Inning: 1 Oakland Mel Pierson pitching. Del Crowder doubles to left field. Art Lindsay flies out to the center fielder. Melido Menefee lines out to the shortstop. Tommy Leard walks. Cesar Beckett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Freakie Crakbak pitching. Roger Scheffler flies out to the center fielder. Walt Pena grounds out to the shortstop. George Grove hits a home run. Kerry McDonald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Charlie Travers flies out to the left fielder. Seth Winger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vulcan Vollmer singles to center field. Freakie Crakbak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mason Lockwood flies out to the center fielder. Ron Buker strikes out. Xavier Mojupol hits a home run. Guss Grissom walks. Mel Pierson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Del Crowder walks. Art Lindsay walks. Melido Menefee singles to left field. Del Crowder scores. Art Lindsay advances to third on the hit. Tommy Leard grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Art Lindsay scores. Cesar Beckett walks. Charlie Travers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Roger Scheffler walks. Walt Pena flies out to the center fielder. George Grove flies out to the left fielder. Kerry McDonald grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Seth Winger flies out to the left fielder. Vulcan Vollmer strikes out. Jim Landrum 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. Freakie Crakbak grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mason Lockwood strikes out. Ron Buker strikes out. Xavier Mojupol strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Del Crowder singles to right field. Del Crowder is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Art Lindsay grounds out to the second baseman. Melido Menefee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Guss Grissom singles to right field. Guss Grissom steals second. Jim Landrum lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Roger Scheffler singles to left field. Guss Grissom scores. Walt Pena walks. George Grove hits a home run. Roger Scheffler scores. Walt Pena scores. Kerry McDonald hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mason Lockwood grounds out to the third baseman. Kerry McDonald advances to second on the play. Ron Buker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Tommy Leard singles to right field. Cesar Beckett flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Travers strikes out. Seth Winger singles to right field. Tommy Leard aggressively advances to third on the hit. Vulcan Vollmer singles to center field. Tommy Leard scores. Seth Winger is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Xavier Mojupol walks. Andy Schroeder comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Guss Grissom strikes out. Jim Landrum lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Xavier Mojupol forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Roger Scheffler singles to center field. Walt Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Rodney Rowland is pinch hitting for Andy Schroeder. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rodney Rowland walks. Del Crowder strikes out. Slim Hudson 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. Rodney Rowland steals second. Art Lindsay strikes out. Melido Menefee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ozzie Hamilton pitching. George Grove strikes out. Kerry McDonald strikes out. Mason Lockwood flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tommy Leard strikes out. Cesar Beckett pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Travers lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ron Buker strikes out. Xavier Mojupol grounds out to the third baseman. Guss Grissom strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Gracie Luuloa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Seth Winger grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Vulcan Vollmer singles to left field. Hoyt Kubiak is pinch hitting for Ozzie Hamilton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hoyt Kubiak pops out to the third baseman. Del Crowder flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Gerken did not respond to coaching in control Paul Chiozza did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Gerken did not respond to coaching in control Paul Chiozza did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Chiozza did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Huisman did not respond to coaching in velocity Brad McAuley did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jose Keenan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Gardner did not respond to coaching in arm Gary Balboni did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lary Lake did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Northey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jose Keenan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty