Win: Huck Fauver (5-2) Loss: Ron Houser (3-2)
Save: Tom Munger (35)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Weldon Jones pitching. Harry Armstrong flies out to the right fielder. Steve Odom singles to left field. Steve Odom is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Eric Nold grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Gilles pitching. Dee Robinson strikes out. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Trevor Easterday singles to center field. Doc Reimer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Harrison strikes out. Bill Jurak flies out to the left fielder. Alex Sullivan singles to left field. Les Hargrove lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata singles to left field. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Ginger Nordyke hits a home run. Kunihisa Shibata scores. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the third baseman. Weldon Jones strikes out. Dee Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jerry Arnold walks. Jerry Arnold steals second. Ed Gilles lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Steve Odom singles to left field. Jerry Arnold scores. Eric Nold flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the shortstop. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ed Harrison grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Jurak strikes out. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ginger Nordyke singles to left field. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Les Hargrove strikes out. Jerry Arnold singles to center field. Ed Gilles lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Weldon Jones strikes out. Dee Robinson strikes out. Ken Nagatomi hits an infield single to the shortstop. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Harry Armstrong strikes out. Steve Odom singles to center field. Eric Nold grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steve Odom is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Harrison hits a home run. Eric Nold scores. Bill Jurak flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Doc Reimer walks. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Ginger Nordyke hits an infield single to the second baseman. Jef Ceulemans flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop. Les Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Arnold flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Weldon Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Dee Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Gilles grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Armstrong grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Odom singles to left field. Eric Nold flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Trevor Easterday strikes out. Doc Reimer strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata walks. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Akira Matsumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Harrison pops out to the second baseman. Bill Jurak flies out to the center fielder. Alex Sullivan doubles to center field. Les Hargrove singles to right field. Jerry Arnold pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Andy Brainerd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ginger Nordyke singles to right field. Calvin Unser is pinch running for Ginger Nordyke on 1st base. Jef Ceulemans grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. 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 flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Ron Houser pitching. Dale Wisner is pinch hitting for Andy Brainerd. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dale Wisner strikes out. Harry Armstrong walks. Steve Odom grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Armstrong advances to second on the play. Eric Nold lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Huck Fauver pitching. Dee Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the shortstop. Trevor Easterday singles past the second baseman. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Kansas City Ed Harrison singles to left field. Bill Jurak bunts for a base hit. Alex Sullivan strikes out. Ed Harrison steals third. Bill Jurak steals second. Les Hargrove flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Harrison scores. Bob Cisar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Arnold walks. 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 grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Oakland Tom Munger pitching. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the second baseman. Calvin Unser singles to right field. Jef Ceulemans walks. So Yamashita is pinch hitting for Bob Cisar. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Alex Sullivan (11).HR - Ed Harrison (3).SF - Les Hargrove.GIDP - Ed Gilles. Baserunning: SB - Ed Harrison (14), Bill Jurak (14), Jerry Arnold (8).CS - Steve Odom (6).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tim Foley did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Daubert improves in range Jim Deering did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Rhodes improves in power_vs_lefty Emil Leard did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Ostermueller did not respond to coaching in velocity Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Becquer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Armbrister improves in speed