Win: Buck Russell (13-12) Loss: Madd Hatter (13-13)
Save: Gary Grimes (25)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Madd Hatter pitching. Rube Harris singles to left field. Rube Harris steals second. Bill Baker singles to center field. Rube Harris scores. Minnie Stiely pops out to the shortstop. Mac Falls singles to left field. Bill Baker advances to third on the hit. Wes McMahan walks. Brian Carsey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Buck Russell pitching. Magglio Kida grounds out to the third baseman. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Bob Hinton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Warner singles past the shortstop. Al Embree grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Warner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Buck Russell lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rube Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Rocky Jonnard walks. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. John Souza grounds out to the third baseman. Rocky Jonnard advances to second on the play. Yoshio Yanagida strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Minnie Stiely grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mac Falls singles to center field. Wes McMahan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Hal Plank doubles to left field. Madd Hatter lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Magglio Kida strikes out. Boom Boom Washington hits a home run. Hal Plank scores. Bob Hinton hits an infield single to the first baseman. Rocky Jonnard singles to center field. Bob Hinton advances to third on the hit. Sudden Sam LaRoche lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Brian Carsey singles to center field. Frank Warner doubles past the third baseman. Brian Carsey uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Embree triples. Frank Warner scores. Buck Russell flies out to the right fielder. Rube Harris singles to right field. Al Embree scores. Ed Estalella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Baker flies out to the left fielder. Minnie Stiely flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland John Souza flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Yanagida singles to center field. Hal Plank singles to center field. Yoshio Yanagida advances to third on the hit. Ed Estalella walks. Magglio Kida grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshio Yanagida scores. Hal Plank advances to third on the play. Ed Estalella advances to second on the play. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mac Falls grounds out to the second baseman. Wes McMahan flies out to the left fielder. Brian Carsey triples. Frank Warner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bob Hinton singles to center field. Rocky Jonnard grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al Embree doubles to right field. Buck Russell lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rube Harris flies out to the center fielder. Bill Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Souza flies out to the left fielder. Yoshio Yanagida strikes out. Hal Plank doubles past the right fielder. Ed Estalella flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Minnie Stiely walks. Mac Falls grounds out to the second baseman. Minnie Stiely advances to second on the play. Wes McMahan strikes out. Brian Carsey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Magglio Kida grounds out to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington singles to right field. Bob Hinton flies out to the right fielder. Rocky Jonnard grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Cap Jennings is pinch hitting for Frank Warner. Cap Jennings strikes out. Al Embree reached on a fielding error by Ed Estalella. Rich Napoleon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Buck Russell fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Buck Russell singles to center field. Al Embree advances to third on the hit. Rube Harris flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Al Embree scores. Bill Baker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Buck Russell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Troy Rollins enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cap Jennings at 2B. Randy Reyes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Brian Carsey at 1B. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the third baseman. John Souza reached on a fielding error by Wes McMahan. Yoshio Yanagida singles to center field. Gary Grimes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Plank grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Minnie Stiely grounds out to the second baseman. Mac Falls strikes out. Wes McMahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Dan Cunningham is pinch hitting for Rich Napoleon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dan Cunningham walks. Dan Cunningham steals second. Magglio Kida strikes out. Boom Boom Washington flies out to the center fielder. Bob Hinton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Frank Warner (20), Al Embree (11).3B - Brian Carsey (1), Al Embree (3).SF - Rube Harris.GIDP - Brian Carsey. Baserunning: SB - Rube Harris (15). Fielding: E - Wes McMahan.
Batting:2B - Hal Plank 2 (23).HR - Boom Boom Washington (12).GIDP - Rocky Jonnard, Hal Plank. Baserunning: SB - Dan Cunningham (5). Fielding: E - Ed Estalella.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Nelson Kelb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Meyers did not respond to coaching in arm Nelson Kelb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lou Harris did not respond to coaching in control Nelson Kelb improves in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dave Cogswell did not respond to coaching in range Carl Oates did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Feller did not respond to coaching in control Lenny Buehrle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ducky Wagner did not respond to coaching in CF