Win: Andres K Brown (2-4) Loss: Rube Semproch (0-1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Joe Hammond pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the right fielder. Marsh White flies out to the left fielder. Terry Johnson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Frank Flair pitching. Chet K Daviault flies out to the right fielder. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Dutch K Young flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Tim Yonke strikes out. Magglio Kida strikes out. Dwayne Murray reached on a fielding error by Terry W Carr. Tsuneyuki Sato flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the shortstop. Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke doubles to right field. Terry W Carr walks. Chris Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Hal Plank doubles to right field. Frank Flair lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to left field. Hal Plank scores. Marsh White hits a home run. Sudden Sam LaRoche scores. Terry Johnson strikes out. Tim Yonke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Joe Hammond hits an infield single to the pitcher. Chet K Daviault grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Hammond is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ralph W Brow flies out to the center fielder. Dutch K Young singles to left field. Chet K Daviault advances to third on the hit. Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Magglio Kida grounds out to the third baseman. Dwayne Murray flies out to the center fielder. Tsuneyuki Sato strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella bunts for a base hit. Rudy K Roenicke strikes out. Claude TK Estalella gets picked off first. Terry W Carr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Hal Plank strikes out. Frank Flair strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Chris Stewart strikes out. Joe Hammond flies out to the right fielder. Chet K Daviault flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Marsh White walks. Terry Johnson walks. Tim Yonke singles to right field. Marsh White scores. Takumi TK Ogai comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Magglio Kida singles to left field. Terry Johnson scores. Tim Yonke advances to third on the hit. Dwayne Murray pops out to the shortstop. Tsuneyuki Sato grounds out to the second baseman. Magglio Kida advances to second on the play. Hal Plank grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ralph W Brow singles to center field. Dutch K Young strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava singles to left field. Ralph W Brow advances to third on the hit. Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke hits a home run. Ralph W Brow scores. Tomokazu T Kuzava scores. Terry W Carr grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Frank Flair flies out to the center fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Marsh White flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Chris Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Grady Sizemore is pinch hitting for Takumi TK Ogai. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Grady Sizemore flies out to the right fielder. Chet K Daviault pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Andres K Brown pitching. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Tim Yonke flies out to the right fielder. Magglio Kida strikes out. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ralph W Brow singles to center field. Ralph W Brow steals second. Dutch K Young doubles to right field. Ralph W Brow scores. Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Boehmer is pinch hitting for Claude TK Estalella. Charlie Boehmer hits a home run. Dutch K Young scores. Root Beer Kearse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rudy K Roenicke flies out to the center fielder. Terry W Carr pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Tsuneyuki Sato grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Plank strikes out. Steve Detweiler is pinch hitting for Root Beer Kearse. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Detweiler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rube Semproch pitching. Chris Stewart reached on a fielding error by Tsuneyuki Sato. Bob Corbett is pinch hitting for Andres K Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Corbett walks. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Stewart advances to third on the play. Bob Corbett advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Ralph W Brow singles to right field. Chris Stewart scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Dutch K Young (10), Rudy K Roenicke (15).HR - Charlie Boehmer (6), Rudy K Roenicke (12). Baserunning: SB - Ralph W Brow (15). Fielding: E - Terry W Carr.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Stein did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Carr Thornton improves in contact_vs_lefty John Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Lenny Buehrle improves in speed Dick McDermott did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Art K McDonald improves in speed Pedro K Mihalic improves in contact_vs_righty Jim K Brito did not respond to coaching in speed Eddie T Melvin did not respond to coaching in control Ox TK Cubillan did not respond to coaching in CF