Win: Jeff Michaels (2-1) Loss: Ricky Bones (1-1)
Save: Matt Walling (7)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Ricky Bones pitching. Ariel Reyes doubles to center field. Quinton Spock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ariel Reyes advances to third on the play. Roberto Mayaguera singles past the second baseman. Ariel Reyes scores. Wally Cromartie strikes out. Johnny Suder grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Jeff Michaels pitching. Davon Workman strikes out. Roy Leary singles to right field. Roy Leary is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Leandro Nunez walks. Ryan Sakata grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Leandro Nunez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Bob Huff hits a home run. Rich Rodriguez walks. Rangel Olivera flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Michaels lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ariel Reyes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Tony Angelini walks. Tim Dejan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bobby Warner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Quinton Spock reached on a 2-base fielding error by Tim Dejan. Roberto Mayaguera strikes out. Wally Cromartie flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Suder flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Buster Phillips strikes out. Ricky Bones lines out to the first baseman. Davon Workman reached on a fielding error by Wally Cromartie. Davon Workman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Bob Huff strikes out. Rich Rodriguez hits a home run. Rangel Olivera reached on a fielding error by Bobby Warner. Jeff Michaels pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Ariel Reyes grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rangel Olivera is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Leary flies out to the left fielder. Leandro Nunez singles to right field. Ryan Sakata strikes out. Tony Angelini singles to center field. Tim Dejan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Quinton Spock reached on a fielding error by Bobby Warner. Roberto Mayaguera strikes out. Wally Cromartie singles to center field. Quinton Spock advances to third on the hit. Rico Wakamatsu 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. Johnny Suder strikes out. Bob Huff singles to center field. Quinton Spock scores. Wally Cromartie advances to third on the hit. Rich Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Bobby Warner walks. Buster Phillips singles to left field. Bobby Warner advances to third on the hit. Rico Wakamatsu strikes out. Davon Workman grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Warner scores. Buster Phillips advances to second on the play. Roy Leary grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Rangel Olivera doubles to right field. Jeff Michaels lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ariel Reyes singles to center field. Rangel Olivera scores. Ariel Reyes steals second. Quinton Spock walks. Roberto Mayaguera pops out to the first baseman. Wally Cromartie pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Leandro Nunez strikes out. Ryan Sakata singles to left field. Tony Angelini strikes out. Tim Dejan hits a home run. Ryan Sakata scores. Bobby Warner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Johnny Suder singles to right field. Bob Huff strikes out. Rich Rodriguez strikes out. Stan Getz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rangel Olivera grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Buster Phillips pops out to the shortstop. Robert Heving is pinch hitting for Stan Getz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Robert Heving flies out to the right fielder. Davon Workman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Johnson Fryman pitching. Curt Grate is pinch hitting for Jeff Michaels. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Curt Grate doubles to center field. Ariel Reyes grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Grate advances to third on the play. Quinton Spock grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Curt Grate scores. Roberto Mayaguera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Matt Walling pitching. Roy Leary grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Leandro Nunez strikes out. Ryan Sakata flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Wally Cromartie walks. Johnny Suder walks. Bob Huff pops out to the third baseman. Rich Rodriguez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Tony Angelini reached on a fielding error by Bob Huff. Tim Dejan strikes out. Bobby Warner grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tony Angelini is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Buster Phillips hits a home run. Bobby Warner scores. Will Warren is pinch hitting for Johnson Fryman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Will Warren grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 4
Batting:HR - Tim Dejan (1), Buster Phillips (1).GIDP - Tim Dejan. Baserunning: CS - Davon Workman (3), Roy Leary (2). Fielding: E - Tim Dejan, Bobby Warner 2.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Phil Roland improves in endurance John Lehner did not respond to coaching in control Ben Ricci did not respond to coaching in velocity Les Zabel did not respond to coaching in control Phil Roland did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Lahti did not respond to coaching in control Jorge Cater did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Butch Balsamo did not respond to coaching in velocity Vicente Roy improves in velocity Pat Pulido improves in velocity Phil 'Oops' Metkovich did not respond to coaching in velocity Jaxon Aude improves in velocity Tom Fagan did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Harrell improves in LF