Win: Joe Rommel (8-7) Loss: Cal Pichardo (9-6)
Save: Akira Matsumoto (8)
Inning: 1 Oakland Cal Pichardo pitching. Dee Robinson strikes out. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Rommel pitching. Harry Armstrong grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Nold singles to center field. Ed Harrison doubles to left field. Eric Nold uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Jurak flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the catcher. Trevor Easterday singles to left field. Jef Ceulemans singles to left field. Joe Rommel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Sullivan grounds out to the pitcher. Les Hargrove hits a home run. Jerry Arnold flies out to the center fielder. Cal Pichardo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dee Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Nagatomi hits a home run. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Reimer grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Harry Armstrong grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Odom grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Daisuke Komatsubara reached on a fielding error by Ed Harrison. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Jef Ceulemans singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara advances to third on the hit. Joe Rommel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ed Harrison singles in front of the right fielder. Bill Jurak flies out to the center fielder. Ed Harrison is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Alex Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dee Robinson singles to left field. Ken Nagatomi singles to left field. Dee Robinson advances to third on the hit. Hirokazu Kawa grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dee Robinson scores. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Les Hargrove pops out to the second baseman. Jerry Arnold flies out to the center fielder. Cal Pichardo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Armstrong strikes out. Steve Odom strikes out. Eric Nold singles to center field. Eric Nold steals second. Ed Harrison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Rommel strikes out. Dee Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Jurak strikes out. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Les Hargrove hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jerry Arnold flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Ken Nagatomi singles to center field. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Ken Nagatomi aggressively advances to third on the hit. Doc Reimer walks. Kunihisa Shibata grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ken Nagatomi scores. Hirokazu Kawa advances to third on the play. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Everitt is pinch hitting for Cal Pichardo. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Bob Everitt doubles past the center fielder. 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. Harry Armstrong grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Everitt advances to third on the play. Steve Odom strikes out. Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Andy Brainerd pitching. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Trevor Easterday. Teruhiko Akimoto flies out to the left fielder. Jef Ceulemans flies out to the center fielder. Calvin Unser is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Calvin Unser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Akira Matsumoto pitching. So Yamashita enters the game as a defensive replacement for Teruhiko Akimoto at CF. Ed Harrison strikes out. Bill Jurak flies out to the left fielder. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Arlie McGunnigle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Don Rodriquez did not respond to coaching in arm Arlie McGunnigle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shawn Burda did not respond to coaching in velocity Cecil Abbott improves in velocity Philip Hartung did not respond to coaching in control Emil Leard did not respond to coaching in CF