Win: Deacon Deisel (14-9) Loss: Ike Schrenk (10-12)
Save: Ken McAleer (40)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Deacon Deisel pitching. Paul Ferris flies out to the left fielder. Teruo Iwaoka strikes out. Tony Williams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ike Schrenk pitching. Howie Washburn strikes out. Babe Lombardi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Robert Frey pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Amelung flies out to the left fielder. Corey Bowman singles to right field. Mark Mohorcic walks. Wally Diaz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Heinie Lowery flies out to the center fielder. Larry Holmes pops out to the third baseman. John Darwin hits a home run. Jim Pavletich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Red Preibisch strikes out. Ike Schrenk strikes out. Paul Ferris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Frank Metzger grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Deacon Deisel grounds out to the shortstop. Howie Washburn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Teruo Iwaoka lines out to the shortstop. Tony Williams strikes out. Joe Amelung flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Babe Lombardi pops out to the third baseman. Robert Frey flies out to the right fielder. Heinie Lowery grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Corey Bowman strikes out. Mark Mohorcic flies out to the right fielder. Wally Diaz doubles to right field. Red Preibisch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Larry Holmes hits a home run. John Darwin flies out to the center fielder. Jim Pavletich singles to center field. Frank Metzger flies out to the left fielder. Deacon Deisel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Billy Shantz enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Pavletich at LF. Ike Schrenk grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Ferris pops out to the second baseman. Teruo Iwaoka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Howie Washburn flies out to the center fielder. Babe Lombardi grounds out to the shortstop. Robert Frey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tony Williams strikes out. Joe Amelung grounds out to the second baseman. Corey Bowman grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Heinie Lowery hits a home run. Larry Holmes grounds out to the shortstop. John Darwin strikes out. Billy Shantz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mark Mohorcic grounds out to the second baseman. Wally Diaz strikes out. Red Preibisch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Frank Metzger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Joe Wade is pinch hitting for Deacon Deisel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Wade triples. Howie Washburn doubles to right field. Joe Wade scores. Jon Clarke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Babe Lombardi walks. Robert Frey strikes out. Heinie Lowery strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mark Shallix pitching. Bunny Joyce is pinch hitting for Jon Clarke. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bunny Joyce singles to center field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Paul Ferris triples. Bunny Joyce scores. Ken McAleer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Teruo Iwaoka flies out to the left fielder. Tony Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Ferris scores. Joe Amelung pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 3
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Erv Boccabella did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dode Wilson did not respond to coaching in control Spider Schaeffer improves in contact_vs_lefty Stan Nomo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ken Nichols improves in power_vs_lefty Ray Caithamer improves in range Sam Tidrow did not respond to coaching in RF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Charlie Thobe did not respond to coaching in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Ken Quintana did not respond to coaching in arm Bud Moren improves in velocity John Boyle did not respond to coaching in velocity Bud Moren improves in control Rick Colliflower did not respond to coaching in C