Win: Bob Bartling (4-4) Loss: Harry Caster (0-2)
Save: Bobby Jones (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Bartling pitching. George Hunt strikes out. Don Puente singles to left field. Motohiro Sumitani singles to center field. Katsuhiko Tsugawa singles to right field. Don Puente scores. Motohiro Sumitani advances to third on the hit. Katsuhiko Tsugawa steals second. Billy Difani pops out to the shortstop. Scott Kaiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Harry Caster pitching. Walter Schmidt strikes out. Bill Terry strikes out. Footsie DeJesus grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Herb Tate strikes out. Steve Lacy strikes out. Harry Caster strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Maria Fenner hits a home run. Bob Quillen strikes out. Shemp Howard grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Woods flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Hunt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don Puente singles to right field. Motohiro Sumitani grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bert Gentry singles past the shortstop. Bob Bartling lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walter Schmidt singles to left field. Bill Terry grounds out to the pitcher. Walter Schmidt advances to second on the play. Footsie DeJesus grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Katsuhiko Tsugawa flies out to the right fielder. Billy Difani grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Kaiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Maria Fenner grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Quillen strikes out. Shemp Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Herb Tate lines out to the third baseman. Steve Lacy strikes out. Harry Caster flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Danny Woods strikes out. Bert Gentry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Bartling flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City George Hunt flies out to the right fielder. Don Puente pops out to the first baseman. Motohiro Sumitani grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Walter Schmidt singles to right field. Bill Terry singles to left field. Walter Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Footsie DeJesus singles to right field. Walter Schmidt scores. Maria Fenner flies out to the center fielder. Bob Quillen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Katsuhiko Tsugawa grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Difani grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Kaiser singles to left field. Herb Tate flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Shemp Howard singles to left field. Danny Woods strikes out. Bert Gentry hits a home run. Shemp Howard scores. Bob Bartling flies out to the right fielder. Walter Schmidt walks. Bill Terry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Steve Lacy doubles to left field. Prince Kuzava is pinch hitting for Harry Caster. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Prince Kuzava grounds out to the shortstop. George Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Don Puente strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Guilmo Horth pitching. Footsie DeJesus walks. Maria Fenner strikes out. Bob Quillen flies out to the left fielder. Shemp Howard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Kusnyer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Motohiro Sumitani strikes out. Katsuhiko Tsugawa singles to left field. Billy Difani singles to left field. Katsuhiko Tsugawa aggressively advances to third on the hit. Scott Kaiser walks. Herb Tate pops out to the shortstop. Steve Lacy walks. Katsuhiko Tsugawa scores. Bobby Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Benitez is pinch hitting for Guilmo Horth. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Les Benitez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Luis Kubinski did not respond to coaching in velocity Jorge Beamon did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Jasper improves in arm Phil Koecher did not respond to coaching in speed
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Skinny McIlveen improves in speed Igoy Berra did not respond to coaching in speed Mark Robinson did not respond to coaching in range Tony Amico did not respond to coaching in velocity Sunny Day did not respond to coaching in 1B