Win: Tommy Roettger (1-0) Loss: Bill Wallace (3-2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Jack Daniels pitching. Tommie Converse hits a home run. Woody Meche doubles to center field. Max Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Art Jakucki flies out to the right fielder. Roberto Williams grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Wallace pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to left field. Sudden Sam LaRoche steals second. Boom Boom Washington pops out to the shortstop. Marsh White grounds out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche advances to third on the play. Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Charlie Green flies out to the right fielder. Esteban Cordoba grounds out to the shortstop. Sol Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Tim Yonke walks. Joe Hoffman walks. Steve Detweiler reached on a fielding error by Esteban Cordoba. Gabe McGee grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Tim Yonke scores. Joe Hoffman advances to third on the play. Jack Daniels grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Bill Wallace grounds out to the pitcher. Tommie Converse walks. Woody Meche flies out to the right fielder. Max Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to left field. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Marsh White strikes out. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Sudden Sam LaRoche scores. Tim Yonke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Art Jakucki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roberto Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Green walks. Esteban Cordoba grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Joe Hoffman strikes out. Steve Detweiler grounds out to the third baseman. Gabe McGee flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Sol Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Bill Wallace flies out to the left fielder. Tommie Converse strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jack Daniels strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Boom Boom Washington pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Woody Meche singles to right field. Max Jackson strikes out. Art Jakucki grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Woody Meche is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roberto Williams singles to right field. Charlie Green doubles to right field. Art Jakucki scores. Roberto Williams scores. Tommy Roettger 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. Esteban Cordoba singles to center field. Sol Spongberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Marsh White strikes out. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Tim Yonke flies out to the right fielder. Joe Hoffman doubles to left field. Steve Detweiler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Lou Dell is pinch hitting for Bill Wallace. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Lou Dell strikes out. Tommie Converse singles to center field. Woody Meche pops out to the shortstop. Max Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dave Fischer pitching. Dwayne Murray is pinch hitting for Gabe McGee. Dwayne Murray singles to right field. Tsuneyuki Sato is pinch hitting for Tommy Roettger. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tsuneyuki Sato flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Sudden Sam LaRoche hits an infield single to the first baseman. Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Marsh White walks. Dwayne Murray scores. Terry Johnson singles to left field. Sudden Sam LaRoche scores. Boom Boom Washington scores. Marsh White advances to third on the hit. Jack Madden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tim Yonke singles in front of the right fielder. Marsh White scores. Terry Johnson advances to third on the hit. Joe Hoffman walks. John Souza is pinch hitting for Steve Detweiler. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Souza singles to right field. Terry Johnson scores. Tim Yonke scores. Joe Hoffman advances to third on the hit. Dwayne Murray flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Hoffman scores. Tsuneyuki Sato lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Nanny Grant pitching. Hal Plank enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dwayne Murray at C. Art Jakucki flies out to the left fielder. Roberto Williams flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Green flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Dan Christenson is pinch hitting for Boom Boom Washington. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dan Christenson grounds out to the third baseman. Marsh White singles past the second baseman. Terry Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Gene Brown is pinch hitting for Esteban Cordoba. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gene Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Sol Spongberg strikes out. Adam Martinez is pinch hitting for Jack Madden. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Adam Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 6 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ty Layne improves in range Clarence Singleton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ty Layne improves in power_vs_lefty Ty Layne improves in power_vs_righty Milton McGinn did not respond to coaching in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Gakeler did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Slocumb improves in control John Bay improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Skowron improves in 2B