Win: Tom Munger (8-1) Loss: Ron Houser (4-2)
Save: Huck Fauver (45)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rod Marte pitching. Bill Jurak doubles to left field. Blaine Vangilder singles past the first baseman. Bill Jurak scores. Eric Nold flies out to the center fielder. Steve Odom flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Dale Wisner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Jamey Fain pitching. Trevor Easterday reached on a fielding error by Blaine Vangilder. So Yamashita walks. Ken Nagatomi walks. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Trevor Easterday scores. Doc Reimer walks. Kunihisa Shibata walks. So Yamashita scores. Bruce Cotter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Les Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Hunt strikes out. Bobby Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Rod Marte lines out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday walks. So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday advances to second on the play. Ken Nagatomi singles to right field. Trevor Easterday scores. Hirokazu Kawa singles to right field. Ken Nagatomi advances to third on the hit. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jamey Fain flies out to the left fielder. Bill Jurak grounds out to the second baseman. Blaine Vangilder doubles to right field. Eric Nold strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Bruce Cotter doubles to center field. Rod Marte flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Steve Odom walks. Dale Wisner strikes out. Les Hargrove strikes out. Tony Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Trevor Easterday walks. So Yamashita grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Trevor Easterday is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bobby Carter is hit by a pitch. Jamey Fain lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Bobby Carter forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Jamey Fain steals second. Bill Jurak strikes out. Blaine Vangilder doubles to left field. Jamey Fain scores. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Eric Nold walks. Steve Odom flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Doc Reimer doubles to left field. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Reimer advances to third on the play. Bruce Cotter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dale Wisner walks. Les Hargrove flies out to the left fielder. Tony Hunt flies out to the right fielder. Dale Wisner steals second. Bobby Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Houser strikes out. Trevor Easterday lines out to the second baseman. So Yamashita strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ed Harrison is pinch hitting for Jamey Fain. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ed Harrison singles to center field. Bill Jurak strikes out. Blaine Vangilder grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Harrison advances to second on the play. Eric Nold lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Munger pitching. Ken Nagatomi lines out to the first baseman. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Steve Odom singles to right field. Dale Wisner hits a home run. Steve Odom scores. Ryozo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Hargrove strikes out. Tony Hunt singles to left field. Bobby Carter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Hunt advances to second on the play. Frank Grigsby is pinch hitting for Tom Munger. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tony Hunt steals third. Frank Grigsby pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Andy Brainerd pitching. Doc Reimer grounds out to the shortstop. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the shortstop. Nobuo Kawazoe is pinch hitting for Bruce Cotter. Nobuo Kawazoe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Glenn Coakley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Nobuo Kawazoe at C. Bill Jurak grounds out to the pitcher. Blaine Vangilder flies out to the center fielder. Eric Nold pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Huck Fauver comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Herb Roselli is pinch hitting for Ryozo Wako. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Herb Roselli bunts for a base hit. Trevor Easterday flies out to the right fielder. So Yamashita walks. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 11
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Harry Armstrong improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Young did not respond to coaching in control Mike Young improves in control Greg Butler did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Zackert did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Armbrister improves in range Ken Gagnon improves in speed