Win: Oscar Alberro (3-1) Loss: Bill Hutchinson (1-3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Buck Russell pitching. Joe Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. Bob Hinton grounds out to the second baseman. John Souza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jose Aberson pitching. Rube Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Mac Falls grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Warner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob Stein singles to center field. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Bob Stein scores. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to right field. Dan Cunningham strikes out. Jose Aberson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Baker flies out to the left fielder. Romeo Hobbs grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Carsey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Joe Hoffman singles to right field. Bob Hinton walks. John Souza hits an infield single to the third baseman. Bob Stein grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Joe Hoffman scores. Bob Hinton advances to third on the play. Terry Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lou Dodge grounds out to the shortstop. Al Embree singles to left field. Buck Russell lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rube Harris singles to right field. Al Embree scores. Mac Falls pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Cunningham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Warner grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Baker strikes out. Romeo Hobbs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jose Aberson grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hoffman pops out to the shortstop. Bob Hinton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Brian Carsey strikes out. Lou Dodge lines out to the second baseman. Al Embree singles to right field. Buck Russell reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Hinton. Rube Harris singles to right field. Al Embree scores. Buck Russell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mac Falls flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Souza grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Stein strikes out. Terry Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Frank Warner flies out to the center fielder. Bill Baker singles to left field. Romeo Hobbs strikes out. Brian Carsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Dan Cunningham singles to right field. Carl Lewis is pinch running for Dan Cunningham on 1st base. Jose Aberson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Yoshio Yanagida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Carl Lewis at 1B. Lou Dodge grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Al Embree strikes out. Minnie Stiely is pinch hitting for Buck Russell. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Minnie Stiely lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ray Robbins pitching. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Hinton walks. John Souza pops out to the catcher. Bob Stein flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rube Harris singles to center field. Mac Falls strikes out. Frank Warner flies out to the right fielder. Bill Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Romeo Hobbs strikes out. Brian Carsey strikes out. Lou Dodge singles to right field. Al Embree doubles to center field. Bill Hutchinson 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. Jack Sutherland is pinch hitting for Ray Robbins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack Sutherland grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Oakland Oscar Alberro pitching. Yoshio Yanagida grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Hutchinson flies out to the center fielder. Joe Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Rube Harris singles to left field. Rube Harris steals second. Mac Falls singles past the second baseman. Rube Harris scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Sam Feller did not respond to coaching in control Happy Riggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Lombard did not respond to coaching in control Lenny Buehrle improves in speed Doc Pinkney did not respond to coaching in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kevin Riley improves in velocity Gene Surhoff did not respond to coaching in control Brian Moford improves in range Gene Surhoff did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Meyers did not respond to coaching in 3B