Inning: 1 Oakland Buddy Soff pitching. Barney Kahl grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Pavletich flies out to the left fielder. Bob Bream hits a home run. Benny Chiles flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bobby Bowen pitching. Brian Baker flies out to the left fielder. Roy Fontenot strikes out. Joe Amelung walks. Wally Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Sam Davenport singles to center field. Joe Wade strikes out. John Darwin pops out to the second baseman. Patrick Giallombardo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al Kenders flies out to the right fielder. Ken Slattery flies out to the center fielder. Red Preibisch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bobby Bowen pops out to the shortstop. Barney Kahl walks. Jim Pavletich flies out to the left fielder. Bob Bream walks. Benny Chiles flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tink Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Buddy Soff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brian Baker singles to center field. Roy Fontenot grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Sam Davenport pops out to the second baseman. Joe Wade pops out to the second baseman. John Darwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Amelung strikes out. Wally Diaz strikes out. Al Kenders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Patrick Giallombardo doubles to left field. Bobby Bowen lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Patrick Giallombardo is thrown out at third. Barney Kahl singles to left field. Jim Pavletich singles to right field. Bobby Bowen scores. Bob Bream hits a home run. Barney Kahl scores. Jim Pavletich scores. Bruce Mendoza comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Benny Chiles hits a home run. Sam Davenport grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Wade strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ken Slattery walks. Red Preibisch strikes out. Tink Thompson strikes out. Bruce Mendoza grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ken Slattery is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Darwin strikes out. Tom Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Patrick Giallombardo flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Bowen singles to right field. Barney Kahl flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Brian Baker singles to right field. Roy Fontenot singles to left field. Joe Amelung grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Baker advances to third on the play. Roy Fontenot advances to second on the play. Wally Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Al Kenders singles to left field. Brian Baker scores. Roy Fontenot scores. Ken Slattery walks. Red Preibisch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Pavletich strikes out. Bob Bream grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Benny Chiles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Howie Washburn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Pavletich at CF. Tink Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Cecil Powell is pinch hitting for Tom Gardner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cecil Powell strikes out. Brian Baker singles to right field. Roy Fontenot singles to left field. Brian Baker advances to third on the hit. Joe Amelung flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Jon Clarke pitching. Sam Davenport strikes out. Joe Wade pops out to the first baseman. John Darwin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Wally Diaz flies out to the left fielder. Al Kenders flies out to the left fielder. Ken Slattery strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Patrick Giallombardo flies out to the left fielder. Lenny Haney is pinch hitting for Bobby Bowen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lenny Haney singles to left field. Barney Kahl flies out to the right fielder. Howie Washburn doubles to right field. Lenny Haney scores. Bob Tomney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Bream hits an infield single to the third baseman. Benny Chiles flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Eiland pitching. Red Preibisch flies out to the left fielder. Teruo Iwaoka is pinch hitting for Tink Thompson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Teruo Iwaoka singles to right field. Bob Tomney lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brian Baker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bud Moren did not respond to coaching in control Yoshinori Deguchi did not respond to coaching in speed Ken Quintana did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Burrell improves in control Ken Quintana did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Yoshinori Deguchi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rick Colliflower did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Erv Boccabella improves in arm Ken Nichols did not respond to coaching in speed Erv Boccabella improves in contact_vs_righty Sam Tidrow improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Berly improves in power_vs_righty Ken Nichols did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty