Inning: 1 Oakland Stubby Aurilia pitching. Chet Lown strikes out. Jim Critz triples. Bud Yvars flies out to the left fielder. Jose Kennedy pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Doug Reninger pitching. Joe Kranepool grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ed Merritt flies out to the left fielder. Yoshiyuki Higuchi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Harry Hartsel grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Young walks. Tom Weaver strikes out. Dave Riggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dan Gettinger strikes out. Mateo Perez flies out to the right fielder. Billy Grich doubles to left field. Slick Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Doug Reninger grounds out to the shortstop. Chet Lown flies out to the center fielder. Jim Critz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City U.L. Distefano flies out to the left fielder. Stubby Aurilia strikes out. Joe Kranepool grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Bud Yvars doubles to left field. Jose Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Harry Hartsel strikes out. Luis Young singles to left field. Bud Yvars scores. Tom Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ed Merritt flies out to the left fielder. Yoshiyuki Higuchi singles to center field. Dan Gettinger grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yoshiyuki Higuchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mateo Perez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave Riggs singles to right field. Doug Reninger lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chet Lown singles to center field. Dave Riggs scores. Jim Critz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Billy Grich strikes out. Slick Johnson walks. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the third baseman. Slick Johnson advances to second on the play. Stubby Aurilia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Bud Yvars walks. Jose Kennedy doubles to center field. Harry Hartsel flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bud Yvars is thrown out at the plate. Luis Young flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe Kranepool singles to center field. Ed Merritt singles to center field. Joe Kranepool advances to third on the hit. Ed Merritt steals second. Yoshiyuki Higuchi strikes out. Dan Gettinger doubles to left field. Joe Kranepool scores. Ed Merritt scores. Mateo Perez doubles to center field. Dan Gettinger scores. Billy Grich pops out to the catcher. Slick Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Weaver strikes out. Dave Riggs strikes out. Hi Shevlin is pinch hitting for Doug Reninger. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Hi Shevlin lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Roy Suzuki pitching. U.L. Distefano hits a home run. Sam Hildebrand comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Denny Brown is pinch hitting for Stubby Aurilia. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Denny Brown grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Joe Kranepool walks. Ed Merritt hits an infield single to the first baseman. Yoshiyuki Higuchi pops out to the first baseman. Dan Gettinger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Brett Tyack pitching. Chet Lown strikes out. Jim Critz singles to left field. Bud Yvars singles to right field. Jose Kennedy pops out to the shortstop. Harry Hartsel walks. Luis Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mateo Perez singles to center field. Billy Grich flies out to the center fielder. Slick Johnson walks. Lloyd Green comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. U.L. Distefano doubles to left field. Mateo Perez scores. Slick Johnson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jake Spognardi is pinch hitting for Brett Tyack. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Jake Spognardi hits an infield single to the second baseman. Joe Kranepool grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Al Leonard pitching. Tom Weaver pops out to the first baseman. Dave Riggs walks. Cecil Aitchison is pinch hitting for Lloyd Green. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cecil Aitchison walks. Chet Lown grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Cecil Aitchison is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Critz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Scott Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity Oscar Chapman did not respond to coaching in endurance Sheriff Dowd did not respond to coaching in control Steve Miller improves in control Lee Traynor did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Arlo Dagenhard improves in velocity Bert Riley improves in contact_vs_righty Kevin Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in control Sammy Felix did not respond to coaching in arm