Win: Chauncey Sandlock (17-6) Loss: Dave Mendoza (8-14)
Inning: 1 Oakland Dave Mendoza pitching. Luis Loftus walks. Buddy Lyden grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Brady Kirkland grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Chauncey Sandlock pitching. BobbyBobJimBo singles to center field. Gordy Jones strikes out. Dale Murphy strikes out. Bob Chavez walks. BobbyBobJimBo is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Drew Mercker flies out to the center fielder. Efrain Kalahan singles to left field. Ben Spurgeon doubles to right field. Efrain Kalahan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Kekich doubles to left field. Ben Spurgeon scores. Earl Hosey strikes out. Chauncey Sandlock lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Yadier Molina flies out to the center fielder. BillyJoeJimBob walks. Boog Williams singles in front of the right fielder. Jim Bowie hits an infield single to the shortstop. Dave Mendoza flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, BillyJoeJimBob scores. BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Luis Loftus grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Lyden walks. Brady Kirkland singles to left field. Buddy Lyden advances to third on the hit. Drew Mercker walks. Efrain Kalahan walks. Buddy Lyden scores. Ben Spurgeon strikes out. Mark Kekich pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Gordy Jones doubles to left field. Dale Murphy strikes out. Bob Chavez pops out to the first baseman. Yadier Molina singles past the second baseman. Gordy Jones scores. BillyJoeJimBob flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Earl Hosey reached on a 2-base fielding error by BillyJoeJimBob. Chauncey Sandlock lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Loftus pops out to the shortstop. Buddy Lyden grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Boog Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Bowie grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Mendoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Brady Kirkland grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Drew Mercker doubles to center field. Efrain Kalahan singles to center field. Drew Mercker scores. Efrain Kalahan steals second. Ben Spurgeon singles to right field. Efrain Kalahan scores. Mark Kekich flies out to the center fielder. Earl Hosey singles to left field. Ben Spurgeon advances to third on the hit. Chauncey Sandlock grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Gordy Jones flies out to the center fielder. Dale Murphy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Luis Loftus singles to center field. Buddy Lyden grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Luis Loftus is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Brady Kirkland grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Chavez grounds out to the third baseman. Yadier Molina grounds out to the shortstop. BillyJoeJimBob grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Mayo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Drew Mercker grounds out to the third baseman. Efrain Kalahan singles to center field. Ben Spurgeon flies out to the center fielder. Efrain Kalahan steals second. Mark Kekich singles to center field. Efrain Kalahan scores. Ron McGillen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Kekich steals second. Earl Hosey doubles to left field. Mark Kekich scores. Chauncey Sandlock grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Gabe Egan is pinch hitting for Boog Williams. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gabe Egan strikes out. Jim Bowie strikes out. Dippo Hippo is pinch hitting for Ron McGillen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Dippo Hippo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Troy Candiotti pitching. Luis Loftus grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Lyden walks. Brady Kirkland strikes out. Pinky Javier is pinch hitting for Drew Mercker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pinky Javier singles past the second baseman. Keith McELean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Efrain Kalahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo singles to center field. Mark Lane is pinch hitting for Gordy Jones. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Lane flies out to the center fielder. Dale Murphy singles to right field. BobbyBobJimBo advances to third on the hit. Bob Chavez doubles to left field. BobbyBobJimBo scores. Dale Murphy uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yadier Molina walks. Tim Nieman is pinch hitting for BillyJoeJimBob. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tim Nieman grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Chavez advances to third on the play. Yadier Molina advances to second on the play. Gabe Egan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Ben Spurgeon singles to center field. Mark Kekich singles to left field. Ben Spurgeon advances to third on the hit. Earl Hosey grounds out to the pitcher. Mark Kekich advances to second on the play. Bobby Polly is pinch hitting for Chauncey Sandlock. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bobby Polly flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ben Spurgeon scores. Luis Loftus grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jeff Gross pitching. Jim Bowie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Keith McELean grounds out to the second baseman. BobbyBobJimBo walks. Mark Lane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Ardoin improves in range Scott Martin improves in contact_vs_lefty Harry Rudolph improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Hearn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Blake Holtz improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Rudolph improves in power_vs_lefty 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 improves in power_vs_lefty Matt Vega did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Justin Kelly improves in power_vs_lefty John Swartz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Robo Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in control Dan Wilkins did not respond to coaching in velocity HoBo Gomoz did not respond to coaching in 3B