Win: Frank Flair (10-5) Loss: Alf T Gardner (2-3)
Save: Major Payne (37)
Inning: 1 Oakland Ray Nichols pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington walks. Tim Yonke strikes out. Terry Johnson hits a home run. Boom Boom Washington scores. Dwayne Murray hits a home run. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty Pena pitching. Chet K Daviault singles to center field. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Dutch K Young singles to right field. Rudy K Roenicke strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dutch K Young is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland John Souza singles to center field. Hal Plank grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Marty Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella flies out to the center fielder. Terry W Carr walks. Terry W Carr is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Chris Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Tim Yonke pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ray Nichols strikes out. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Terry Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Dwayne Murray flies out to the left fielder. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dutch K Young grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy K Roenicke doubles to center field. Tomokazu T Kuzava strikes out. Claude TK Estalella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland John Souza grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Plank strikes out. Marty Pena grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Terry W Carr walks. Chris Stewart walks. Ray Nichols lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Terry W Carr is thrown out at third. Chris Stewart advances to second on the play. Chris Stewart advances to second on the play. Chet K Daviault doubles to center field. Chris Stewart scores. Ray Nichols is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington doubles to center field. Tim Yonke grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Johnson walks. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dutch K Young strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke grounds out to the pitcher. Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. John Souza lines out to the shortstop. Hal Plank flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Terry W Carr grounds out to the third baseman. Lyle Overbay is pinch hitting for Chris Stewart. Lyle Overbay doubles to left field. Grady Sizemore is pinch hitting for Ray Nichols. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Grady Sizemore strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Alf T Gardner pitching. Bob Corbett enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lyle Overbay at C. Marty Pena strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Sudden Sam LaRoche steals second. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Tim Yonke walks. Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Catfish Haslin enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Souza at RF. Chet K Daviault walks. Ralph W Brow flies out to the center fielder. Dutch K Young grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chet K Daviault is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rudy K Roenicke hits a home run. Dutch K Young scores. Frank Flair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tomokazu T Kuzava strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Dwayne Murray walks. Joe Hoffman singles to right field. Andy Maler 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. Marsh White is pinch hitting for Catfish Haslin. Marsh White flies out to the right fielder. Hal Plank grounds out to the third baseman. Dwayne Murray advances to third on the play. Joe Hoffman advances to second on the play. Tsuneyuki Sato is pinch hitting for Frank Flair. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tsuneyuki Sato walks. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Dwayne Murray scores. Joe Hoffman scores. Boom Boom Washington grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Major Payne pitching. Claude TK Estalella doubles to center field. Terry W Carr singles to center field. Claude TK Estalella scores. Bob Corbett flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Boehmer is pinch hitting for Andy Maler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Boehmer flies out to the center fielder. Chet K Daviault lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Chet K Daviault (26), Rudy K Roenicke (20), Claude TK Estalella (14), Lyle Overbay (8).HR - Rudy K Roenicke (14). Baserunning: CS - Terry W Carr (3).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Stein improves in contact_vs_lefty Frank Gakeler improves in velocity John Bay did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Carr Thornton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Harry Skowron did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Pedro K Mihalic improves in arm Art K McDonald did not respond to coaching in range Bob Nichols did not respond to coaching in control Doc K Milacki did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim K Brito did not respond to coaching in 1B