Win: Lixan Southeran (1-0) Loss: Stu Pickles (4-14)
Save: Elmer Clark (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Stu Pickles pitching. Ichiro Suzuki grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Hosley walks. Greg Garrison singles to center field. Frank Wilhelm strikes out. Frank Rauch strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Lixan Southeran pitching. Tyler Smith walks. Jasper Winslow flies out to the right fielder. Bob Sacamano strikes out. Julian Pankratz reached on a fielding error by Greg Garrison. Kei Kinimaka flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Steve Hodkey strikes out. Johnny Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Bielaski pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Paul Scheeren singles to center field. Butts LaChance singles to right field. Paul Scheeren advances to third on the hit. Rube Kravitz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Paul Scheeren scores. Stu Pickles grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lixan Southeran grounds out to the shortstop. Ichiro Suzuki strikes out. Tim Hosley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Tyler Smith flies out to the left fielder. Jasper Winslow grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Sacamano walks. Julian Pankratz grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Sacamano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Greg Garrison strikes out. Frank Wilhelm strikes out. Frank Rauch flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Kei Kinimaka reached on a fielding error by Sam Bielaski. Kei Kinimaka is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Paul Scheeren flies out to the right fielder. Butts LaChance grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Steve Hodkey hits an infield single to the shortstop. Johnny Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Hodkey advances to second on the play. Sam Bielaski singles to left field. Steve Hodkey scores. Lixan Southeran lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ichiro Suzuki singles to left field. Sam Bielaski scores. Tim Hosley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Rube Kravitz flies out to the left fielder. Stu Pickles grounds out to the shortstop. Tyler Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Greg Garrison grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Wilhelm strikes out. Frank Rauch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Jasper Winslow singles to left field. Jasper Winslow steals second. Bob Sacamano flies out to the center fielder. Julian Pankratz walks. Kei Kinimaka flies out to the left fielder. Paul Scheeren walks. Butts LaChance pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Steve Hodkey strikes out. Johnny Sullivan strikes out. Sam Bielaski walks. Lixan Southeran strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Rube Kravitz grounds out to the second baseman. Stu Pickles strikes out. Tyler Smith pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ichiro Suzuki flies out to the left fielder. Tim Hosley singles to right field. Greg Garrison grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jasper Winslow walks. Jasper Winslow is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob Sacamano doubles to center field. Elmer Clark 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. Julian Pankratz grounds out to the shortstop. Kei Kinimaka walks. Kojiro Takagi is pinch hitting for Paul Scheeren. Kojiro Takagi walks. Butts LaChance strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Buffinton enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kojiro Takagi at SS. Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Rauch singles to center field. Steve Hodkey lines out to the shortstop. Johnny Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Rube Kravitz pops out to the shortstop. Jake Jarmel is pinch hitting for Stu Pickles. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jake Jarmel grounds out to the shortstop. Tyler Smith grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rick Pasquella improves in power_vs_righty Rusty Stenhouse improves in contact_vs_lefty Larry Keener did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Grodzicki improves in contact_vs_lefty Rick Pasquella did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Randy Belloir improves in power_vs_righty Frank Hall improves in arm Earl Works did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Houck improves in control Pete Glover did not respond to coaching in 3B