Win: Harry Bold (9-2) Loss: Alex Kilgus (4-7)
Save: Major Payne (46)
Inning: 1 Oakland Huck Arntzen pitching. Joe Hoffman hits a home run. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Bob Hinton grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Magglio Kida strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank Gakeler pitching. Mike Cafego strikes out. Rube Harris singles to left field. Rube Harris steals second. Minnie Stiely flies out to the left fielder. Mac Falls doubles to left field. Rube Harris scores. Cap Jennings pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. John Souza pops out to the first baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche steals second. Terry Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Hal Plank grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Wes McMahan flies out to the center fielder. Frank Warner flies out to the center fielder. Al Embree singles to left field. Huck Arntzen grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Al Embree is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Frank Gakeler flies out to the left fielder. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Cafego flies out to the center fielder. Rube Harris walks. Rube Harris is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Minnie Stiely walks. Mac Falls grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Minnie Stiely is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Hinton strikes out. Magglio Kida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to right field. John Souza grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Cap Jennings flies out to the right fielder. Wes McMahan singles to left field. Wes McMahan steals second. Frank Warner doubles to right field. Wes McMahan scores. Al Embree grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Warner advances to third on the play. Huck Arntzen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Terry Johnson doubles to right field. Hal Plank flies out to the left fielder. Frank Gakeler pops out to the third baseman. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Cafego pops out to the second baseman. Rube Harris singles to left field. Rube Harris steals second. Minnie Stiely doubles to center field. Rube Harris scores. Mac Falls singles to left field. Minnie Stiely is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Ed Estalella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cap Jennings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Bob Hinton triples. Magglio Kida singles to right field. Bob Hinton scores. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Magglio Kida is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche steals second. John Souza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Wes McMahan pops out to the first baseman. Frank Warner strikes out. Al Embree flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Terry Johnson hits a home run. Hal Plank grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Cunningham is pinch hitting for Ed Estalella. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dan Cunningham doubles to right field. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Harry Bold pitching. Romeo Hobbs is pinch hitting for Huck Arntzen. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Romeo Hobbs walks. Mike Cafego grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Rube Harris walks. Minnie Stiely singles to left field. Rube Harris advances to third on the hit. Mac Falls strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Gerlach pitching. Bob Hinton flies out to the center fielder. Magglio Kida strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Cap Jennings is hit by a pitch. Wes McMahan grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Cap Jennings is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Warner flies out to the left fielder. Al Embree walks. Randy Reyes is pinch hitting for Jim Gerlach. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Reyes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Alex Kilgus pitching. John Souza singles to right field. Terry Johnson singles to right field. John Souza advances to third on the hit. Hal Plank singles to left field. John Souza scores. Ryota Hamada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Stein is pinch hitting for Harry Bold. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Stein walks. Joe Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Johnson scores. Hal Plank advances to third on the play. Bob Stein advances to second on the play. Bob Hinton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Major Payne pitching. Mike Cafego singles to center field. Mike Cafego steals second. Rube Harris flies out to the center fielder. Minnie Stiely singles to center field. Mike Cafego scores. Mac Falls flies out to the center fielder. Cap Jennings grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Minnie Stiely is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Terry Johnson (21), Dan Cunningham (12).3B - Bob Hinton (1).HR - Joe Hoffman (19), Terry Johnson (16). Baserunning: SB - Sudden Sam LaRoche 2 (17).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ducky Wagner improves in speed Dave Cogswell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Carl Oates did not respond to coaching in control Paul Schoeneweis did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Daley did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Martinez did not respond to coaching in velocity Doug Eaton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Doug Eaton improves in contact_vs_righty Bobby Meyers improves in contact_vs_righty Roger Hiller did not respond to coaching in CF