Win: Jose Pike (8-3) Loss: Ray Barthelson (0-7)
Save: Gary Gonzalez (3)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ray Barthelson pitching. Bill Hedlund flies out to the right fielder. Bob Pruett flies out to the right fielder. Les Bryden hits a home run. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Jose Pike pitching. Harry Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Ray Harlow triples. The defense is playing the corners in. Epps Mattox flies out to the left fielder. Dave Blackburn singles to right field. Ray Harlow scores. Herm White grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay John Mercado pops out to the first baseman. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Gil Basinski grounds out to the third baseman. Cal Castro strikes out. Mike Cobb lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica singles to center field. Jose Pike lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Bob Pruett hits a home run. Truck Perezchica scores. Les Bryden grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ray Barthelson strikes out. Harry Renteria grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Harlow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett doubles to right field. John Mercado strikes out. Akinobu Kono strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds walks. Truck Perezchica flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Epps Mattox pops out to the first baseman. Dave Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Herm White grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jose Pike strikes out. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Bob Pruett triples. Les Bryden grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Gil Basinski reached on a 2-base throwing error by Truck Perezchica. Cal Castro grounds out to the second baseman. Gil Basinski advances to third on the play. Mike Cobb singles to center field. Gil Basinski scores. Ray Barthelson lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Harry Renteria doubles to center field. Ray Barthelson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Harlow pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett strikes out. John Mercado singles to center field. Akinobu Kono flies out to the right fielder. Vinnie Hammonds triples. John Mercado scores. Truck Perezchica walks. 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. Jose Pike grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Epps Mattox grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Herm White lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund singles to left field. Bob Pruett singles to left field. Bill Hedlund advances to third on the hit. Les Bryden pops out to the second baseman. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Marcelino Eason is pinch hitting for John Mercado. Marcelino Eason flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Lou Gick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Marcelino Eason at C. Gil Basinski flies out to the center fielder. Cal Castro strikes out. Mike Cobb strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Akinobu Kono reached on a fielding error by Dave Blackburn. Akinobu Kono steals second. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the right fielder. Truck Perezchica pops out to the second baseman. Joe Williams is pinch hitting for Jose Pike. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Gary Gonzalez pitching. Lee Finneran is pinch hitting for Jack Jones. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lee Finneran singles to left field. Harry Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Ray Harlow grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jerry Hatcher pitching. Bill Hedlund doubles to center field. Bob Pruett strikes out. Les Bryden walks. Dwight Hackett singles to center field. Bill Hedlund scores. Les Bryden advances to third on the hit. Lou Gick singles to right field. Les Bryden scores. Al Richie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Akinobu Kono hits a home run. Dwight Hackett scores. Lou Gick scores. Vinnie Hammonds doubles to left field. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Gary Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Epps Mattox grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Herm White singles to center field. Gil Basinski singles to left field. Herm White advances to third on the hit. Joe Reis is pinch hitting for Cal Castro. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9 Oakland total runners LOB: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jerry Kruger did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jerry Kruger improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Hudson did not respond to coaching in speed Pug Hollins improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Lopez did not respond to coaching in arm Alexander Gomez did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Walter Easterly did not respond to coaching in velocity Walter Easterly did not respond to coaching in control Ted Peltz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rico Moore improves in velocity Pop Leppert improves in speed John Konnick improves in power_vs_lefty Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C