Inning: 1 Oakland Boots Rekar pitching. Steve Tovar singles to right field. Pascual Elston grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mike Romero singles to center field. Steve Rightnowar grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Romero is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Carlos Pye pitching. Billy Listach strikes out. Manny Berger grounds out to the second baseman. Bill McCloskey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Larry Eaton reached on a 2-base throwing error by Irv McNertney. Scott Newsome grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Regan flies out to the left fielder. Andy Ricketts walks. Carlos Pye flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Baltimore Irv McNertney pops out to the third baseman. Claude West singles to center field. Al LaCoss flies out to the center fielder. John Miller singles to center field. Claude West advances to third on the hit. Ralph Cermak strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Steve Tovar grounds out to the second baseman. Pascual Elston doubles to right field. Mike Romero doubles to left field. Pascual Elston scores. Steve Rightnowar strikes out. Larry Eaton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Boots Rekar strikes out. Billy Listach singles past the shortstop. Billy Listach is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Manny Berger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Scott Newsome flies out to the right fielder. Ron Regan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Andy Ricketts grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Bill McCloskey strikes out. Irv McNertney strikes out. Claude West pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Carlos Pye flies out to the right fielder. Steve Tovar strikes out. Pascual Elston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Al LaCoss is hit by a pitch. Al LaCoss steals second. John Miller flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Cermak strikes out. Boots Rekar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Mike Romero strikes out. Steve Rightnowar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Larry Eaton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Billy Listach strikes out. Manny Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Bill McCloskey singles to center field. Bill McCloskey steals second. Lloyd Roskos 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. Irv McNertney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Scott Newsome singles to right field. Scott Newsome steals second. Ron Regan flies out to the center fielder. Andy Ricketts strikes out. Ike Erdos is pinch hitting for Lloyd Roskos. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ike Erdos walks. Steve Tovar grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Ted Spencer pitching. Claude West grounds out to the shortstop. Al LaCoss singles to right field. Al LaCoss steals second. John Miller walks. Ralph Cermak grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Pascual Elston flies out to the right fielder. Mike Romero reached on a 2-base throwing error by Claude West. Steve Rightnowar grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Romero advances to third on the play. Larry Eaton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Tom Taylor is pinch hitting for Boots Rekar. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Taylor strikes out. Billy Listach grounds out to the second baseman. Manny Berger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Len Taylor pitching. Scott Newsome grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Regan grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Ricketts grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Lou Lavagetto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill McCloskey doubles to left field. Irv McNertney singles to right field. Bill McCloskey scores. Claude West grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Irv McNertney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Claude West steals second. Al LaCoss walks. John Miller lines out to the second baseman. Ralph Cermak singles to left field. Claude West scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Baltimore total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Bill McCloskey (10).GIDP - Ralph Cermak.HBP - Al LaCoss (1). Baserunning: SB - Bill McCloskey (18), Claude West (26), Al LaCoss 2 (26).CS - Billy Listach (16). Fielding: E - Irv McNertney, Claude West.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Brenzel improves in arm Pat Sunday improves in speed Tom Cohen improves in range Frank Brenzel did not respond to coaching in range
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Elder Stanton improves in range Jason Alomar did not respond to coaching in control Ed Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Elder Stanton improves in power_vs_righty Ernie Hanlon did not respond to coaching in 2B