Win: Carlos Aquino Loss: Taylor Buchholz
Save: Nick Matos
Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Brenner pitching. Bud Yvars hits a home run. Ramon Grahe doubles to center field. Van Baines strikes out. Richie Webb grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Richards singles to right field. Ramon Grahe scores. Orlando Thomas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Taylor Buchholz pitching. Fats Woods grounds out to the third baseman. Hy Bohne flies out to the center fielder. Teddy Banks singles to right field. Casper Davidson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Huisman strikes out. Darin Shirey strikes out. Taylor Buchholz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ethan Tate flies out to the center fielder. Steve Posada flies out to the left fielder. Leroy Bush grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bud Yvars grounds out to the pitcher. Ramon Grahe singles to left field. Van Baines strikes out. Richie Webb strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Yoshiaki Yamauchi walks. Bill Brenner lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fats Woods singles to left field. Hy Bohne flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Yoshiaki Yamauchi is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Jim Richards grounds out to the second baseman. Orlando Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Huisman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Teddy Banks strikes out. Casper Davidson doubles to center field. Ethan Tate singles to center field. Steve Posada singles to left field. Casper Davidson scores. Ethan Tate is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Leroy Bush grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Darin Shirey strikes out. Taylor Buchholz singles to right field. Bud Yvars grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Taylor Buchholz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ramon Grahe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Yoshiaki Yamauchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Brenner flies out to the center fielder. Fats Woods grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Van Baines strikes out. Richie Webb singles to center field. Jim Richards flies out to the center fielder. Orlando Thomas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Hy Bohne strikes out. Teddy Banks strikes out. Casper Davidson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Eddie Huisman singles to right field. Darin Shirey strikes out. Taylor Buchholz lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Billy Morris 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. Bud Yvars lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ethan Tate pops out to the shortstop. Steve Posada singles to left field. Leroy Bush walks. Yoshiaki Yamauchi lines out to the first baseman. Bob McClure is pinch hitting for Billy Morris. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob McClure lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Carlos Aquino pitching. Ramon Grahe strikes out. Van Baines singles to right field. Richie Webb singles to left field. Jim Richards grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Richie Webb is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Orlando Thomas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Fats Woods grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hy Bohne triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Teddy Banks singles past the third baseman. Hy Bohne scores. Casper Davidson flies out to the left fielder. Ethan Tate singles to center field. Steve Posada triples. Teddy Banks scores. Ethan Tate scores. Lindsay Shokes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Leroy Bush singles past the shortstop. Steve Posada scores. Yoshiaki Yamauchi grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Leroy Bush is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Jim Johnson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Posada at 3B. Nick Matos comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Eddie Huisman grounds out to the shortstop. Darin Shirey flies out to the center fielder. Mike Hudson is pinch hitting for Lindsay Shokes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Hudson singles to right field. Bud Yvars strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6