Win: Bob Naylor Loss: Stephen Strasburg
Save: Buzz Ross
Inning: 1 Cleveland Bob Naylor pitching. Marty Cordova strikes out. Ed Friday flies out to the left fielder. Rod Rucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Stephen Strasburg pitching. Denny Law flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Wright strikes out. Charles Acker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Von Joshua grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Keefe pops out to the first baseman. Dmitri Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Rick Elliot strikes out. John Wynn hits a home run. Drungo Hazewood grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harvey Garcia flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Frank Robinson strikes out. Butch Wynegar singles past the first baseman. Stephen Strasburg lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Marty Cordova singles to center field. Butch Wynegar scores. Ed Friday walks. Rod Rucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Mark King strikes out. Bob Naylor grounds out to the third baseman. Denny Law reached on a fielding error by Ed Friday. Jimmy Wright grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Denny Law is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Von Joshua lines out to the second baseman. Phil Keefe singles to left field. Phil Keefe is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dmitri Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Charles Acker walks. Rick Elliot singles to right field. Charles Acker advances to third on the hit. John Wynn flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Charles Acker scores. Rick Elliot steals second. Butch Wynegar throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Drungo Hazewood reached on a 2-base fielding error by Von Joshua. Rick Elliot scores. Harvey Garcia pops out to the third baseman. Mark King strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Frank Robinson singles to right field. Butch Wynegar strikes out. Stephen Strasburg fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Stephen Strasburg lines out to the third baseman. Marty Cordova flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bob Naylor lines out to the shortstop. Denny Law strikes out. Jimmy Wright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Ed Friday singles to left field. Rod Rucker flies out to the left fielder. Von Joshua flies out to the center fielder. Phil Keefe grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Charles Acker strikes out. Rick Elliot pops out to the shortstop. John Wynn pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Carlos Baerga enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jimmy Wright at RF. Dmitri Young singles to center field. Frank Robinson strikes out. Ben Ewing is pinch hitting for Butch Wynegar. Ben Ewing grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dmitri Young is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Oscar Gamble is pinch hitting for Stephen Strasburg. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Oscar Gamble singles to center field. Ben Ewing advances to third on the hit. Marty Cordova flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Mark Prior pitching. Drungo Hazewood singles to center field. Drungo Hazewood steals second. Harvey Garcia strikes out. Mark King strikes out. Eddie Oliver is pinch hitting for Bob Naylor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Eddie Oliver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Nick Engle pitching. Ed Friday flies out to the left fielder. Rod Rucker walks. Rod Rucker gets picked off first. Von Joshua doubles to center field. Phil Keefe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Denny Law flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Baerga strikes out. Charles Acker pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Buzz Ross comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dmitri Young grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Ben Ewing flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 3