Win: Randall Floyd (8-9) Loss: Mike May (7-16)
Save: Lou Skolnick (27)
Inning: 1 Oakland Randall Floyd pitching. Rafael Harris singles to right field. Dave Triplett doubles to left field. Bobby Puente strikes out. Horace Jones lines out to the first baseman. Dan Bevan flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Mike May pitching. Jeff Sectwofour grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Bonanno grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Don MacQoowod flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ren Smith strikes out. Hayduke Yoder pops out to the first baseman. Charley Jolly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chan Wolf strikes out. Edgardo Griffin doubles to center field. Walter Pickman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Mike May strikes out. Rafael Harris pops out to the first baseman. Dave Triplett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Hack Wilcox singles past the shortstop. Randall Floyd lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jeff Sectwofour singles to left field. Hack Wilcox scores. Tony Bonanno grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Bobby Puente flies out to the center fielder. Horace Jones walks. Dan Bevan flies out to the right fielder. Ren Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Don MacQoowod strikes out. Bill Brown pops out to the shortstop. Chan Wolf pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Hayduke Yoder singles to right field. Charley Jolly strikes out. Mike May lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Hayduke Yoder forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Rafael Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Edgardo Griffin singles to center field. Walter Pickman grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Hack Wilcox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Dave Triplett flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Puente reached on a fielding error by Jeff Sectwofour. Horace Jones strikes out. Dan Bevan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Randall Floyd flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Sectwofour grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Bonanno singles to center field. Don MacQoowod strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ren Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Hayduke Yoder singles to left field. Charley Jolly singles to left field. Hayduke Yoder advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Ron Webster is pinch hitting for Mike May. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ron Webster strikes out. Rafael Harris walks. Dave Triplett lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City George Whipple pitching. Bill Brown doubles to center field. Chan Wolf singles to right field. Bill Brown scores. Hank Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Edgardo Griffin grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Chan Wolf is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Walter Pickman grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Harvey Turner enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chan Wolf at C. Bobby Puente singles to center field. Collin Oats comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Horace Jones singles to right field. Dan Bevan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bobby Puente advances to third on the play. Ren Smith walks. Hayduke Yoder grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hack Wilcox hits a home run. Jim Keeton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Lapp is pinch hitting for Collin Oats. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bobby Lapp pops out to the first baseman. Jeff Sectwofour flies out to the center fielder. Tony Bonanno flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Lou Skolnick pitching. Charley Jolly strikes out. Bill Duff is pinch hitting for Jim Keeton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Duff singles past the shortstop. Rafael Harris singles to left field. Dave Triplett grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Duff advances to third on the play. Rafael Harris advances to second on the play. Bobby Puente strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 12 Kansas City total runners left on base: 2
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Finigan improves in power_vs_righty Scoops Marion improves in contact_vs_righty Pat Ewing did not respond to coaching in range Orestes Mattingly did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Candy Gallagher did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Staley did not respond to coaching in velocity Glenn Fiore did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rob Skopec did not respond to coaching in control