Win: Frank Viola (13-3) Loss: Charlie Merena (2-3)
Save: Steve Smith (26)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Tom Weathers pitching. Carl Furillo flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Griffey grounds out to the shortstop. Junior Caminaro pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Frank Viola pitching. Allan Schorr singles to left field. Earl Duckworth is hit by a pitch. Orlando Cruz strikes out. Ramon Jones flies out to the center fielder. Paul Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Paul Blair singles to right field. Alex Belt pops out to the second baseman. Al Ramirez strikes out. Paul Blair steals second. Harry Coles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Tomas Keegan lines out to the shortstop. Orator Young walks. Ernie Krsnich grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Orator Young is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Weathers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Viola strikes out. Carl Furillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Allan Schorr pops out to the first baseman. Earl Duckworth grounds out to the second baseman. Orlando Cruz walks. Ramon Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Carlos Griffey singles to center field. Junior Caminaro flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Griffey steals second. Paul Blair singles to center field. Carlos Griffey scores. Alex Belt singles to center field. Paul Blair advances to third on the hit. Al Ramirez strikes out. Harry Coles pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Paul Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Keegan flies out to the right fielder. Orator Young hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ernie Krsnich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bill Mazeroski pops out to the third baseman. Frank Viola grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carl Furillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Tom Weathers strikes out. Allan Schorr strikes out. Earl Duckworth hits a home run. Orlando Cruz walks. Ramon Jones grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Orlando Cruz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Carlos Griffey grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Caminaro singles to center field. Paul Blair strikes out. Alex Belt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Paul Kennedy strikes out. Tomas Keegan flies out to the left fielder. Orator Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al Ramirez strikes out. Harry Coles lines out to the shortstop. Bill Mazeroski singles to center field. Frank Viola grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Mazeroski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland John Riedling is pinch hitting for Ernie Krsnich. John Riedling strikes out. Red Kline is pinch hitting for Tom Weathers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Red Kline strikes out. Allan Schorr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Charlie Merena pitching. Carl Furillo strikes out. Carlos Griffey strikes out. Junior Caminaro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Earl Duckworth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Orlando Cruz grounds out to the third baseman. Ramon Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Paul Blair flies out to the center fielder. Alex Belt grounds out to the second baseman. Al Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Paul Kennedy strikes out. Tomas Keegan grounds out to the shortstop. Barney Louden is pinch hitting for Orator Young. Barney Louden flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Harry Coles singles to center field. Harry Coles steals second. Bill Mazeroski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Coles advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Ron Shelton is pinch hitting for Frank Viola. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Shelton flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Coles scores. Carl Furillo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Steve Smith pitching. Pete Quinn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harry Coles at LF. John Riedling grounds out to the second baseman. John Paciorek is pinch hitting for Charlie Merena. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Paciorek flies out to the right fielder. Allan Schorr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Kunkel improves in speed Brian Escobar improves in arm Ray Schultz improves in range Dutch Ruether improves in contact_vs_righty Kevin Bibby improves in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bruce Law did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Barber improves in power_vs_righty Karl Manning did not respond to coaching in arm Josh Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Toppin did not respond to coaching in 3B