Win: Preston Palmquist (10-9) Loss: Jose Aberson (12-14)
Save: Gary Grimes (26)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jose Aberson pitching. Bill Baker strikes out. Rube Harris flies out to the left fielder. Minnie Stiely flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Preston Palmquist pitching. Magglio Kida pops out to the pitcher. Joe Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Rocky Jonnard grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Warner hits an infield single to the shortstop. Al Embree singles to right field. Troy Rollins grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Al Embree is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Randy Reyes flies out to the left fielder. Bob Schmidt singles to left field. Frank Warner scores. Preston Palmquist lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Bob Hinton flies out to the left fielder. Dan Cunningham walks. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Baker triples. Rube Harris singles to right field. Bill Baker scores. Minnie Stiely strikes out. Frank Warner grounds out to the third baseman. Rube Harris advances to second on the play. Al Embree grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Bob Stein walks. Jose Aberson 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 grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Rocky Jonnard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Troy Rollins flies out to the right fielder. Randy Reyes flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bob Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Terry Johnson strikes out. Bob Hinton walks. Dan Cunningham strikes out. Boom Boom Washington doubles to left field. Bob Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Preston Palmquist grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Baker strikes out. Rube Harris grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jose Aberson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Magglio Kida grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Rocky Jonnard grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Minnie Stiely grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Warner pops out to the first baseman. Al Embree singles to center field. Troy Rollins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Terry Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Bob Hinton flies out to the left fielder. Dan Cunningham walks. Alex Kilgus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Dan Cunningham steals second. Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Bob Stein walks. Jose Aberson strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Randy Reyes singles to right field. Bob Schmidt pops out to the shortstop. Romeo Hobbs is pinch hitting for Alex Kilgus. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Reyes is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Romeo Hobbs walks. Bill Baker pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Gerlach pitching. Magglio Kida singles to left field. Joe Hoffman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Rocky Jonnard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rube Harris doubles to left field. Minnie Stiely hits a home run. Rube Harris scores. Frank Warner singles to right field. Rich Napoleon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Embree singles to center field. Frank Warner is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Troy Rollins grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Al Embree is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Randy Reyes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Terry Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Bob Hinton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dan Cunningham hits a home run. Boom Boom Washington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Cap Jennings is pinch hitting for Bob Schmidt. Cap Jennings walks. Wes McMahan is pinch hitting for Jim Gerlach. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wes McMahan singles to right field. Bill Baker walks. Rube Harris strikes out. Minnie Stiely grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Gary Grimes pitching. Bob Stein grounds out to the third baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche is pinch hitting for Rich Napoleon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Magglio Kida grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Hooper improves in power_vs_lefty Nelson Kelb improves in range Doug Scott did not respond to coaching in control Ray Robbins did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Meyers did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Sam Feller did not respond to coaching in velocity Ducky Wagner did not respond to coaching in speed Doc Pinkney improves in arm Carl Oates improves in velocity Jim Daley did not respond to coaching in 2B