Inning: 1 Oakland Jim Nieson pitching. Smoky Slocum flies out to the center fielder. Bob Ostergard flies out to the right fielder. Bill McCarthy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ed Smith pitching. Herb Kazzaz flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Minnehan pops out to the third baseman. Sebastian St Clair flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Lamb grounds out to the shortstop. Lyman Brantley strikes out. Howie Olin doubles to left field. Sam Troy doubles to center field. Howie Olin scores. Fred Ojeda doubles to center field. Sam Troy scores. Ed Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Walter Wyatt grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Carlos Davison strikes out. Keith Scheer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Smoky Slocum walks. Bob Ostergard hits an infield single to the second baseman. Emil Lohr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill McCarthy grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Smoky Slocum advances to third on the play. Eddie Lamb flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jerry Conlan grounds out to the second baseman. Charley Witherspoon doubles to right field. Emil Lohr singles to right field. Herb Kazzaz reached on a fielding error by Smoky Slocum. Charley Witherspoon scores. Eddie Minnehan flies out to the left fielder. Sebastian St Clair lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Lyman Brantley singles to left field. Howie Olin flies out to the left fielder. Sam Troy walks. Fred Ojeda lines out to the shortstop. Ed Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Walter Wyatt strikes out. Carlos Davison grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Keith Scheer pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Smoky Slocum singles to center field. Bob Ostergard singles past the second baseman. Smoky Slocum aggressively advances to third on the hit. Len Silverio comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill McCarthy grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Ostergard advances to second on the play. Eddie Lamb strikes out. Lyman Brantley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jerry Conlan grounds out to the shortstop. Charley Witherspoon singles to left field. Len Silverio lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Herb Kazzaz lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Howie Olin flies out to the right fielder. Sam Troy grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Ojeda pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Eddie Minnehan grounds out to the shortstop. Sebastian St Clair flies out to the right fielder. Walter Wyatt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ed Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Smoky Slocum flies out to the center fielder. Bob Ostergard walks. Bill McCarthy grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Ostergard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Carlos Davison reached on a fielding error by Sam Troy. Keith Scheer walks. Bob Carrasquel 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. Jerry Conlan walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Charley Witherspoon singles to right field. Carlos Davison scores. Keith Scheer scores. Corduroy Jackson-Jackson is pinch hitting for Len Silverio. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Corduroy Jackson-Jackson singles past the second baseman. Jerry Conlan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Herb Kazzaz reached on a fielding error by Eddie Lamb. Eddie Minnehan grounds out to the second baseman. Charley Witherspoon scores. Corduroy Jackson-Jackson advances to third on the play. Herb Kazzaz advances to second on the play. Sebastian St Clair singles to left field. Corduroy Jackson-Jackson scores. Herb Kazzaz scores. Walter Wyatt singles to right field. Sebastian St Clair advances to third on the hit. Carlos Davison hits a home run. Sebastian St Clair scores. Walter Wyatt scores. Keith Scheer strikes out. Jerry Conlan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Grant Radmanovich pitching. Eddie Lamb flies out to the left fielder. Lyman Brantley grounds out to the third baseman. Cal Blankenship is pinch hitting for Howie Olin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cal Blankenship singles in front of the left fielder. Sam Troy doubles to right field. Cal Blankenship is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Charley Witherspoon grounds out to the third baseman. Grant Radmanovich strikes out. Herb Kazzaz walks. Eddie Minnehan walks. Sebastian St Clair strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Fred Ojeda hits an infield single to the second baseman. Steve Oldis is pinch hitting for Bob Carrasquel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fred Ojeda steals second. Steve Oldis grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Smoky Slocum doubles to right field. Fred Ojeda scores. Bob Ostergard triples. Smoky Slocum scores. Bill McCarthy walks. Eddie Lamb grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 9 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Smoky Slocum (1), Howie Olin (17), Sam Troy 2 (4), Fred Ojeda (12).3B - Bob Ostergard (5).GIDP - Bill McCarthy, Eddie Lamb. Baserunning: SB - Fred Ojeda (5). Fielding: E - Smoky Slocum, Eddie Lamb, Sam Troy.
Game Notes Sam Troy is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jodie Davis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ryan Sullivan improves in contact_vs_righty Ryan Sullivan did not respond to coaching in speed Jesus Seerey improves in power_vs_lefty Brian Corbin did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Nels Gelbert did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jose Hoover did not respond to coaching in endurance Paul Lawless did not respond to coaching in range Jose Bradley improves in range Pat Blake improves in power_vs_righty Lefty Johnson did not respond to coaching in velocity Chuck Farmer did not respond to coaching in control