Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Redman pitching. Mike Tsitouris walks. Bob Sacamano strikes out. Julian Pankratz walks. Kei Kinimaka flies out to the center fielder. Hobbes Watterson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Eric Mavis pitching. Brian Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Ichiro Suzuki walks. Greg Garrison strikes out. Frank Wilhelm hits a home run. Ichiro Suzuki scores. Frank Rauch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Frank Hall flies out to the center fielder. Butts LaChance grounds out to the second baseman. Rube Kravitz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnny Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Steve Hodkey singles to center field. Rick Pasquella flies out to the center fielder. Bill Redman grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Steve Hodkey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Eric Mavis grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Tsitouris reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Redman. Bob Sacamano singles to left field. Mike Tsitouris scores. Julian Pankratz pops out to the second baseman. Bob Sacamano steals second. Kei Kinimaka walks. Hobbes Watterson singles to left field. Bob Sacamano scores. Kei Kinimaka advances to third on the hit. Frank Hall hits a home run. Kei Kinimaka scores. Hobbes Watterson scores. Butts LaChance grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Brian Merritt singles past the first baseman. Brian Merritt is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ichiro Suzuki grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Garrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Rube Kravitz doubles to center field. Eric Mavis pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Mike Tsitouris walks. Bob Sacamano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rube Kravitz advances to third on the play. Mike Tsitouris advances to second on the play. Julian Pankratz singles to center field. Rube Kravitz scores. Mike Tsitouris scores. Kei Kinimaka singles to left field. Julian Pankratz advances to third on the hit. Kei Kinimaka steals second. Hobbes Watterson singles to left field. Julian Pankratz scores. Kei Kinimaka scores. Hobbes Watterson steals second. Frank Hall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Wilhelm singles to left field. Frank Rauch grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Johnny Sullivan singles past the shortstop. Steve Hodkey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Johnny Sullivan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Butts LaChance singles to center field. Charlie Samuels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rube Kravitz strikes out. Butts LaChance steals second. Eric Mavis grounds out to the second baseman. Butts LaChance advances to third on the play. Mike Tsitouris flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rick Pasquella singles to left field. Charlie Samuels fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Charlie Samuels strikes out. Brian Merritt strikes out. Ichiro Suzuki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Sacamano strikes out. Julian Pankratz pops out to the catcher. Kei Kinimaka triples. Hobbes Watterson hits a home run. Kei Kinimaka scores. Frank Hall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Greg Garrison singles to right field. Frank Wilhelm flies out to the center fielder. Frank Rauch strikes out. Johnny Sullivan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Butts LaChance grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rube Kravitz strikes out. Eric Mavis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Steve Hodkey flies out to the center fielder. Rick Pasquella is hit by a pitch. Al Smith is pinch hitting for Charlie Samuels. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rick Pasquella is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Al Smith singles to center field. Al Smith steals second. Brian Merritt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Elmer Clark pitching. Ramon Greenfield is pinch hitting for Mike Tsitouris. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ramon Greenfield grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Sacamano strikes out. Julian Pankratz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ichiro Suzuki singles to right field. Greg Garrison singles to left field. Ichiro Suzuki advances to third on the hit. Sam Bielaski is pinch hitting for Frank Wilhelm. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sam Bielaski singles past the first baseman. Ichiro Suzuki scores. Greg Garrison is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Frank Rauch strikes out. Sam Bielaski is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Kei Kinimaka flies out to the right fielder. Hobbes Watterson grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Hall singles to right field. Butts LaChance grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Johnny Sullivan singles to right field. Steve Hodkey singles to right field. Rick Pasquella singles to right field. Johnny Sullivan scores. Randy Stratton is pinch hitting for Elmer Clark. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Randy Stratton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Steve Hodkey advances to third on the play. Brian Merritt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:HR - Frank Wilhelm (12).GIDP - Frank Rauch, Randy Stratton.HBP - Rick Pasquella (1). Baserunning: SB - Al Smith (1).CS - Brian Merritt (3), Sam Bielaski (3), Rick Pasquella (2). Fielding: E - Bill Redman.
Game Notes Brian Merritt is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ron Becquer improves in velocity Randy Belloir improves in contact_vs_righty Ken Beswick improves in control John Newcombe improves in power_vs_righty Pete Glover did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Slagle did not respond to coaching in control Mike Grodzicki did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Doyle improves in range Mike Grodzicki did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Taylor improves in 2B