Inning: 1 Minnesota Mickey Kent pitching. Fred Blackwell grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshiro Kitano grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Stanley hits a home run. Deacon Bentley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ariel Aroche pitching. Ray Hudson strikes out. Marcelino Grimes triples. Willie Gomes grounds out to the shortstop. Marcelino Grimes scores. Duke Jacome singles to left field. Hardy Arellanes pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Vance Spencer grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Barrett singles to left field. Carlos Guerrero strikes out. Naohisa Noda singles to right field. Ariel Aroche grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Lou McAleese singles to left field. Dutch Wynn singles to left field. Lou McAleese advances to third on the hit. Andres Bague singles to center field. Lou McAleese scores. Mickey Kent lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Hudson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dutch Wynn scores. Marcelino Grimes pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Fred Blackwell grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshiro Kitano singles to right field. Jack Stanley pops out to the first baseman. Yoshiro Kitano steals second. Deacon Bentley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Willie Gomes strikes out. Duke Jacome grounds out to the pitcher. Hardy Arellanes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Vance Spencer singles to left field. Mike Barrett walks. Carlos Guerrero pops out to the catcher. Naohisa Noda lines out to the third baseman. Ariel Aroche flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Lou McAleese singles to right field. Lou McAleese steals second. Dutch Wynn flies out to the center fielder. Andres Bague hits a home run. Lou McAleese scores. Mickey Kent singles to center field. Ray Hudson walks. Marcelino Grimes grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Fred Blackwell strikes out. Yoshiro Kitano grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Stanley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Willie Gomes singles to left field. Willie Gomes steals second. Duke Jacome singles to right field. Willie Gomes scores. Hardy Arellanes grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Duke Jacome is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lou McAleese walks. Dutch Wynn strikes out. Bob Kaline 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. Andres Bague singles to left field. Hardy Arellanes scores. Mickey Kent singles to right field. Lou McAleese scores. Andres Bague advances to third on the hit. Ray Hudson reached on a fielding error by Yoshiro Kitano. Andres Bague scores. Marcelino Grimes strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Deacon Bentley doubles to center field. Vance Spencer strikes out. Mike Barrett walks. Carlos Guerrero strikes out. Naohisa Noda walks. Bob Kaline strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Willie Gomes strikes out. Duke Jacome flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Hardy Arellanes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Fred Blackwell pops out to the shortstop. Yoshiro Kitano pops out to the first baseman. Jack Stanley singles to left field. Jack Stanley steals second. Deacon Bentley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Lou McAleese strikes out. Dutch Wynn singles in front of the right fielder. Andres Bague singles to right field. Dutch Wynn advances to third on the hit. Craig Smith is pinch hitting for Mickey Kent. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Andres Bague steals second. Craig Smith strikes out. Ray Hudson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Pete Smalley pitching. Vance Spencer flies out to the center fielder. Mike Barrett strikes out. Carlos Guerrero grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Marcelino Grimes grounds out to the shortstop. Willie Gomes hits a home run. Duke Jacome singles to center field. Bobby Sandt is pinch hitting for Hardy Arellanes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bobby Sandt doubles to left field. Duke Jacome uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lou McAleese strikes out. Dutch Wynn walks. Andres Bague grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Naohisa Noda hits a home run. Rey Cox is pinch hitting for Bob Kaline. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rey Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Blackwell grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshiro Kitano singles to right field. Jack Stanley grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yoshiro Kitano is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 9
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike McLeland did not respond to coaching in control Tom Brady improves in power_vs_righty Yasunori Uehara improves in power_vs_lefty Paul Marsh improves in arm
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Porter Jeffcoat did not respond to coaching in control Rick Gassaway did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dan Navarro did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Wiki McQueen did not respond to coaching in control Rick Gassaway improves in 1B