Win: Ed Thompson (6-5) Loss: Dick Ruebel (1-6)
Save: Tom Munger (19)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Ruebel pitching. Harry Armstrong singles to left field. Steve Odom flies out to the left fielder. Blaine Vangilder walks. Eric Nold singles to right field. Harry Armstrong scores. Blaine Vangilder advances to third on the hit. Dale Wisner flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Blaine Vangilder scores. Eric Nold gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Thompson pitching. So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Nagatomi walks. Ginger Nordyke strikes out. Ken Nagatomi steals second. Doc Reimer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Jurak grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Sullivan singles to left field. Brian Kane singles to right field. Alex Sullivan advances to third on the hit. Brian Kane steals second. Ed Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Sullivan scores. Brian Kane advances to third on the play. Harry Armstrong singles to left field. Brian Kane scores. Harry Armstrong steals second. Steve Odom strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Nobuo Kawazoe walks. Jef Ceulemans triples. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Nobuo Kawazoe scores. Dee Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Dick Ruebel singles to right field. Jef Ceulemans scores. So Yamashita grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Blaine Vangilder strikes out. Eric Nold grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Wisner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ken Nagatomi walks. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Nagatomi advances to second on the play. Doc Reimer walks. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Jurak singles to right field. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Jurak advances to second on the play. Brian Kane lines out to the shortstop. Ed Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Nobuo Kawazoe pops out to the first baseman. Jef Ceulemans strikes out. Dee Robinson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Harry Armstrong strikes out. Steve Odom flies out to the center fielder. Blaine Vangilder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dick Ruebel flies out to the center fielder. So Yamashita walks. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the right fielder. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Eric Nold reached on a 2-base throwing error by Doc Reimer. Dale Wisner grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Nold advances to third on the play. Bill Jurak strikes out. 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. Alex Sullivan lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara gets picked off first. Nobuo Kawazoe walks. Jef Ceulemans walks. Dee Robinson walks. Ron Houser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Brian Kane walks. Ed Thompson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Steve Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland So Yamashita doubles to center field. Andy Brainerd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the third baseman. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Blaine Vangilder grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Nold grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Wisner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the second baseman. Jef Ceulemans strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Jurak walks. Alex Sullivan flies out to the right fielder. Brian Kane grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Tom Munger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dee Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Teruhiko Akimoto singles to center field. So Yamashita pops out to the third baseman. Teruhiko Akimoto steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Emil Leard improves in contact_vs_lefty Pat Cox improves in range Mike Young did not respond to coaching in control Emil Leard did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Armbrister improves in range Don Rodriquez did not respond to coaching in speed Kevin Piechota did not respond to coaching in control