Win: Chief Linton Loss: Jay Miller
Save: Bryan Stoddard
Inning: 1 Minnesota Mel Killilay pitching. Paul Tiernan flies out to the center fielder. Jim Brady strikes out. Eddie Bateman doubles to left field. Willie Luebke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Lee Kelly pitching. Don Friday lines out to the second baseman. Steve Tovar grounds out to the third baseman. Pascual Elston hits a home run. Mike Romero singles to left field. Ike Erdos hits a home run. Mike Romero scores. Steve Rightnowar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Frank Burns walks. Kevin Carroll strikes out. Frank Burns steals second. Joe Just grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Burns advances to third on the play. Bryan Clary walks. Lee Kelly grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Larry Eaton walks. Scott Newsome grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Eaton advances to second on the play. Mel Killilay strikes out. Don Friday grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Paul Tiernan grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Brady grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Bateman singles to center field. Willie Luebke triples. Eddie Bateman scores. Frank Burns grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Steve Tovar hits a home run. Pascual Elston flies out to the right fielder. Mike Romero strikes out. Ike Erdos grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Kevin Carroll singles to left field. Kevin Carroll is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Joe Just strikes out. Bryan Clary grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Steve Rightnowar singles to left field. Larry Eaton singles to left field. Scott Newsome walks. Mel Killilay strikes out. Don Friday grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Rightnowar scores. Larry Eaton advances to third on the play. Scott Newsome advances to second on the play. Walt Hubbell 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 2nd. Steve Tovar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Walt Hubbell grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Tiernan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Brady strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Pascual Elston flies out to the left fielder. Mike Romero singles to center field. Ike Erdos flies out to the center fielder. Steve Rightnowar strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Eddie Bateman walks. Willie Luebke walks. Ken Pactwa 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 2nd. Frank Burns strikes out. Kevin Carroll strikes out. Joe Just hits a home run. Eddie Bateman scores. Willie Luebke scores. Bryan Clary grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Larry Eaton grounds out to the pitcher. Ron Regan is pinch hitting for Scott Newsome. Ron Regan strikes out. Ken Pactwa grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dutch Caffie enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ron Regan at C. Denny Pirkl is pinch hitting for Walt Hubbell. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Denny Pirkl pops out to the second baseman. Paul Tiernan strikes out. Jim Brady pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Chief Linton pitching. Don Friday flies out to the left fielder. Steve Tovar grounds out to the shortstop. Pascual Elston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Eddie Bateman flies out to the center fielder. Willie Luebke lines out to the first baseman. Frank Burns strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mike Romero flies out to the right fielder. Ike Erdos walks. Steve Rightnowar grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ike Erdos is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Larry Eaton singles to center field. Steve Rightnowar is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jay Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kevin Carroll singles to center field. Joe Just flies out to the left fielder. Bryan Clary flies out to the right fielder. Takehiro Kikuchi is pinch hitting for Chief Linton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Takehiro Kikuchi doubles to right field. Kevin Carroll scores. Paul Tiernan singles to right field. Takehiro Kikuchi scores. Willard Greene comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Brady lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bryan Stoddard pitching. Dutch Caffie strikes out. Andy Ricketts is pinch hitting for Willard Greene. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Andy Ricketts strikes out. Don Friday grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 5