Inning: 1 Oakland Mark Knothe pitching. Takeo Hayashi grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Shelley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eddie Crane flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jacke Vergez pitching. Mike Breitenstein grounds out to the shortstop. Otis Amos pops out to the shortstop. Nate Tenace grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Stew LaManna singles to left field. Woodie Steinfeldt grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Stew LaManna is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Matt Whiteside grounds out to the second baseman. Woodie Steinfeldt advances to second on the play. Edgar Probe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Stu Karger hits a home run. Jeff Brickley singles to left field. Dante Equator grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeff Brickley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dante Equator is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Duke Massa reached on a fielding error by Ernie Pick. Bob Perrine singles to right field. Mark Knothe grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Duke Massa is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Ernie Pick walks. Jacke Vergez lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Takeo Hayashi grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Pick advances to third on the play. Tom Shelley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Breitenstein singles to right field. Otis Amos singles to right field. Mike Breitenstein advances to third on the hit. Nate Tenace singles to center field. Mike Breitenstein scores. Otis Amos advances to third on the hit. Stu Karger pops out to the first baseman. Jeff Brickley singles to right field. Otis Amos scores. Dante Equator grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeff Brickley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Duke Massa singles to center field. Nate Tenace scores. Tom Buzhardt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Perrine reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eddie Crane. Dante Equator scores. Mark Knothe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Eddie Crane walks. Stew LaManna doubles to right field. Eddie Crane uses his aggressiveness and scores. Woodie Steinfeldt singles to right field. Stew LaManna scores. Matt Whiteside flies out to the center fielder. Edgar Probe grounds out to the second baseman. Woodie Steinfeldt advances to second on the play. Ernie Pick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Breitenstein grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Otis Amos hits a home run. Nate Tenace walks. Nate Tenace steals second. Stu Karger flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Brickley walks. Dante Equator strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Tom Buzhardt grounds out to the shortstop. Takeo Hayashi pops out to the second baseman. Tom Shelley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Duke Massa grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Perrine hits a home run. Al Kelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Knothe grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Breitenstein strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Eddie Crane grounds out to the third baseman. Stew LaManna flies out to the left fielder. Woodie Steinfeldt grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Otis Amos singles past the shortstop. Otis Amos steals second. Nate Tenace grounds out to the second baseman. Otis Amos advances to third on the play. Stu Karger flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Otis Amos scores. Jeff Brickley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Matt Whiteside strikes out. Edgar Probe singles to left field. Ernie Pick flies out to the right fielder. Al Kelly grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Edgar Probe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dante Equator singles to left field. Duke Massa walks. Bob Perrine doubles to center field. Dante Equator scores. Bitsy Baker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Knothe strikes out. Mike Breitenstein singles to left field. Duke Massa scores. Mike Breitenstein steals second. Otis Amos lines out to the second baseman. Nate Tenace flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Takeo Hayashi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jake Mahaffey is pinch hitting for Tom Shelley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jake Mahaffey singles to left field. Jake Mahaffey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Eddie Crane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Stu Karger doubles to left field. Stu Karger steals third. Jeff Brickley reached on a fielding error by Ernie Pick. Stu Karger scores. Jeff Brickley steals second. Dante Equator grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Brickley advances to third on the play. Duke Massa grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Brickley scores. Bob Perrine flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Stew LaManna singles to left field. Brian Schaive is pinch hitting for Woodie Steinfeldt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brian Schaive grounds out to the shortstop. Stew LaManna advances to second on the play. Matt Whiteside grounds out to the shortstop. Edgar Probe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Mark Knothe is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pinch Ross improves in control Earle Madden did not respond to coaching in control Silver Ray did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Leon Stuart improves in range
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ralph Cooney improves in velocity Micah Mays did not respond to coaching in velocity Gat Compton improves in speed Wilde Flowers improves in arm