Win: Buddy Soff (13-10) Loss: Steve Eiland (4-3)
Save: Bob Tomney (29)
Inning: 1 Kansas City George Fingers pitching. Teruo Iwaoka flies out to the left fielder. Mark Mohorcic walks. Tony Williams walks. Joe Amelung pops out to the third baseman. Wally Diaz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Buddy Soff pitching. Barney Kahl grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Lombardi grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Bream strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al Kenders grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Corey Bowman flies out to the center fielder. Red Preibisch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Benny Chiles strikes out. Heinie Lowery grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Holmes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Buddy Soff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Teruo Iwaoka flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Mark Mohorcic singles to left field. Tony Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland John Darwin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Frank Metzger singles to right field. George Fingers fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. George Fingers grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Amelung grounds out to the shortstop. Wally Diaz strikes out. Al Kenders strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Barney Kahl strikes out. Babe Lombardi strikes out. Bob Bream strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Corey Bowman singles to left field. Corey Bowman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Red Preibisch grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Soff singles to left field. Teruo Iwaoka grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Buddy Soff is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Benny Chiles walks. Heinie Lowery strikes out. Larry Holmes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mark Mohorcic grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Williams singles in front of the right fielder. Joe Amelung flies out to the right fielder. Wally Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Darwin grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Metzger is hit by a pitch. Howie Washburn is pinch hitting for George Fingers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Howie Washburn grounds out to the catcher. Frank Metzger advances to second on the play. Barney Kahl grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Steve Eiland pitching. Al Kenders singles to left field. Corey Bowman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Red Preibisch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Babe Lombardi grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Bream strikes out. Benny Chiles grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Buddy Soff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Teruo Iwaoka doubles to left field. Mark Mohorcic singles to left field. Teruo Iwaoka scores. Tony Williams grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Heinie Lowery grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Holmes strikes out. John Darwin pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe Amelung strikes out. Wally Diaz strikes out. Cecil Powell is pinch hitting for Al Kenders. Cecil Powell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Bunny Joyce enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cecil Powell at LF. Bob Tomney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank Metzger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lenny Haney is pinch hitting for Steve Eiland. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lenny Haney reached on a fielding error by Teruo Iwaoka. Barney Kahl singles to left field. Babe Lombardi flies out to the right fielder. Bob Bream grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Barney Kahl is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Ray Caithamer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ken Nichols did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tim Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Ken Nichols did not respond to coaching in range Tim Smith improves in power_vs_righty Tadami Sato improves in speed Sam Tidrow did not respond to coaching in RF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Harvey Burda did not respond to coaching in speed Rick Colliflower improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim Weston improves in velocity Moose Fuentes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Burrell did not respond to coaching in control Gerald Boland improves in contact_vs_righty Rick Colliflower did not respond to coaching in C