Win: Ed Gerken (3-6) Loss: Jesus Villalobos (3-10)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jesus Villalobos pitching. Johnny Hemming grounds out to the third baseman. Del Crowder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Hoover strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ed Gerken pitching. Fritz Aponte pops out to the second baseman. Patsy Rotblatt flies out to the center fielder. Gary Balboni grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Morgan McLaughlin singles to right field. Tommy Leard flies out to the center fielder. Cesar Beckett doubles to center field. Morgan McLaughlin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Melido Menefee singles to left field. Cesar Beckett scores. Seth Winger strikes out. Ed Gerken grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mason Lockwood walks. Roger Scheffler grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Walt Pena singles to right field. Xavier Mojupol strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Johnny Hemming walks. Del Crowder walks. Bob Hoover grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hemming advances to third on the play. Del Crowder advances to second on the play. Morgan McLaughlin strikes out. Tommy Leard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Guss Grissom grounds out to the second baseman. Jesus Villalobos strikes out. Fritz Aponte strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Cesar Beckett flies out to the right fielder. Melido Menefee singles to right field. Seth Winger hits a home run. Melido Menefee scores. Ed Gerken reached on a fielding error by Fritz Aponte. Johnny Hemming walks. Del Crowder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Ed Gerken advances to third on the play. Johnny Hemming advances to second on the play. Bob Hoover reached on a 2-base throwing error by Walt Pena. Ed Gerken scores. Johnny Hemming scores. Morgan McLaughlin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Patsy Rotblatt grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Balboni triples. Mason Lockwood strikes out. Roger Scheffler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Tommy Leard is hit by a pitch. Cesar Beckett walks. Melido Menefee flies out to the right fielder. Seth Winger strikes out. Ed Gerken is hit by a pitch. Johnny Hemming is hit by a pitch. Tommy Leard scores. Del Crowder pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City Walt Pena grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Xavier Mojupol flies out to the center fielder. Guss Grissom strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Hoover is hit by a pitch. Bob Hoover steals second. Morgan McLaughlin strikes out. Tommy Leard grounds out to the shortstop. Cesar Beckett doubles to left field. Bob Hoover scores. Melido Menefee flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jesus Villalobos strikes out. Fritz Aponte grounds out to the third baseman. Patsy Rotblatt singles to center field. Gary Balboni grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Seth Winger walks. Rodney Rowland is pinch hitting for Ed Gerken. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Seth Winger is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rodney Rowland strikes out. Jim Landrum 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. Johnny Hemming singles to center field. Johnny Hemming steals second. Del Crowder doubles to left field. Johnny Hemming scores. Bob Hoover flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Horace Caldwell pitching. Mason Lockwood singles to right field. Roger Scheffler flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Walt Pena strikes out. Xavier Mojupol strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Morgan McLaughlin flies out to the left fielder. Tommy Leard singles to left field. Cesar Beckett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tommy Leard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Melido Menefee singles to left field. Seth Winger walks. Hoyt Kubiak is pinch hitting for Horace Caldwell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hoyt Kubiak grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Freakie Crakbak pitching. Guss Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Buker is pinch hitting for Jim Landrum. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Buker singles past the third baseman. Fritz Aponte strikes out. Patsy Rotblatt grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ron Buker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Goro Saito pitching. Johnny Hemming walks. Del Crowder flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Hemming steals second. Bob Hoover strikes out. Morgan McLaughlin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Gary Balboni strikes out. Mason Lockwood strikes out. Pip Feller is pinch hitting for Roger Scheffler. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pip Feller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 13 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Del Crowder (10), Cesar Beckett 2 (12).HR - Seth Winger (2).HBP - Johnny Hemming (2), Bob Hoover (3), Tommy Leard (1), Ed Gerken (1). Baserunning: SB - Johnny Hemming 2 (13), Bob Hoover (14).CS - Seth Winger (2).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Maxx Marcetti did not respond to coaching in control Tito Whitehill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tito Whitehill improves in range Gary Nichols did not respond to coaching in control Oscar Eckert did not respond to coaching in control Scott Ables did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Seilheimer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Lary Lake did not respond to coaching in control Elio Metha did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jose Keenan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jack Seilheimer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bruce Dozier improves in power_vs_righty