Win: Kosuke Sumitomo (9-4) Loss: Charlie Renteria (1-2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Hugo Tavares pitching. Art Block singles to left field. Neal Stobbs walks. Charlie Murphy singles to center field. Art Block scores. Neal Stobbs advances to third on the hit. Mahlon Hayes bunts for a base hit. Neal Stobbs scores. Whitey Lydy flies out to the left fielder. Reed Davis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Vince Small pitching. Hunter Bradley singles past the second baseman. Alvin Epperly grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hunter Bradley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jo Wiley singles to right field. Alvin Epperly is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Marlon Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Heihachiro Uryu hits a home run. Greasy Fuentes doubles to left field. Vince Small lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Art Block grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Greasy Fuentes scores. Neal Stobbs singles to center field. Charlie Murphy grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dan Witek walks. Warren Debrusk walks. Alex Hoffman singles to center field. Hanley Mulligan flies out to the center fielder. Hugo Tavares flies out to the center fielder. Hunter Bradley reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mahlon Hayes. Dan Witek scores. Warren Debrusk scores. Alvin Epperly strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mahlon Hayes grounds out to the pitcher. Whitey Lydy flies out to the left fielder. Reed Davis doubles to center field. Heihachiro Uryu singles to right field. Reed Davis is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jo Wiley grounds out to the second baseman. Marlon Carter hits a home run. Dan Witek walks. Dan Witek is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Warren Debrusk flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Greasy Fuentes walks. Vince Small lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Art Block flies out to the center fielder. Neal Stobbs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Alex Hoffman strikes out. Hanley Mulligan doubles to right field. Hugo Tavares singles past the third baseman. Hanley Mulligan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hunter Bradley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hugo Tavares advances to second on the play. Alvin Epperly walks. Jo Wiley walks. Marlon Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City Charlie Murphy singles to center field. Mahlon Hayes strikes out. Whitey Lydy singles to left field. Charlie Murphy advances to third on the hit. Andy Capp comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Reed Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Whitey Lydy advances to second on the play. Heihachiro Uryu singles to right field. Charlie Murphy scores. Whitey Lydy scores. Greasy Fuentes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Dan Witek walks. Warren Debrusk pops out to the second baseman. Alex Hoffman reached on a fielding error by Mahlon Hayes. Hanley Mulligan strikes out. Andy Capp strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Vince Small singles to right field. Art Block strikes out. Neal Stobbs grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Hunter Bradley singles to left field. Alvin Epperly lines out to the first baseman. Jo Wiley flies out to the center fielder. Marlon Carter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Charlie Murphy singles past the shortstop. Charlie Murphy steals second. Mahlon Hayes singles to center field. Charlie Murphy scores. Jerry Burgmeier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mahlon Hayes steals second. Whitey Lydy flies out to the center fielder. Reed Davis walks. Heihachiro Uryu grounds out to the third baseman. Mahlon Hayes advances to third on the play. Reed Davis advances to second on the play. Greasy Fuentes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Dan Witek singles to right field. Dominic Medwick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Wood is pinch hitting for Warren Debrusk. George Wood grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Dan Witek is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Passed ball. George Wood advances to second. Alex Hoffman triples. George Wood scores. Hanley Mulligan flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Alex Hoffman scores. Johnny Adamson is pinch hitting for Jerry Burgmeier. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Johnny Adamson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Kosuke Sumitomo pitching. Bill Lunte enters the game as a defensive replacement for George Wood at RF. Ken Bell is pinch hitting for Dominic Medwick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Ken Bell singles to right field. Art Block singles to right field. Ken Bell is out trying to steal third. Neal Stobbs strikes out. Charlie Murphy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Charlie Renteria pitching. Hunter Bradley hits a home run. Alvin Epperly flies out to the left fielder. Jo Wiley singles to right field. Marlon Carter flies out to the right fielder. Dan Witek strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mahlon Hayes flies out to the right fielder. Whitey Lydy strikes out. Reed Davis grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Bill Lunte hits an infield single to the second baseman. Alex Hoffman singles to center field. Buddy Spongberg 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. Bill Lunte steals third. Hanley Mulligan walks. Frank Glade is pinch hitting for Kosuke Sumitomo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Frank Glade pops out to the first baseman. Hunter Bradley singles to right field. Bill Lunte scores. Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Oakland total runners left on base: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pete Bell did not respond to coaching in speed George Petry did not respond to coaching in velocity Terry Gabler improves in power_vs_lefty Danny Brown improves in arm J.T. Jennings did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Palmer Parker improves in range Palmer Parker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Clint Martin did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul McQuillen improves in contact_vs_righty Palmer Parker did not respond to coaching in 1B