Win: Carlos Benton (2-2) Loss: Rob Valentinetti (1-4)
Save: Jim Malave (7)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Rob Valentinetti pitching. Fred Blackwell hits a home run. Jennys Soriano flies out to the right fielder. Yoshiro Kitano hits a home run. Vance Spencer grounds out to the third baseman. Deacon Bentley singles to right field. Hardy Arellanes lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Carlos Benton pitching. Woody Zavaras singles to center field. Woody Zavaras steals second. Naohisa Noda throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Kevin Battle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Woody Zavaras scores. Ron Cross grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jay Gill strikes out. Naohisa Noda flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Benton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bill Terry doubles to left field. Bob Turley strikes out. Marcelino Grimes strikes out. Andres Bague grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Fred Blackwell strikes out. Jennys Soriano reached on a 2-base throwing error by Woody Zavaras. Yoshiro Kitano doubles to right field. Jennys Soriano scores. Vance Spencer grounds out to the pitcher. Deacon Bentley doubles to center field. Yoshiro Kitano scores. Hardy Arellanes singles to left field. Deacon Bentley scores. Jay Gill grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Rob Valentinetti strikes out. Woody Zavaras strikes out. Kevin Battle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Naohisa Noda singles to center field. Carlos Benton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Blackwell singles to right field. Naohisa Noda scores. Jennys Soriano walks. Yoshiro Kitano walks. Vance Spencer flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Fred Blackwell scores. Deacon Bentley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Ron Cross walks. Ron Cross steals second. Craig Smith strikes out. Bill Terry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Cross advances to third on the play. Bob Turley walks. Bob Turley is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Hardy Arellanes singles to center field. Hardy Arellanes steals second. Jay Gill singles to right field. Hardy Arellanes scores. Roy Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Naohisa Noda singles to center field. Carlos Benton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Blackwell flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jay Gill is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Marcelino Grimes flies out to the left fielder. Andres Bague grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jennys Soriano strikes out. Yoshiro Kitano flies out to the center fielder. Vance Spencer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Woody Zavaras grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Battle flies out to the center fielder. Ron Cross grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Deacon Bentley strikes out. Hardy Arellanes walks. Jay Gill lines out to the shortstop. Naohisa Noda grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hardy Arellanes is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Craig Smith singles to center field. Bill Terry walks. Bob Turley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Craig Smith advances to third on the play. Marcelino Grimes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Carlos Benton singles to left field. Fred Blackwell flies out to the right fielder. Jennys Soriano walks. Rey Cox is pinch hitting for Yoshiro Kitano. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rey Cox singles to right field. Vance Spencer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Andres Bague flies out to the center fielder. Ray Hudson is pinch hitting for Roy Williams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ray Hudson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Woody Zavaras walks. Kevin Battle doubles to right field. Ron Cross walks. Craig Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Frank Michael pitching. Deacon Bentley grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Guerrero is pinch hitting for Hardy Arellanes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carlos Guerrero flies out to the left fielder. Fred Walker is pinch hitting for Jay Gill. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Walker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Lee Orndorff is pinch hitting for Bill Terry. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lee Orndorff walks. John Rogers is pinch hitting for Bob Turley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Rogers doubles to right field. Lee Orndorff uses his aggressiveness and scores. Marcelino Grimes singles to right field. John Rogers scores. Andres Bague flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Wynn is pinch hitting for Frank Michael. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dutch Wynn singles to center field. Woody Zavaras walks. Jim Malave comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kevin Battle strikes out. Ron Cross singles to right field. Marcelino Grimes scores. Dutch Wynn scores. Woody Zavaras advances to third on the hit. Craig Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Kevin Battle (3), Bill Terry (4), John Rogers (3).GIDP - Bob Turley. Baserunning: SB - Woody Zavaras (4), Ron Cross (4).CS - Bob Turley (1). Fielding: E - Woody Zavaras.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Rochefort improves in control Paul Marsh did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tom Brady improves in range Chris Sterling improves in arm
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Porter Jeffcoat did not respond to coaching in control George Rojek improves in power_vs_lefty Jake Lamont improves in velocity Mark Lundgren did not respond to coaching in control