Win: Leon Ortiz (16-9) Loss: Melvin Underhill (22-6)
Save: Dave Biancalana (39)
Inning: 1 Oakland Leon Ortiz pitching. Fred Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Dennis Rogers singles to left field. Harry Martinez grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Melvin Underhill pitching. Mike Brown flies out to the center fielder. Angelo Scharein walks. Hugh Herbert strikes out. Del Shocker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Kurt Tam flies out to the right fielder. Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. Joe Purtell walks. Steve Satterfield grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Al Beecher grounds out to the second baseman. Fumio Kamai singles past the shortstop. Mark Urrea grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Graeme Irvine walks. Melvin Underhill fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Melvin Underhill strikes out. Fred Moore doubles to left field. Graeme Irvine scores. Dennis Rogers singles to right field. Fred Moore scores. Harry Martinez singles to right field. Kurt Tam grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dennis Rogers advances to third on the play. Harry Martinez advances to second on the play. Joe Reis walks. Joe Purtell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Detroit Bill Schulte walks. Leon Ortiz lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Mike Brown singles to center field. Angelo Scharein flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Herbert singles to left field. Del Shocker reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Reis. Leon Ortiz scores. Mike Brown scores. Al Beecher singles to center field. Hugh Herbert scores. Del Shocker scores. Fumio Kamai flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Steve Satterfield singles to right field. Graeme Irvine flies out to the left fielder. Melvin Underhill lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Mark Urrea grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Schulte strikes out. Leon Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dennis Rogers lines out to the second baseman. Harry Martinez strikes out. Kurt Tam grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Mike Brown strikes out. Angelo Scharein grounds out to the shortstop. Hugh Herbert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Joe Reis reached on a fielding error by Fumio Kamai. Joe Purtell singles to right field. Joe Reis advances to third on the hit. Steve Satterfield strikes out. Graeme Irvine strikes out. Melvin Underhill grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Del Shocker reached on a 2-base throwing error by Harry Martinez. Al Beecher strikes out. Fumio Kamai lines out to the third baseman. Mark Urrea strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Fred Moore flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Rogers grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Martinez singles to left field. Kurt Tam flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Bill Schulte strikes out. Leon Ortiz strikes out. Mike Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. Joe Purtell flies out to the right fielder. Steve Satterfield walks. Graeme Irvine grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Glenn Phelps comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Angelo Scharein grounds out to the second baseman. Hugh Herbert reached on a fielding error by Dennis Rogers. Del Shocker flies out to the left fielder. Al Beecher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Dave Biancalana comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Daryle Reeder is pinch hitting for Glenn Phelps. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Daryle Reeder strikes out. Fred Moore strikes out. Dennis Rogers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 9 Detroit total runners left on base: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Ralston did not respond to coaching in control Elmer Owen did not respond to coaching in control Ray Harlow did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Josh Long did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lee Finneran did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Ralston improves in velocity Josh Long did not respond to coaching in SS
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paddy Slaughter did not respond to coaching in speed Oscar Dotterer improves in arm Phil Tidrow did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Phil Tidrow did not respond to coaching in speed Oreste Smith did not respond to coaching in arm John Mattis did not respond to coaching in speed