Win: Ed Siner (2-6) Loss: Frank Viola (4-2)
Save: Bert Speraw (9)
Inning: 1 Oakland Frank Viola pitching. Allan Schorr singles past the second baseman. Garland Quinn singles to right field. Earl Duckworth is hit by a pitch. Orlando Cruz strikes out. Ramon Jones grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ed Siner pitching. Carl Furillo grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the pitcher. Junior Caminaro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Paul Kennedy strikes out. Tomas Keegan grounds out to the shortstop. Orator Young reached on a fielding error by Al Ramirez. Ed Siner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Belt singles to center field. Al McHale grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Alex Belt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Al McHale is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Allan Schorr singles to center field. Garland Quinn flies out to the left fielder. Earl Duckworth grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Allan Schorr is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Orlando Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Al Ramirez grounds out to the pitcher. Ron Shelton flies out to the right fielder. Frank Viola flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ramon Jones grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Paul Kennedy strikes out. Tomas Keegan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Carl Furillo doubles to center field. Bill Mazeroski pops out to the second baseman. Junior Caminaro flies out to the right fielder. Alex Belt singles to right field. Carl Furillo scores. Al McHale flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Orator Young singles to center field. Ed Siner fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ed Siner strikes out. Allan Schorr walks. Garland Quinn strikes out. Earl Duckworth pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Al Ramirez doubles to right field. Ron Shelton hits a home run. Al Ramirez scores. Frank Viola grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carl Furillo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Orlando Cruz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Al Ramirez. Ramon Jones reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Mazeroski. Orlando Cruz scores. Paul Kennedy strikes out. Tomas Keegan walks. Orator Young is hit by a pitch. Ed Siner singles to left field. Ramon Jones scores. Tomas Keegan scores. Orator Young advances to third on the hit. Allan Schorr flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Orator Young scores. Garland Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski flies out to the left fielder. Junior Caminaro flies out to the center fielder. Alex Belt grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Earl Duckworth strikes out. Orlando Cruz triples. Ramon Jones singles to left field. Orlando Cruz scores. Paul Kennedy strikes out. Tomas Keegan doubles to center field. Ramon Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Leo Denny comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Riedling is pinch hitting for Orator Young. John Riedling singles to left field. Tomas Keegan scores. Ed Siner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Red Kline enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Riedling at CF. Al McHale grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Blair singles to left field. Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Blair advances to second on the play. Ron Shelton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Allan Schorr grounds out to the catcher. Garland Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Duckworth grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Moore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Leo Denny flies out to the left fielder. Carl Furillo walks. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the center fielder. Junior Caminaro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Orlando Cruz grounds out to the third baseman. Ramon Jones hits a home run. Paul Kennedy pops out to the shortstop. Tomas Keegan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Harry Coles is pinch hitting for Alex Belt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Coles grounds out to the shortstop. Al McHale hits an infield single to the shortstop. Al McHale steals second. Paul Blair strikes out. Charlie Merena comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Rudy is pinch hitting for Al Ramirez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Rudy singles to right field. Al McHale scores. Ron Shelton singles to center field. Bert Speraw comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Carlos Griffey is pinch hitting for Leo Denny. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carlos Griffey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ron Shelton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Tomas Keegan (8).3B - Orlando Cruz (3).HR - Ramon Jones (5).SF - Allan Schorr.GIDP - Ramon Jones.HBP - Earl Duckworth (2), Orator Young (3).
Batting:2B - Carl Furillo (11), Al Ramirez (9).HR - Ron Shelton (2). Baserunning: SB - Al McHale (9).CS - Al McHale (2). Fielding: E - Bill Mazeroski, Al Ramirez 2.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Darrell Bielecki did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Treadway improves in velocity Darrell Bielecki did not respond to coaching in control Tom Weathers did not respond to coaching in control Tom Toppin did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brian Escobar improves in speed Kevin Bibby did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Baker improves in range Charlie Sanders improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Sanders did not respond to coaching in 3B