: SB - John Darwin (1).CS - Howie Washburn (2). Fielding: E - Benny Chiles, John Darwin, Sam Davenport 2.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yoshinori Deguchi did not respond to coaching in arm Yoshinori Deguchi did not respond to coaching in range Charlie Thobe improves in power_vs_righty Tim Weston did not respond to coaching in control Don Wilson improves in control Harvey Burda improves in contact_vs_lefty 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: Sam Tidrow did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ray Caithamer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Smith improves in power_vs_righty Erv Boccabella did not respond to coaching in range Spider Schaeffer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Spider Schaeffer improves in power_vs_lefty