Win: John Larsen (1-0) Loss: String Bean Williams (0-2)
Save: Gary Brown (4)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jose Bell pitching. Arch Deacon grounds out to the pitcher. J.J. Burns doubles to left field. Dasher Naranjo flies out to the left fielder. Dave Caveney walks. Candy Corsi singles to left field. Odell Palica grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 New York Masanori Hodge pitching. Tom Bilbrey walks. Jim Hopkins pops out to the shortstop. Cliff Moran flies out to the left fielder. Brian Devens singles to center field. Tom Bilbrey advances to third on the hit. Bob Causey singles to center field. Tom Bilbrey scores. Brian Devens advances to third on the hit. Bob Causey steals second. Fred Clancy singles to center field. Brian Devens scores. Bob Causey scores. Bob Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dan Cox strikes out. Jack Dixon strikes out. Masanori Hodge strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Scoot Damiani strikes out. Jose Bell grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Bilbrey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Arch Deacon singles to center field. J.J. Burns strikes out. Arch Deacon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dasher Naranjo singles to right field. Dasher Naranjo is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Jim Hopkins strikes out. Cliff Moran grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Devens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dave Caveney hits a home run. Candy Corsi strikes out. Odell Palica singles to left field. Dan Cox walks. Jack Dixon singles to right field. Odell Palica scores. Masanori Hodge lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Arch Deacon pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Bob Causey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Fred Clancy strikes out. Bob Williams pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland J.J. Burns strikes out. Dasher Naranjo walks. Dave Caveney grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dasher Naranjo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Buzzy Lukachyk 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 1st. Candy Corsi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Scoot Damiani doubles to left field. Buzzy Lukachyk fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Buzzy Lukachyk pops out to the third baseman. Tom Bilbrey bunts for a base hit. Jim Hopkins flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Scoot Damiani scores. Cliff Moran reached on a fielding error by Odell Palica. Brian Devens grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Odell Palica walks. Dan Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Odell Palica advances to second on the play. Jack Dixon grounds out to the shortstop. Masanori Hodge grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Bob Causey singles to center field. Fred Clancy singles to center field. Bob Causey advances to third on the hit. Bob Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Clancy advances to second on the play. Scoot Damiani flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Causey scores. Buzzy Lukachyk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Arch Deacon grounds out to the pitcher. J.J. Burns walks. Dasher Naranjo singles to left field. J.J. Burns advances to third on the hit. Dave Caveney hits a home run. J.J. Burns scores. Dasher Naranjo scores. String Bean Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Candy Corsi strikes out. Odell Palica grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Tom Bilbrey triples. The defense is playing the infield in. John Larsen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Hopkins grounds out to the second baseman. The defense is playing the infield in. Cliff Moran strikes out. Brian Devens grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Dan Cox walks. Dan Cox steals second. Jack Dixon strikes out. Jim Flager is pinch hitting for John Larsen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jim Flager pops out to the third baseman. Arch Deacon walks. J.J. Burns doubles to left field. Dan Cox scores. Arch Deacon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Red Riley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dasher Naranjo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Gary Brown pitching. Bob Causey strikes out. Fred Clancy lines out to the shortstop. Bob Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Dave Caveney grounds out to the shortstop. Candy Corsi singles to left field. Candy Corsi is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Odell Palica singles to left field. Odell Palica is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Scoot Damiani singles to center field. Scoot Damiani steals second. Red Riley lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Scoot Damiani is thrown out at third. Tom Bilbrey flies out to the center fielder. Jim Hopkins walks. Cliff Moran flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 New York total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Jose Bell is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Paul Burns did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Bale did not respond to coaching in velocity Rick Valdez improves in arm Loren Lolich improves in arm Jake Rogalski did not respond to coaching in velocity Spades Rightnowar improves in speed
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ben Locke improves in velocity Doug Barnes did not respond to coaching in control Gus Meloan improves in arm George Schuler improves in contact_vs_lefty Sammy Delsing did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jerry Bloomfield improves in power_vs_righty