Win: Ed Thompson (2-1) Loss: Dick Ruebel (1-1)
Save: Tom Munger (5)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Ruebel pitching. Harry Armstrong flies out to the center fielder. Steve Odom grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Nold walks. Eric Nold steals second. Eric Nold steals third. Dale Wisner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Thompson pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Nagatomi lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Jurak strikes out. Alex Sullivan hits a home run. Les Hargrove strikes out. Jerry Arnold strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ginger Nordyke doubles to right field. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Thompson singles to center field. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Steve Odom strikes out. Eric Nold strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Ruebel strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dale Wisner grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Jurak walks. Alex Sullivan singles to right field. Bill Jurak advances to third on the hit. Les Hargrove strikes out. Jerry Arnold strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa singles to left field. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the center fielder. Hirokazu Kawa steals second. Hirokazu Kawa steals third. Ginger Nordyke pops out to the third baseman. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Thompson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Armstrong doubles to right field. Steve Odom walks. Eric Nold strikes out. Dale Wisner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the second baseman. Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Jurak walks. Alex Sullivan doubles to right field. Bill Jurak is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ron Houser 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. Les Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Arnold doubles to left field. Alex Sullivan scores. Ed Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Houser lines out to the shortstop. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa singles past the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Harry Armstrong singles to center field. Steve Odom grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Harry Armstrong is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eric Nold walks. Dale Wisner strikes out. Bill Jurak strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the third baseman. Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara singles past the first baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alex Sullivan pops out to the catcher. Les Hargrove doubles past the right fielder. Jerry Arnold walks. Ed Thompson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Armstrong flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Jef Ceulemans flies out to the left fielder. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruhiko Akimoto strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ryozo Wako pitching. Steve Odom grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Nold flies out to the center fielder. Dale Wisner triples. Bill Jurak flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Tom Munger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa steals second. Ginger Nordyke strikes out. Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Harry Armstrong (3), Alex Sullivan (3), Les Hargrove (2), Jerry Arnold (2).3B - Dale Wisner (1).HR - Alex Sullivan (3). Baserunning: SB - Eric Nold 2 (2).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Foley did not respond to coaching in control Jim Deering improves in power_vs_lefty Jeff Greene did not respond to coaching in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Ostermueller improves in control Karim Jordan did not respond to coaching in arm Darwin Long improves in power_vs_righty