Win: Jose Aberson (5-5) Loss: Gene K Pettini (1-5)
Save: Major Payne (13)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Jose Aberson pitching. Chet K Daviault walks. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Dutch K Young strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chet K Daviault is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Gene K Pettini pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche lines out to the second baseman. Boom Boom Washington hits a home run. Marsh White singles to right field. Terry Johnson strikes out. Tim Yonke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the third baseman. Claude TK Estalella doubles to left field. Terry W Carr grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Claude TK Estalella advances to third on the play. Hank T Napier flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Joe Hoffman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Claude TK Estalella. Dwayne Murray flies out to the center fielder. Hal Plank flies out to the right fielder. Jose Aberson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Gene K Pettini strikes out. Chet K Daviault strikes out. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Marsh White grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dutch K Young flies out to the center fielder. Rudy K Roenicke strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Terry Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Yonke lines out to the shortstop. Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Dwayne Murray is hit by a pitch. Hal Plank strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella flies out to the center fielder. Terry W Carr strikes out. Hank T Napier grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jose Aberson grounds out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Boom Boom Washington pops out to the third baseman. Marsh White hits a home run. Sudden Sam LaRoche scores. Terry Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gene K Pettini strikes out. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph W Brow grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tim Yonke flies out to the right fielder. Joe Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. Dwayne Murray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dutch K Young flies out to the right fielder. Rudy K Roenicke grounds out to the third baseman. Tomokazu T Kuzava strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Hal Plank strikes out. Jose Aberson singles past the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Grady Sizemore is pinch hitting for Claude TK Estalella. Grady Sizemore singles to right field. Grady Sizemore is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Terry W Carr strikes out. Charlie Boehmer is pinch hitting for Hank T Napier. Charlie Boehmer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bob Corbett enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie Boehmer at C. Takumi TK Ogai comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Boom Boom Washington steals second. Marsh White grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Yonke walks. Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lyle Overbay is pinch hitting for Takumi TK Ogai. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lyle Overbay flies out to the left fielder. Chet K Daviault pops out to the second baseman. Ralph W Brow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Art K McDonald improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim K Brito improves in power_vs_righty Dick TK Barnes improves in contact_vs_lefty Ox TK Cubillan improves in contact_vs_righty Jim K Brito did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Carr Thornton improves in range John Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Skowron did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Hechinger did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick McDermott did not respond to coaching in SS