Inning: 1 Kansas City Charlie Neill pitching. Ken Hobbs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert James strikes out. Rick Cooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Jim Etchison pitching. Jose Lynn walks. Jose Reilley strikes out. Gene Tappe strikes out. Jose Lynn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bunny Roth singles to left field. Joe DeShields pops out to the third baseman. Bunny Roth steals second. Harry Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Whitey Smith walks. Ron Kelly grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Whitey Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lou Fisher strikes out. Erik Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ike Campbell walks. Jim Etchison lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ken Hobbs walks. Bert James lines out to the second baseman. Rick Cooke reached on a 2-base throwing error by Charlie Neill. Ike Campbell scores. Bunny Roth hits a home run. Ken Hobbs scores. Rick Cooke scores. Joe DeShields grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bob Bohn singles to center field. Charlie Neill lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Bob Bohn forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Jose Lynn strikes out. Jose Reilley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Harry Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno strikes out. Ike Campbell singles to right field. Jim Etchison strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Gene Tappe pops out to the shortstop. Whitey Smith singles to left field. Ron Kelly grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Whitey Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lou Fisher singles to right field. Erik Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ken Hobbs singles to center field. Bert James grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Rick Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bob Bohn grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Neill strikes out. Jose Lynn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bunny Roth hits a home run. Joe DeShields grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Jackson singles to left field. Joe Cedeno lines out to the first baseman. Ike Campbell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Jose Reilley grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Tappe grounds out to the shortstop. Whitey Smith walks. Ron Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Etchison strikes out. Ken Hobbs singles to left field. Bert James flies out to the left fielder. Rick Cooke walks. Bunny Roth grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rick Cooke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Lou Fisher strikes out. Erik Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Bohn singles to right field. Charlie Neill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Michael Nilsson is pinch hitting for Joe DeShields. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Michael Nilsson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Harry Jackson strikes out. Joe Cedeno pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jose Lynn flies out to the center fielder. Jose Reilley walks. Gene Tappe grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jose Reilley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chuck Freeman is pinch hitting for Whitey Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chuck Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Harry Macha is pinch hitting for Ike Campbell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Macha flies out to the left fielder. Jim Etchison strikes out. Ken Hobbs singles to right field. Bert James grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Hobbs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ron Kelly grounds out to the pitcher. Lou Fisher flies out to the center fielder. Erik Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Lyons improves in contact_vs_righty Geoff Bilardello did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Kainer improves in control Masahiro Shiraki did not respond to coaching in control Tom Wood did not respond to coaching in speed Masahiro Shiraki did not respond to coaching in control Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Chick Goslin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charles Jordan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Alf Easterling did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Klein improves in contact_vs_righty Bernie Graterol improves in contact_vs_lefty Bernie Graterol improves in power_vs_righty Dick Knox did not respond to coaching in SS