Win: Roy Williams (10-10) Loss: Guy Reach (6-19)
Save: Dave Goldy (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Guy Reach pitching. Mike Shuba singles to center field. Dixie Guinn strikes out. John Ward grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Roy Williams pitching. Dave Dexter flies out to the right fielder. Juan Lopez strikes out. Dave Patterson walks. Woody Kirby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Red Sprowl doubles to left field. Tom Wood singles to center field. Red Sprowl scores. Boom-Boom Grubb grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Willie Campbell lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Frank Stewart walks. Bumpus Gehring strikes out. Bob Henke grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Emil May walks. Roy Williams fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Roy Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Emil May advances to second on the play. Mike Shuba doubles to center field. Emil May scores. Dixie Guinn singles to center field. Mike Shuba scores. John Ward singles to left field. Dixie Guinn advances to third on the hit. Red Sprowl walks. Tom Wood pops out to the third baseman. Boom-Boom Grubb grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Bob Minshall singles to left field. Bob Minshall is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Guy Reach grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Dexter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Willie Campbell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emil May singles to right field. Roy Williams lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Shuba grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Juan Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Dave Patterson singles to right field. Woody Kirby flies out to the left fielder. Frank Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dixie Guinn walks. John Ward flies out to the left fielder. Dixie Guinn steals second. Red Sprowl strikes out. Tom Wood grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bumpus Gehring strikes out. Bob Henke walks. Bob Minshall flies out to the left fielder. Guy Reach strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Boom-Boom Grubb strikes out. Willie Campbell walks. Emil May singles to right field. Roy Williams lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Emil May advances to second on the play. Emil May advances to second on the play. Mike Shuba singles to center field. Emil May scores. Roy Williams aggressively advances to third on the hit. Scott Nichols comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dixie Guinn hits a home run. Roy Williams scores. Mike Shuba scores. John Ward singles to left field. Red Sprowl strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Dave Dexter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dave Patterson singles to center field. Woody Kirby flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tom Wood flies out to the left fielder. Boom-Boom Grubb walks. Willie Campbell strikes out. Stew Just comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Emil May singles to center field. Roy Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Frank Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Henke hits a home run. Bob Minshall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Shuba strikes out. Dixie Guinn singles to center field. John Ward singles to left field. Dixie Guinn advances to third on the hit. Red Sprowl grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Harry Wendell is pinch hitting for Stew Just. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Wendell grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Autry is pinch hitting for Dave Dexter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Autry grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Lopez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Sisler pitching. Tom Wood singles to right field. Boom-Boom Grubb strikes out. Willie Campbell strikes out. Emil May doubles past the first baseman. Roy Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Dave Patterson walks. Woody Kirby walks. Frank Stewart hits a home run. Dave Patterson scores. Woody Kirby scores. Dave Goldy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bumpus Gehring strikes out. Bob Henke strikes out. Bob Minshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11 Oakland total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Mike Shuba (12), Red Sprowl (8), Emil May (4).HR - Dixie Guinn (13).GIDP - John Ward, Red Sprowl, Boom-Boom Grubb. Baserunning: SB - Dixie Guinn (21).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Adams did not respond to coaching in control George Griffin did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Nieves did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Too few eligible players, Missed Improvement Chance. Ineligible players: Pat Hatcher. Grant Stein did not respond to coaching in velocity Artie Kernek improves in arm Bill Todd did not respond to coaching in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Lewis improves in velocity John Hofmann did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Lerchen did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Alexander did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Manuel Rockenfield improves in arm Trevor Harman did not respond to coaching in range Dan Sears did not respond to coaching in C