Inning: 1 Oakland Adam Wainwright pitching. Luis Loftus strikes out. Buddy Lyden walks. Brady Kirkland walks. Drew Mercker grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Lyden advances to third on the play. Brady Kirkland advances to second on the play. Efrain Kalahan walks. Ben Spurgeon walks. Buddy Lyden scores. Mark Kekich strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Hall pitching. Ed Cortazzo flies out to the left fielder. Mark Lane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). BobbyBobJimBo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Earl Hosey strikes out. Bill Hall grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Loftus singles in front of the right fielder. Buddy Lyden triples. Luis Loftus scores. Brady Kirkland strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Nap Canseco singles to center field. Dale Murphy grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Tim Nieman doubles to center field. Tim Nieman steals third. Yadier Molina is hit by a pitch. Gabe Egan walks. Adam Wainwright strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Drew Mercker strikes out. Efrain Kalahan singles to center field. Ben Spurgeon grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ed Cortazzo strikes out. Mark Lane singles to left field. BobbyBobJimBo singles to center field. Mark Lane advances to third on the hit. Nap Canseco flies out to the center fielder. Dale Murphy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Mark Kekich doubles to right field. Earl Hosey strikes out. Bill Hall grounds out to the shortstop. Luis Loftus flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tim Nieman strikes out. Yadier Molina singles past the shortstop. Gabe Egan strikes out. Adam Wainwright grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Yadier Molina is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Buddy Lyden reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dale Murphy. Brady Kirkland grounds out to the third baseman. Drew Mercker pops out to the pitcher. Efrain Kalahan singles to left field. Buddy Lyden scores. Ben Spurgeon grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Efrain Kalahan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ed Cortazzo doubles to right field. Mark Lane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Cortazzo advances to third on the play. BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Cortazzo scores. Nap Canseco pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Mark Kekich flies out to the right fielder. Earl Hosey hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bill Hall lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Loftus singles to right field. Earl Hosey scores. Luis Loftus is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Dale Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Tim Nieman grounds out to the second baseman. Yadier Molina grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Mayo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Lyden singles to left field. Brady Kirkland singles past the second baseman. Buddy Lyden advances to third on the hit. Drew Mercker singles to right field. Buddy Lyden scores. Brady Kirkland advances to third on the hit. Keith McELean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Drew Mercker steals second. Efrain Kalahan strikes out. Ben Spurgeon singles to left field. Brady Kirkland scores. Drew Mercker scores. Mark Kekich flies out to the left fielder. Earl Hosey walks. Bill Hall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Gabe Egan flies out to the right fielder. Jim Bowie is pinch hitting for Keith McELean. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jim Bowie pops out to the second baseman. Ed Cortazzo singles to left field. Dippo Hippo is pinch hitting for Mark Lane. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dippo Hippo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Harry Collins pitching. Luis Loftus grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Lyden grounds out to the third baseman. Brady Kirkland doubles to left field. Pinky Javier is pinch hitting for Drew Mercker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pinky Javier pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the shortstop. Nap Canseco flies out to the center fielder. Dale Murphy doubles to right field. Tim Nieman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ron McGillen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Ingersoll is pinch hitting for Efrain Kalahan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gene Ingersoll is hit by a pitch. Buck Benedict is pinch hitting for Ben Spurgeon. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Buck Benedict strikes out. Mark Kekich doubles to right field. Gene Ingersoll uses his aggressiveness and scores. Troy Candiotti comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Earl Hosey singles to right field. Mark Kekich scores. Bobby Polly is pinch hitting for Bill Hall. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bobby Polly lines out to the second baseman. Luis Loftus doubles to center field. Earl Hosey uses his aggressiveness and scores. Buddy Lyden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Norm Smith pitching. Yadier Molina walks. Gabe Egan doubles to left field. Yadier Molina uses his aggressiveness and scores. Troy Candiotti pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Ed Cortazzo walks. Dippo Hippo grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Gabe Egan is out at third base. BobbyBobJimBo singles to left field. Ed Cortazzo scores. Dippo Hippo advances to third on the hit. Nap Canseco singles to left field. Dippo Hippo scores. BobbyBobJimBo advances to third on the hit. Dale Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Blake Holtz improves in range Stan Hundley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Harry Rudolph did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Steve Colson did not respond to coaching in velocity Freddy Maier did not respond to coaching in velocity Erv Morgan did not respond to coaching in range Erv Morgan did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lonnie Naples did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Paul Crooke improves in power_vs_righty Bob Klesko improves in contact_vs_lefty Justin Kelly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Swartz improves in power_vs_lefty Hank McELray improves in power_vs_lefty Tommie Sinclair improves in SS