Win: Antonio Burns (4-9) Loss: Junior Sheffield (10-7)
Save: Pete Wagner (4)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Antonio Burns pitching. Bob Pruett grounds out to the pitcher. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Jose Hohnhorst grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Junior Sheffield pitching. Otie Shepherd flies out to the right fielder. Larry Start flies out to the center fielder. Gil Basinski walks. Herm White hits a home run. Gil Basinski scores. Harry Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Monty Lindeman grounds out to the second baseman. Alan Martin pops out to the third baseman. Lou Gick doubles to center field. Matt Laga singles to right field. Kip Yerkes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Lee Finneran strikes out. Joe Reis grounds out to the second baseman. Daryle Reeder flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Junior Sheffield singles to right field. Bob Pruett is hit by a pitch. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Jose Hohnhorst strikes out. Monty Lindeman singles to center field. Junior Sheffield scores. Bob Pruett advances to third on the hit. Alan Martin singles to right field. Bob Pruett scores. Monty Lindeman advances to third on the hit. Alan Martin steals second. Lou Gick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Antonio Burns grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Otie Shepherd grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Start strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Matt Laga grounds out to the pitcher. Kip Yerkes grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Sheffield grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Gil Basinski walks. Herm White strikes out. Harry Martinez strikes out. Gil Basinski is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Jose Hohnhorst pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Lee Finneran singles to left field. Joe Reis walks. Daryle Reeder strikes out. Antonio Burns lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Otie Shepherd strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Monty Lindeman flies out to the right fielder. Alan Martin strikes out. Lou Gick pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Larry Start lines out to the shortstop. Gil Basinski walks. Herm White grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gil Basinski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harry Martinez singles to left field. Herm White advances to third on the hit. Lee Finneran singles to center field. Herm White scores. Joe Reis grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Matt Laga grounds out to the third baseman. Kip Yerkes strikes out. Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Junior Sheffield. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Hedlund pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Gary Gonzalez pitching. Daryle Reeder strikes out. Antonio Burns flies out to the right fielder. Otie Shepherd pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett walks. Kenji Imazeki grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. David Wertz 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. Jose Hohnhorst singles to center field. Monty Lindeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Larry Start strikes out. Gil Basinski flies out to the center fielder. Herm White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Pete Wagner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Alan Martin flies out to the center fielder. Lou Gick flies out to the right fielder. Matt Laga singles to right field. Kip Yerkes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Oakland total runners left on base: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: George Rogers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dwight Hackett improves in power_vs_righty Tom Butler did not respond to coaching in control Truck Perezchica did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Vic Gullickson improves in control Jose Pike improves in velocity Truck Perezchica did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Blackburn improves in arm Dave Blackburn did not respond to coaching in range Ray Harlow did not respond to coaching in speed Angel Link improves in control Takashi Ricci improves in arm Ted Peltz improves in contact_vs_lefty Epps Mattox did not respond to coaching in 1B