Inning: 1 Oakland John Chaney pitching. Shaun Walsh grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Woodling singles to center field. Julian Martin flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Joe Hasson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Lefty Steenstra pitching. Pickles Office pops out to the first baseman. Joe Delgado hits a home run. Butch Sweetland strikes out. Mike Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Mike Dessau singles to center field. Dario Weaver singles to left field. Mike Dessau advances to third on the hit. Donell Aguirre singles to center field. Mike Dessau scores. Dario Weaver advances to third on the hit. Jim Woodson doubles to center field. Dario Weaver scores. Donell Aguirre uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lefty Steenstra lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shaun Walsh flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jim Woodson is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Hooks Medich pops out to the third baseman. Kelvin Kirby walks. Mark Sularz grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Tom Woodling strikes out. Julian Martin strikes out. Joe Hasson doubles to right field. Mike Dessau grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Puig strikes out. John Chaney flies out to the right fielder. Pickles Office singles to left field. Joe Delgado walks. Butch Sweetland singles to left field. Pickles Office is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dario Weaver pops out to the shortstop. Donell Aguirre strikes out. Jim Woodson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Wilson triples. Hooks Medich flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Wilson scores. Kelvin Kirby singles to center field. Mark Sularz strikes out. George Puig grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Kelvin Kirby is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Lefty Steenstra strikes out. Shaun Walsh flies out to the left fielder. Tom Woodling flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mark Wright is pinch hitting for John Chaney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mark Wright walks. Pickles Office strikes out. Joe Delgado strikes out. Butch Sweetland grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Minnie Hermanski pitching. Julian Martin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Hasson strikes out. Mike Dessau flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mike Wilson strikes out. Hooks Medich singles to right field. Kelvin Kirby grounds out to the pitcher. Hooks Medich advances to second on the play. Ed King is pinch hitting for Mark Sularz. Ed King singles to right field. Hooks Medich is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dario Weaver strikes out. Donell Aguirre grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Woodson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City George Puig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Gleich is pinch hitting for Minnie Hermanski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Gleich strikes out. Pickles Office flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Pete Cooper pitching. Lefty Steenstra walks. Shaun Walsh walks. Tom Woodling strikes out. Julian Martin hits a home run. Lefty Steenstra scores. Shaun Walsh scores. Brian White comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Hasson grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Dessau singles to center field. Dario Weaver walks. Donell Aguirre walks. Jim Woodson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Delgado singles to right field. Joe Delgado steals second. Julian Martin throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Butch Sweetland strikes out. Mike Wilson doubles to center field. Joe Delgado scores. Loren Sudhoff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hooks Medich strikes out. Kelvin Kirby grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Loren Sudhoff strikes out. Jack Runge 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. Shaun Walsh grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tom Woodling grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Morales enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Woodson at SS. Ed King grounds out to the shortstop. George Puig pops out to the first baseman. Mark Fosse is pinch hitting for Jack Runge. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mark Fosse flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C Improvements: Vic Minnick did not respond to coaching in speed Balor McGlynn improves in velocity Jerry Connors improves in speed Ray Bartell improves in arm Admiral Hinton did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Tommy Pipgras improves in contact_vs_lefty Kazuo Yoshida did not respond to coaching in arm Gus Flores did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Siegle improves in speed