Win: Brian White (12-4) Loss: Jerry Burton (2-14)
Save: Roy Harrington (27)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Jerry Burton pitching. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Gregory singles past the second baseman. Dick Holt hits a home run. Ed Gregory scores. Ronn Moreno flies out to the right fielder. Yuuji Iwadate grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Brian White pitching. Harry Renteria pops out to the shortstop. Ray Harlow grounds out to the pitcher. Alan Durbin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Yoelvis Carbonell grounds out to the third baseman. Gordon Fosnow strikes out. Joe Blue grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Herm White hits a home run. Otie Shepherd strikes out. Fred Lyden strikes out. Cal Castro grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Brian White flies out to the center fielder. Joseph Orwell flies out to the center fielder. Ed Gregory grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Mike Cobb strikes out. Jerry Burton grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Renteria strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dick Holt walks. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Holt advances to second on the play. Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the left fielder. Yoelvis Carbonell singles to right field. Gordon Fosnow singles to left field. Dick Holt scores. Yoelvis Carbonell advances to third on the hit. Joe Blue walks. Brian White strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Oakland Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Durbin strikes out. Herm White flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joseph Orwell is hit by a pitch. Joseph Orwell is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ed Gregory flies out to the center fielder. Dick Holt pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Otie Shepherd singles to right field. Fred Lyden flies out to the center fielder. Cal Castro strikes out. Mike Cobb singles to right field. Otie Shepherd advances to third on the hit. Jerry Burton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ronn Moreno grounds out to the shortstop. Yuuji Iwadate singles to left field. Yoelvis Carbonell reached on a fielding error by Otie Shepherd. Yuuji Iwadate steals third. Gordon Fosnow flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Yuuji Iwadate is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Harry Renteria strikes out. Ray Harlow pops out to the first baseman. Alan Durbin reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joseph Orwell. Herm White strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jack Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Blue singles to left field. Joe Blue steals second. Brian White fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Brian White strikes out. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Gregory singles to left field. Joe Blue scores. Ed Gregory steals second. Dick Holt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Otie Shepherd grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Lyden grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cal Castro singles to left field. Mike Cobb grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ronn Moreno grounds out to the third baseman. Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the right fielder. Yoelvis Carbonell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tom Geddes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Yuuji Iwadate at RF. Joe Reis is pinch hitting for Jack Jones. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Reis grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Renteria lines out to the shortstop. Ray Harlow pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jerry Hatcher pitching. Gordon Fosnow grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Blue flies out to the center fielder. Mike Stember is pinch hitting for Brian White. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Stember grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Roy Harrington pitching. Alan Durbin walks. Herm White grounds out to the shortstop. Alan Durbin advances to second on the play. Otie Shepherd pops out to the first baseman. Lee Finneran is pinch hitting for Fred Lyden. Lee Finneran grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Batting:HR - Dick Holt (13).HBP - Joseph Orwell (4). Baserunning: SB - Ed Gregory (32), Yuuji Iwadate (8), Joe Blue (6).CS - Joseph Orwell (10). Fielding: E - Joseph Orwell.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Marty Cruz improves in power_vs_lefty Cupid Grace improves in contact_vs_righty Placido Beck improves in contact_vs_righty Lamar Textor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Debs Westlake improves in arm Harry Lawson did not respond to coaching in control
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Blackburn did not respond to coaching in speed Chris Cote improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Caldwell improves in power_vs_lefty Pop Leppert improves in speed Eric Stephenson improves in arm Chris Cote improves in power_vs_righty Chris Cote improves in C