Win: Weldon Jones (16-15) Loss: Ed Thompson (11-13)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Weldon Jones pitching. Steve Kahdot flies out to the right fielder. Eric Nold pops out to the shortstop. Steve Odom triples. Dale Wisner singles to left field. Steve Odom scores. Dale Wisner steals second. Les Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Thompson pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the catcher. Trevor Easterday flies out to the center fielder. Hirokazu Kawa singles to left field. Hirokazu Kawa is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Sullivan flies out to the left fielder. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Ed Harrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ken Nagatomi is hit by a pitch. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Ken Nagatomi advances to third on the hit. Doc Reimer steals second. Glenn Coakley grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi scores. Doc Reimer advances to third on the play. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Weldon Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Thompson strikes out. Steve Kahdot grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Nold pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Mitsuo Yaginuma doubles to right field. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Steve Odom strikes out. Dale Wisner singles to left field. Dale Wisner steals second. Les Hargrove pops out to the third baseman. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Glenn Coakley strikes out. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Grigsby singles to center field. Ed Harrison strikes out. Ed Thompson pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Steve Kahdot flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara singles to right field. Weldon Jones lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mitsuo Yaginuma flies out to the center fielder. Trevor Easterday singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Eric Nold grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Wisner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ken Nagatomi flies out to the right fielder. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Glenn Coakley singles to left field. Doc Reimer advances to third on the hit. Nobuo Kawazoe singles to center field. Doc Reimer scores. Daisuke Komatsubara triples. Glenn Coakley scores. Nobuo Kawazoe scores. Ed George comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Weldon Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to right field. Trevor Easterday walks. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Les Hargrove flies out to the center fielder. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Grigsby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ken Nagatomi doubles to center field. Doc Reimer flies out to the left fielder. Glenn Coakley strikes out. Nobuo Kawazoe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Harrison grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Everitt is pinch hitting for Ed George. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Everitt strikes out. Pat Nen is pinch hitting for Steve Kahdot. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pat Nen walks. Eric Nold flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Tom Munger pitching. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Weldon Jones lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Mitsuo Yaginuma reached on a fielding error by Ed Harrison. Trevor Easterday walks. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Odom hits a home run. Dale Wisner grounds out to the third baseman. Les Hargrove strikes out. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Oakland total runners left on base: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Young improves in velocity Jim Deering improves in range Rodney Smith improves in power_vs_lefty Tim Foley did not respond to coaching in control Gair Murray improves in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jim Armbrister improves in power_vs_righty Akira Matsumoto did not respond to coaching in velocity Hap Begley improves in arm Steve Guthrie did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty