Win: Rich Napoleon (4-2) Loss: Lou Harris (2-3)
Save: Major Payne (23)
Inning: 1 Oakland Lee Maloney pitching. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Bob Hinton flies out to the right fielder. John Souza grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Madd Hatter pitching. Al Embree grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cap Jennings singles past the first baseman. Brian Carsey walks. Minnie Stiely strikes out. Romeo Hobbs grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Brian Carsey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob Stein grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Johnson strikes out. Boom Boom Washington singles to center field. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to left field. Dan Cunningham strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Doug Eaton reached on a fielding error by Dan Cunningham. Bill Baker walks. Jack Sutherland grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Eaton advances to third on the play. Bill Baker advances to second on the play. Lee Maloney grounds out to the second baseman. Doug Eaton scores. Bill Baker advances to third on the play. Al Embree singles to right field. Bill Baker scores. Cap Jennings walks. Brian Carsey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Madd Hatter flies out to the center fielder. Joe Hoffman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack Sutherland. Bob Hinton singles to left field. Joe Hoffman scores. John Souza strikes out. Bob Stein singles to center field. Terry Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Minnie Stiely singles to left field. Romeo Hobbs strikes out. Doug Eaton flies out to the right fielder. Bill Baker singles to center field. Minnie Stiely advances to third on the hit. Jack Sutherland grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Boom Boom Washington singles to right field. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Boom Boom Washington advances to third on the hit. Dan Cunningham flies out to the right fielder. Madd Hatter grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Lee Maloney strikes out. Al Embree flies out to the left fielder. Cap Jennings singles to left field. Brian Carsey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Bob Hinton strikes out. John Souza grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Minnie Stiely pops out to the first baseman. Romeo Hobbs grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Eaton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Stein strikes out. Terry Johnson strikes out. Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Sudden Sam LaRoche pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Baker strikes out. Jack Sutherland grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Maloney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Dan Cunningham reached on a fielding error by Brian Carsey. Hal Plank is pinch hitting for Madd Hatter. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Carl Lewis is pinch running for Dan Cunningham on 1st base. Hal Plank flies out to the left fielder. Carl Lewis steals second. Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Carl Lewis uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Hinton singles to center field. John Souza grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Hutchinson pitching. Yoshio Yanagida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Carl Lewis at 1B. Al Embree grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cap Jennings flies out to the center fielder. Brian Carsey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bob Stein walks. Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Alex Kilgus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Boom Boom Washington walks. Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Yoshio Yanagida grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Bob Stein is out at home. Rocky Jonnard is pinch hitting for Bill Hutchinson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rocky Jonnard strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rich Napoleon pitching. Minnie Stiely grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Romeo Hobbs pops out to the third baseman. Doug Eaton lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Bob Hinton singles to right field. Joe Hoffman is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. John Souza singles to left field. Oscar Alberro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Stein grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Baker singles past the first baseman. Jack Sutherland flies out to the right fielder. Wes McMahan is pinch hitting for Oscar Alberro. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wes McMahan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Lou Harris pitching. Terry Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Boom Boom Washington flies out to the right fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Al Embree strikes out. Cap Jennings grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Carsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Oakland Yoshio Yanagida grounds out to the third baseman. Rich Napoleon strikes out. Joe Hoffman reached on a fielding error by Romeo Hobbs. Bob Hinton singles to center field. John Souza hits a home run. Joe Hoffman scores. Bob Hinton scores. Ray Robbins 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. Bob Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Kansas City Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Minnie Stiely strikes out. Romeo Hobbs singles to left field. Doug Eaton strikes out. Bill Baker grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Romeo Hobbs is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Doc Pinkney did not respond to coaching in arm Garey Sorensen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Garey Sorensen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Daley did not respond to coaching in speed Ducky Wagner improves in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kevin Riley did not respond to coaching in control Harvey Dawson did not respond to coaching in velocity Hiroshi Ushijima did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Meyers improves in speed Bobby Meyers did not respond to coaching in 3B