Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Brynan pitching. Earl Powell walks. Earl Powell steals second. Chuck Leverett flies out to the left fielder. John Ward pops out to the second baseman. Red Sprowl grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Steve Valdes pitching. Denney Perdue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Dave Patterson grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tom Wood pops out to the shortstop. Boom-Boom Grubb strikes out. Rex Steevens singles to right field. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Woody Kirby strikes out. Frank Stewart grounds out to the shortstop. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Steve Valdes flies out to the right fielder. Earl Powell singles to left field. Chuck Leverett singles to center field. Earl Powell advances to third on the hit. John Ward flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Earl Powell scores. Red Sprowl singles to center field. Chuck Leverett advances to third on the hit. Tom Wood grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Bob Henke grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Minshall walks. Bob Brynan lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Denney Perdue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Boom-Boom Grubb strikes out. Rex Steevens reached on a 2-base throwing error by Woody Kirby. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi flies out to the left fielder. Steve Valdes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Juan Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Patterson singles to right field. Woody Kirby grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Earl Powell singles to left field. Chuck Leverett grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Earl Powell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Ward strikes out. Red Sprowl strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Frank Stewart strikes out. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Henke grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tom Wood singles to right field. Tom Wood is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Boom-Boom Grubb lines out to the third baseman. Rex Steevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Minshall grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Brynan strikes out. Denney Perdue strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Yasuyuki Hamaguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Valdes grounds out to the third baseman. Earl Powell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Juan Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Patterson grounds out to the second baseman. Woody Kirby singles to center field. Woody Kirby is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chuck Leverett singles past the second baseman. John Ward singles to center field. Chuck Leverett advances to third on the hit. Red Sprowl singles to center field. Chuck Leverett scores. John Ward advances to third on the hit. Tom Wood flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John Ward scores. Boom-Boom Grubb strikes out. Rex Steevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Frank Stewart singles to right field. Dave Dexter is pinch hitting for Bumpus Gehring. Dave Dexter singles to center field. Frank Stewart advances to third on the hit. Dave Goldy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Bob Henke hits a home run. Frank Stewart scores. Dave Dexter scores. Bob Minshall singles to center field. Rudy Thornton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Autry is pinch hitting for Bob Brynan. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Bob Minshall steals second. Bill Autry strikes out. Denney Perdue strikes out. Juan Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Sisler pitching. Harry Wendell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dave Dexter at RF. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Red Maddox is pinch hitting for Rudy Thornton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Red Maddox triples. Earl Powell pops out to the pitcher. Chuck Leverett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Dave Siebert pitching. Dave Patterson grounds out to the third baseman. Woody Kirby strikes out. Frank Stewart grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City John Ward lines out to the third baseman. Red Sprowl singles to center field. Tom Wood singles to center field. Red Sprowl advances to third on the hit. Boom-Boom Grubb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Red Sprowl scores. Tom Wood advances to second on the play. Stew Just comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rex Steevens singles past the third baseman. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Oakland Harry Wendell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Henke flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bob Minshall pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 2
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Nieves improves in arm Artie Kernek improves in range Hal Haberer did not respond to coaching in velocity George Griffin did not respond to coaching in control Grant Stein did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few eligible players, Missed Improvement Chance. Ineligible players: Pat Hatcher. Bill Todd did not respond to coaching in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roy Lerchen did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Torres did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Casey Hanford did not respond to coaching in velocity Homer Ussat improves in arm Scott Upchurch did not respond to coaching in speed Homer Ussat did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dan Sears did not respond to coaching in C