Win: Steve Wilkins (1-1) Loss: Harry Bold (0-4)
Save: Oscar Alberro (6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Harry Bold pitching. Al Embree grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cap Jennings grounds out to the second baseman. Mac Falls singles to center field. Frank Warner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Steve Wilkins pitching. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Hinton strikes out. John Souza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Brian Carsey lines out to the first baseman. Minnie Stiely doubles to left field. Bill Baker singles in front of the right fielder. Minnie Stiely scores. Spike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Steve Wilkins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob Stein pops out to the third baseman. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to right field. Dan Cunningham grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Al Embree singles to center field. Cap Jennings flies out to the right fielder. Mac Falls strikes out. Frank Warner hits a home run. Al Embree scores. Brian Carsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Harry Bold walks. Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Bob Hinton flies out to the left fielder. John Souza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Minnie Stiely flies out to the right fielder. Bill Baker walks. Spike Smith strikes out. Steve Wilkins grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Baker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Stein hits a home run. Terry Johnson walks. Boom Boom Washington pops out to the catcher. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Terry Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sudden Sam LaRoche steals second. Dan Cunningham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Al Embree grounds out to the shortstop. Cap Jennings grounds out to the third baseman. Mac Falls singles to center field. Frank Warner singles to left field. Mac Falls is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Harry Bold singles to center field. Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Bob Hinton strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. John Souza grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Bold scores. Joe Hoffman advances to third on the play. Bob Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Brian Carsey walks. Ed Estalella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Minnie Stiely singles to center field. Brian Carsey advances to third on the hit. Bill Baker doubles to left field. Brian Carsey scores. Minnie Stiely uses his aggressiveness and scores. Spike Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Wilkins strikes out. Al Embree grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Terry Johnson walks. Terry Johnson steals second. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Dan Cunningham grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Cap Jennings hits a home run. Bill Hutchinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mac Falls flies out to the left fielder. Frank Warner grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Carsey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Alex Kilgus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hal Plank is pinch hitting for Bill Hutchinson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hal Plank strikes out. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Bob Hinton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rich Napoleon pitching. Minnie Stiely strikes out. Bill Baker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Spike Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Lou Dodge enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cap Jennings at RF. Wes McMahan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Brian Carsey at 3B. John Souza flies out to the center fielder. Bob Stein grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Johnson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jack Sutherland is pinch hitting for Alex Kilgus. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack Sutherland flies out to the left fielder. Al Embree strikes out. Lou Dodge singles to right field. Mac Falls pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Oscar Alberro pitching. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Dan Cunningham lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Hiroshi Ushijima did not respond to coaching in control Doug Eaton improves in speed Jim Burchart did not respond to coaching in control Harvey Dawson did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Meyers did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Lee Fletcher improves in control Charlie Lombard did not respond to coaching in control Lee Fletcher improves in velocity Garey Sorensen improves in range Jim Daley did not respond to coaching in 2B