Win: Dick Ruebel (6-15) Loss: Ed Thompson (14-14)
Save: Ron Houser (3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Ruebel pitching. Harry Armstrong flies out to the left fielder. Eric Nold pops out to the catcher. Steve Odom lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Thompson pitching. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the shortstop. Jazz Bilzen walks. Ginger Nordyke grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jazz Bilzen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Blaine Vangilder strikes out. Ed Harrison is hit by a pitch. Bill Jurak strikes out. Alex Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Nobuo Kawazoe singles to left field. Jef Ceulemans reached on a fielding error by Blaine Vangilder. Dee Robinson lines out to the second baseman. Dick Ruebel fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dick Ruebel strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Les Hargrove flies out to the left fielder. Ed Thompson lines out to the third baseman. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Jazz Bilzen grounds out to the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke singles to center field. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Eric Nold singles to right field. Eric Nold steals second. Steve Odom singles to center field. Eric Nold is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Steve Odom is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Blaine Vangilder pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the second baseman. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the shortstop. Dee Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Harrison singles to left field. Bill Jurak doubles to left field. Ed Harrison uses his aggressiveness and scores. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Jurak steals third. Les Hargrove grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Jurak scores. Ed Thompson is hit by a pitch. Harry Armstrong singles to right field. Ed Thompson advances to third on the hit. Eric Nold walks. Steve Odom strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Dick Ruebel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the third baseman. Jazz Bilzen singles in front of the center fielder. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Blaine Vangilder pops out to the third baseman. Ed Harrison grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Jurak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Doc Reimer walks. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Doc Reimer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Nobuo Kawazoe singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Jef Ceulemans hits a home run. Nobuo Kawazoe scores. Dee Robinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Sullivan walks. Alex Sullivan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Les Hargrove grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Thompson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Dick Ruebel lines out to the first baseman. Hirokazu Kawa doubles to center field. Huck Fauver comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jazz Bilzen singles to left field. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Ginger Nordyke flies out to the center fielder. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Harry Armstrong flies out to the left fielder. Eric Nold strikes out. Steve Odom walks. Blaine Vangilder flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the second baseman. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ed Harrison flies out to the center fielder. Bill Jurak strikes out. Alex Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Bill Jurak (18).HBP - Ed Harrison (1), Ed Thompson (1). Baserunning: SB - Eric Nold (38), Bill Jurak (17).CS - Steve Odom (12), Alex Sullivan (12). Fielding: E - Blaine Vangilder.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jerry Otterson improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Rhodes improves in speed Ed Brown improves in control Cecil Abbott did not respond to coaching in control Jim Deering improves in RF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Ostermueller did not respond to coaching in velocity Arlie McGunnigle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Darwin Long did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in velocity