Win: Don Lowe (5-3) Loss: Dave Campusano (9-4)
Save: John Nicosia (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Dave Campusano pitching. George Callahan flies out to the right fielder. Dean Brodowski grounds out to the shortstop. Al Klugmann walks. Zip Otis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Al Klugmann is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Orville Phoebus pitching. Yonel Hurtado singles to left field. Reggie Tartabull singles to left field. Yonel Hurtado advances to third on the hit. Ed Lovelace lines out to the shortstop. Angel Gill strikes out. Reggie Tartabull is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Jim Leitner lines out to the second baseman. Gene Noble flies out to the center fielder. George Zachary singles to right field. George Zachary is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Freddy Perry hits a home run. Sandy Hernandez pops out to the second baseman. Yariel Duvergel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Kelleher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Chris Repass singles to right field. Orville Phoebus lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Callahan is hit by a pitch. Dean Brodowski flies out to the center fielder. Al Klugmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dave Campusano strikes out. Yonel Hurtado strikes out. Reggie Tartabull grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Zip Otis grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Leitner lines out to the third baseman. Gene Noble strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ed Lovelace flies out to the left fielder. Angel Gill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Freddy Perry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland George Zachary grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Repass flies out to the center fielder. Orville Phoebus grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Sandy Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Yariel Duvergel singles to left field. Bob Kelleher flies out to the left fielder. Dave Campusano grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland George Callahan flies out to the center fielder. Dean Brodowski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Klugmann pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Yonel Hurtado strikes out. Reggie Tartabull pops out to the shortstop. Ed Lovelace triples. Don Lowe 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. Angel Gill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Zip Otis reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dave Campusano. Jim Leitner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Zip Otis advances to third on the play. Gene Noble walks. The defense is playing the corners in. George Zachary singles to left field. Zip Otis scores. Gene Noble advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Chris Repass grounds out to the third baseman. George Zachary advances to second on the play. John Hoyt is pinch hitting for Don Lowe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. John Hoyt singles to center field. Gene Noble scores. George Callahan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Nicosia pitching. Freddy Perry strikes out. Sandy Hernandez singles to center field. Yariel Duvergel grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dean Brodowski flies out to the right fielder. Al Klugmann flies out to the center fielder. Zip Otis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Kelleher grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Lindaman is pinch hitting for Dave Campusano. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Lefty Lindaman strikes out. Yonel Hurtado grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Kazuhide Niinuma pitching. Jim Leitner strikes out. Gene Noble strikes out. George Zachary singles to center field. Chris Repass singles past the shortstop. George Zachary advances to third on the hit. John Nicosia strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Reggie Tartabull strikes out. Ed Lovelace flies out to the right fielder. Angel Gill flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 3
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Fred Saberhagen did not respond to coaching in range Art Bryden did not respond to coaching in range Bob Kutyna improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike McGill improves in power_vs_lefty Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Juice Mott improves in contact_vs_righty Juice Mott improves in power_vs_lefty Frank Dunn improves in contact_vs_righty Dick Burg improves in range Juice Mott improves in 1B