Win: Dick Ruebel (2-8) Loss: Ed Thompson (10-6)
Save: Ryozo Wako (5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Thompson pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma flies out to the left fielder. Ken Nagatomi hits a home run. Ginger Nordyke singles to right field. Doc Reimer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to left field. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Ruebel pitching. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Steve Odom strikes out. Blaine Vangilder flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita pops out to the third baseman. Bruce Cotter pops out to the first baseman. Dick Ruebel reached on a 2-base throwing error by Blaine Vangilder. Mitsuo Yaginuma pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Eric Nold pops out to the shortstop. Ed Harrison walks. Ed Harrison steals second. Bill Jurak singles to left field. Ed Harrison scores. Bill Jurak steals second. Les Hargrove pops out to the second baseman. Jerry Arnold pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke triples. Doc Reimer lines out to the shortstop. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Harry Armstrong flies out to the right fielder. Steve Odom pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Cotter pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Blaine Vangilder flies out to the center fielder. Eric Nold hits a home run. Ed Harrison grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Jurak grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dick Ruebel grounds out to the third baseman. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Les Hargrove flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Arnold grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Thompson singles to center field. Ed Thompson steals second. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ginger Nordyke singles to center field. Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe singles to center field. Ginger Nordyke advances to third on the hit. So Yamashita singles past the second baseman. Ginger Nordyke scores. Nobuo Kawazoe advances to third on the hit. Bruce Cotter walks. Dick Ruebel walks. Nobuo Kawazoe scores. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Steve Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Blaine Vangilder strikes out. Eric Nold strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ken Nagatomi singles past the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke singles to left field. Ken Nagatomi advances to third on the hit. Huck Fauver 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. Doc Reimer singles to left field. Ken Nagatomi scores. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke advances to third on the play. Doc Reimer advances to second on the play. So Yamashita walks. Bruce Cotter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ed Harrison singles to right field. Ed Harrison is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Jurak singles to left field. Les Hargrove flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Arnold walks. Akira Matsumoto 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. Bob Everitt is pinch hitting for Huck Fauver. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Everitt walks. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Andy Brainerd pitching. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Akira Matsumoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruhiko Akimoto singles to center field. Teruhiko Akimoto is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi hits a home run. Ginger Nordyke reached on a fielding error by Jerry Arnold. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ryozo Wako pitching. Steve Odom grounds out to the pitcher. Blaine Vangilder flies out to the left fielder. Eric Nold strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Shigetoshi Keegan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. So Yamashita walks. Bruce Cotter walks. Ryozo Wako lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mitsuo Yaginuma strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed Harrison grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Jurak strikes out. Les Hargrove grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 14 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Batting:HR - Eric Nold (9). Baserunning: SB - Ed Harrison (7), Bill Jurak (10), Ed Thompson (1).CS - Ed Harrison (3). Fielding: E - Blaine Vangilder, Jerry Arnold.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Arlie McGunnigle did not respond to coaching in range Jazz Bilzen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jan Nackerts improves in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Brown improves in velocity Jeff Greene did not respond to coaching in LF