Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Rommel pitching. Harry Armstrong walks. Steve Odom doubles to right field. Harry Armstrong uses his aggressiveness and scores. Eric Nold strikes out. Steve Odom gets picked off second (1-4). Dale Wisner walks. Dale Wisner steals second. Bill Jurak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Cal Pichardo pitching. Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Ken Nagatomi singles past the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Ken Nagatomi steals second. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Les Hargrove singles to right field. Dan Cipriani grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jerry Arnold flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Ginger Nordyke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Cal Pichardo grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Armstrong singles to right field. Steve Odom flies out to the center fielder. Eric Nold flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Bruce Cotter grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Rommel pops out to the shortstop. Nobuo Kawazoe doubles to center field. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dale Wisner strikes out. Bill Jurak flies out to the left fielder. Les Hargrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa lines out to the third baseman. Doc Reimer flies out to the left fielder. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dan Cipriani singles to left field. Jerry Arnold singles to center field. Dan Cipriani advances to third on the hit. Cal Pichardo grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dan Cipriani scores. Harry Armstrong lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Trevor Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Ginger Nordyke singles to center field. Bruce Cotter strikes out. Joe Rommel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Steve Odom grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Eric Nold grounds out to the pitcher. Dale Wisner pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the pitcher. Hirokazu Kawa triples. Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Jurak walks. Les Hargrove walks. Mike Morris 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. Dan Cipriani walks. Jerry Arnold grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Jurak scores. Les Hargrove advances to third on the play. Cal Pichardo singles to left field. Les Hargrove scores. Harry Armstrong flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Trevor Easterday walks. Ginger Nordyke strikes out. Bruce Cotter grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Steve Odom singles to right field. Eric Nold grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Odom advances to second on the play. Dale Wisner singles past the first baseman. Steve Odom scores. Akira Matsumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Jurak strikes out. Les Hargrove singles to right field. Dale Wisner advances to third on the hit. Dan Cipriani flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Akira Matsumoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruhiko Akimoto strikes out. Nobuo Kawazoe walks. Ken Nagatomi hits an infield single to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the catcher. Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bob Cisar pitching. Jerry Arnold singles to center field. Cal Pichardo 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 strikes out. Steve Odom pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Trevor Easterday walks. Ginger Nordyke doubles to left field. Trevor Easterday uses his aggressiveness and scores. Huck Fauver 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. Bruce Cotter pops out to the shortstop. Calvin Unser is pinch hitting for Bob Cisar. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Calvin Unser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shawn Burda improves in velocity Philip Hartung improves in control Rodney Smith improves in contact_vs_righty Jeff Greene did not respond to coaching in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Piechota did not respond to coaching in control Bill Ostermueller did not respond to coaching in velocity