Win: Julio Carman (1-0) Loss: Mace Jackson (0-1)
Save: Roy Pepper (3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Gregg Behan pitching. Livan Kirke flies out to the center fielder. Allie Wheeler singles past the second baseman. Darrel Hickman hits a home run. Allie Wheeler scores. Ken Cipriani singles to right field. Mike Hamilton strikes out. Dick Hawke grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Cipriani is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Paddy Staley pitching. John Marentette strikes out. Armando Knauss grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Eddy singles to right field. Bruce Asadoor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bucky Buchanan grounds out to the shortstop. Luis McColl singles in front of the right fielder. Paddy Staley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Livan Kirke walks. Allie Wheeler strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Walter Parker singles to center field. Walter Parker steals second. Enrique Reed strikes out. Rick Cooney strikes out. Angel Powell walks. Gregg Behan singles to right field. John Marentette grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Darrel Hickman singles to left field. Ken Cipriani strikes out. Darrel Hickman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Hamilton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Armando Knauss strikes out. Dick Eddy walks. Dick Eddy steals second. Bruce Asadoor strikes out. Walter Parker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dick Hawke grounds out to the pitcher. Bucky Buchanan grounds out to the shortstop. Luis McColl walks. Paddy Staley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Enrique Reed singles to left field. Rick Cooney singles to center field. Enrique Reed advances to third on the hit. Angel Powell flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Enrique Reed scores. Rick Cooney steals second. Gregg Behan flies out to the left fielder. John Marentette grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Livan Kirke walks. Allie Wheeler strikes out. Darrel Hickman pops out to the second baseman. Livan Kirke is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Armando Knauss doubles to right field. Dick Eddy grounds out to the second baseman. Armando Knauss advances to third on the play. Bruce Asadoor lines out to the shortstop. Walter Parker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ken Cipriani singles to right field. Mike Hamilton grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Cipriani advances to second on the play. Dick Hawke strikes out. Ed Hagen 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 1st. Bucky Buchanan triples. Ken Cipriani scores. Luis McColl triples. Bucky Buchanan scores. Akifumi Kawasaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paddy Staley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Enrique Reed grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Cooney walks. Angel Powell pops out to the third baseman. Akifumi Kawasaki singles to center field. John Marentette singles to center field. Rick Cooney scores. Armando Knauss reached on a fielding error by Mike Hamilton. Dick Eddy walks. Akifumi Kawasaki scores. Bruce Asadoor grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. John Marentette is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Livan Kirke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Allie Wheeler grounds out to the third baseman. Darrel Hickman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Walter Parker grounds out to the third baseman. Enrique Reed doubles to left field. Rick Cooney singles to center field. Enrique Reed scores. Julio Carman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Cooney steals second. Angel Powell flies out to the left fielder. Al Jelincich is pinch hitting for Akifumi Kawasaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Jelincich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mace Jackson pitching. Ken Cipriani singles to center field. Mike Hamilton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Dick Hawke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland John Marentette grounds out to the pitcher. Armando Knauss strikes out. Dick Eddy singles to right field. Bruce Asadoor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bucky Buchanan singles past the shortstop. Luis McColl walks. Rob Brett is pinch hitting for Julio Carman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rob Brett doubles to left field. Bucky Buchanan scores. Luis McColl is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. A.J. Dell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Livan Kirke strikes out. Allie Wheeler triples. Rob Brett scores. Darrel Hickman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Roy Pepper pitching. Walter Parker singles to right field. Enrique Reed walks. Rick Cooney grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Walter Parker advances to third on the play. Angel Powell walks. Larry Holmes is pinch hitting for A.J. Dell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Larry Holmes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 14
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Critz improves in range Steve Henshaw did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kevin Vizquel improves in contact_vs_lefty Gary Grilli improves in power_vs_lefty Red Lehman improves in power_vs_lefty David Wheeler improves in contact_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Glenn Elliot did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Gill improves in range Don Gill did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Masafumi Mimoto improves in control Jarrod Smith did not respond to coaching in range Glenn Elliot did not respond to coaching in velocity