Win: Joe Sawatski (6-12) Loss: Lars Christian (12-5)
Save: Bert Speraw (16)
Inning: 1 Oakland Lars Christian pitching. Allan Schorr grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Garland Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Duckworth hits a home run. Orlando Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Joe Sawatski pitching. Carl Furillo flies out to the right fielder. Bill Mazeroski flies out to the center fielder. Junior Caminaro doubles to left field. Alex Belt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ramon Jones strikes out. Tomas Keegan strikes out. Orator Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al McHale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Mike Starr walks. Joe Sawatski lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Allan Schorr grounds out to the shortstop. Garland Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Pavel Quiros flies out to the center fielder. Lars Christian pops out to the third baseman. Carl Furillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Earl Duckworth strikes out. Orlando Cruz singles to left field. Ramon Jones strikes out. Tomas Keegan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Orlando Cruz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski pops out to the second baseman. Junior Caminaro flies out to the right fielder. Alex Belt walks. Al McHale grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Belt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Orator Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mike Starr flies out to the left fielder. Joe Sawatski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Al Ramirez singles to left field. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Pavel Quiros triples. Al Ramirez scores. Lars Christian strikes out. Carl Furillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Allan Schorr flies out to the left fielder. Garland Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Earl Duckworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski flies out to the center fielder. Junior Caminaro flies out to the left fielder. Alex Belt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Orlando Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Ramon Jones lines out to the first baseman. Tomas Keegan grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al McHale flies out to the left fielder. Al Ramirez grounds out to the pitcher. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Red Kline is pinch hitting for Orator Young. Red Kline singles to left field. Red Kline steals second. Mike Starr grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Red Kline advances to third on the play. John Riedling is pinch hitting for Joe Sawatski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Riedling triples. Red Kline scores. Allan Schorr strikes out. Garland Quinn singles to right field. John Riedling scores. Earl Duckworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Charlie Merena pitching. Ron Shelton is pinch hitting for Pavel Quiros. Ron Shelton pops out to the second baseman. Harry Coles is pinch hitting for Lars Christian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Harry Coles flies out to the left fielder. Carl Furillo pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Steve Smith pitching. Orlando Cruz grounds out to the pitcher. Ramon Jones singles to center field. Tomas Keegan grounds out to the third baseman. Ramon Jones advances to second on the play. Red Kline grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bert Speraw comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Mazeroski doubles to right field. Junior Caminaro walks. Alex Belt pops out to the shortstop. Al McHale grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Mazeroski advances to third on the play. Junior Caminaro advances to second on the play. Al Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Treadway did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Barber improves in speed Karl Manning did not respond to coaching in arm Mike Parsons improves in speed Tom Toppin did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dutch Ruether did not respond to coaching in speed Ray Schultz improves in power_vs_lefty Brian Cook improves in contact_vs_righty Kevin Bibby did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Kunkel improves in 2B