Win: Paul Johnson (8-6) Loss: Justin Cotter (5-7)
Save: Joe Dolan (34)
Inning: 1 Oakland Paul Johnson pitching. Jim Campbell flies out to the center fielder. Mike Stroner grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Keith Newnam singles to right field. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Justin Cotter pitching. John Lopez triples. Byron Hammond strikes out. Eddie Clements grounds out to the pitcher. Gary Griffith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Kei Fujii grounds out to the second baseman. Yasushi Makino flies out to the center fielder. Tadashi Kanzaki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Garrett Millar singles to left field. Lucas Morrison grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Shane McAvoy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Mike Ramos grounds out to the shortstop. Justin Cotter grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Campbell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Tiberius Foxx singles to right field. Paul Johnson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Lopez grounds out to the pitcher. Byron Hammond singles to right field. Tiberius Foxx scores. Eddie Clements singles to right field. Gary Griffith singles to center field. Byron Hammond scores. Garrett Millar singles to right field. Eddie Clements scores. Lucas Morrison walks. Shane McAvoy strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Oakland Mike Stroner grounds out to the third baseman. Keith Newnam grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dunier Ibanez singles to right field. Kei Fujii is hit by a pitch. Yasushi Makino flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Tiberius Foxx grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Johnson reached on a fielding error by Mike Ramos. John Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Byron Hammond grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paul Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Tadashi Kanzaki doubles to left field. Mike Ramos flies out to the center fielder. Justin Cotter grounds out to the second baseman. Tadashi Kanzaki advances to third on the play. Jim Campbell walks. Mike Stroner walks. Keith Newnam flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 New York Eddie Clements flies out to the right fielder. Gary Griffith walks. Gary Griffith steals second. Toshinori Kakimoto 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. Garrett Millar grounds out to the third baseman. Lucas Morrison singles to center field. Gary Griffith scores. Shane McAvoy singles to center field. Lucas Morrison advances to third on the hit. Tiberius Foxx grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Dunier Ibanez singles to center field. Kei Fujii singles to left field. Dunier Ibanez advances to third on the hit. Kei Fujii steals second. Yasushi Makino flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dunier Ibanez scores. Tadashi Kanzaki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kei Fujii advances to third on the play. Mike Ramos singles to center field. Kei Fujii scores. Toshinori Kakimoto walks. Jim Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Paul Johnson flies out to the center fielder. John Lopez walks. Byron Hammond walks. Eddie Clements flies out to the right fielder. Bob Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Gary Griffith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Mike Stroner flies out to the center fielder. Keith Newnam doubles to right field. Mike Drew 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. Dunier Ibanez grounds out to the pitcher. Kei Fujii grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Garrett Millar grounds out to the third baseman. Lucas Morrison flies out to the center fielder. Ray Erickson is pinch hitting for Shane McAvoy. Ray Erickson singles to right field. Tiberius Foxx flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bobby Betts enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ray Erickson at RF. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Tadashi Kanzaki strikes out. Mike Ramos grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Mick Bickford is pinch hitting for Mike Drew. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mick Bickford strikes out. John Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Byron Hammond singles to center field. Byron Hammond steals second. Eddie Clements strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Joe Dolan pitching. Willie Carpin is pinch hitting for Bob Johnson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Willie Carpin flies out to the left fielder. Jim Campbell flies out to the right fielder. Mike Stroner walks. Keith Newnam flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 10 New York total runners left on base: 11
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Reichle did not respond to coaching in control Russ Cowan improves in power_vs_lefty Tatsuhiko Mifune did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Randall Clarke did not respond to coaching in speed George Valdez did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Riconda improves in endurance