Inning: 1 Oakland Shigetsugu Akiba pitching. Luis Loftus strikes out. Brady Kirkland singles to center field. Ken Davenport grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Norm Smith pitching. Jake Jacobs pops out to the catcher. Jose Bobb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Lou Davison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ben Spurgeon walks. Drew Mercker hits a home run. Ben Spurgeon scores. Efrain Kalahan singles to left field. Efrain Kalahan steals second. Buddy Lyden walks. Bobby Polly doubles to center field. Efrain Kalahan scores. Buddy Lyden uses his aggressiveness and scores. Norm Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Loftus grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Polly scores. Brady Kirkland grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Billy Consolo singles to left field. Bill Tuttle grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Billy Consolo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Tuttle is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rob Daugherty singles to center field. Billy Gardner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ken Davenport flies out to the center fielder. Ben Spurgeon pops out to the third baseman. Drew Mercker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Roper grounds out to the shortstop. Shigetsugu Akiba strikes out. Jake Jacobs walks. Jose Bobb grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jake Jacobs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Efrain Kalahan strikes out. Buddy Lyden walks. Bobby Polly grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Lou Davison strikes out. Billy Consolo strikes out. Bill Tuttle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Sam Alvarez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Norm Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Loftus grounds out to the third baseman. Brady Kirkland singles to center field. Ken Davenport hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ben Spurgeon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rob Daugherty singles to center field. Billy Gardner strikes out. Bill Roper pops out to the shortstop. Sam Alvarez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Drew Mercker pops out to the second baseman. Efrain Kalahan pops out to the catcher. Buddy Lyden flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jake Jacobs grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Bobb grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Davison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bobby Polly walks. Norm Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Loftus singles to right field. Bobby Polly uses his aggressiveness and scores. Danny McDevitt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brady Kirkland singles to center field. Luis Loftus advances to third on the hit. Ken Davenport doubles to right field. Luis Loftus scores. Brady Kirkland uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ben Spurgeon grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Drew Mercker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Barry Rogers is pinch hitting for Billy Consolo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Barry Rogers pops out to the shortstop. Bill Tuttle singles to right field. Rob Daugherty singles to left field. Bill Tuttle advances to third on the hit. Billy Gardner flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Tuttle is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Efrain Kalahan singles to center field. Buddy Lyden strikes out. Bobby Polly grounds out to the shortstop. Efrain Kalahan advances to second on the play. Billy Miller is pinch hitting for Norm Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Billy Miller singles to right field. Efrain Kalahan scores. Luis Loftus walks. Brady Kirkland singles to center field. Billy Miller scores. Luis Loftus advances to third on the hit. John Thompson is pinch hitting for Ken Davenport. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Thompson singles to center field. Luis Loftus scores. Brady Kirkland advances to third on the hit. Buck Benedict is pinch hitting for Ben Spurgeon. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Buck Benedict grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Pete Carden pitching. Bill Roper strikes out. Kazuo Kamishima is pinch hitting for Danny McDevitt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kazuo Kamishima flies out to the center fielder. Jake Jacobs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ray Moore pitching. Sandy Getz is pinch hitting for Drew Mercker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sandy Getz singles to right field. Efrain Kalahan strikes out. Buddy Lyden grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Sandy Getz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Buddy Lyden steals second. Bobby Polly grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jose Bobb flies out to the center fielder. Lou Davison flies out to the left fielder. Barry Rogers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4