Inning: 1 Oakland Wingo Morales pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty Pena pitching. Chet K Daviault walks. Ralph W Brow flies out to the left fielder. Dutch K Young doubles to left field. Chet K Daviault uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rudy K Roenicke strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Tim Yonke strikes out. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the shortstop. John Souza walks. Hal Plank strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Chris Stewart strikes out. Duvier K Rivera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Tsuneyuki Sato flies out to the center fielder. Marty Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Wingo Morales strikes out. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph W Brow flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Joe Hoffman singles to left field. Terry Johnson strikes out. Tim Yonke singles to right field. Dwayne Murray flies out to the right fielder. John Souza grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tim Yonke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dutch K Young strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke walks. Rudy K Roenicke steals second. Tomokazu T Kuzava flies out to the right fielder. Claude TK Estalella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Hal Plank flies out to the center fielder. Tsuneyuki Sato grounds out to the shortstop. Marty Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Chris Stewart grounds out to the third baseman. Duvier K Rivera flies out to the center fielder. Wingo Morales flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Joe Hoffman triples. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Joe Hoffman scores. Tim Yonke flies out to the right fielder. Dwayne Murray doubles to right field. John Souza singles to right field. Dwayne Murray scores. Hal Plank singles to right field. John Souza advances to third on the hit. Tsuneyuki Sato lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Chet K Daviault strikes out. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Dutch K Young flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Marty Pena flies out to the center fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Joe Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Rudy K Roenicke flies out to the center fielder. Tomokazu T Kuzava lines out to the pitcher. Claude TK Estalella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Takumi TK Ogai comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Tim Yonke strikes out. Dwayne Murray walks. John Souza singles to left field. Dwayne Murray advances to third on the hit. Hal Plank grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Catfish Haslin enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Souza at RF. Lyle Overbay is pinch hitting for Chris Stewart. Lyle Overbay flies out to the right fielder. Duvier K Rivera singles to left field. 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 grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Alf T Gardner pitching. Bob Corbett enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lyle Overbay at C. Tsuneyuki Sato singles to right field. Marsh White is pinch hitting for Marty Pena. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Marsh White grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tsuneyuki Sato is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Marsh White advances to second on the play. Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Marsh White scores. Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Root Beer Kearse pitching. Chet K Daviault singles to right field. Ralph W Brow grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chet K Daviault is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dutch K Young strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke walks. Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Clarence Kellett did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Daniels did not respond to coaching in control Harry Skowron did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dick McDermott did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Carr Thornton did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ox TK Cubillan improves in power_vs_righty Bill TK Murray improves in power_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Art K McDonald improves in arm Ox TK Cubillan did not respond to coaching in CF