Inning: 1 Minnesota Rick Batiste pitching. Fred Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshiro Kitano doubles to center field. Fred Blackwell singles past the third baseman. Yoshiro Kitano scores. Jack Stanley flies out to the center fielder. Mike Barrett walks. Deacon Bentley walks. Vance Spencer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Oakland Ariel Aroche pitching. Ray Hudson grounds out to the second baseman. Marcelino Grimes doubles to center field. Dutch Wynn flies out to the right fielder. Onan Snopek walks. Lee Orndorff grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Onan Snopek is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hiroki Eto pops out to the second baseman. Ariel Aroche flies out to the center fielder. Fred Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bill Terry strikes out. Bobby Sandt flies out to the left fielder. Andres Bague singles to right field. Rick Batiste strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Yoshiro Kitano strikes out. Fred Blackwell singles to center field. Jack Stanley strikes out. Mike Barrett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Fred Blackwell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ray Hudson flies out to the left fielder. Marcelino Grimes singles to center field. Marcelino Grimes is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dutch Wynn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Deacon Bentley singles to center field. Vance Spencer pops out to the shortstop. Hiroki Eto pops out to the catcher. Ariel Aroche grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Deacon Bentley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Onan Snopek strikes out. Lee Orndorff grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Terry walks. Bill Terry steals second. Bobby Sandt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Fred Walker flies out to the left fielder. Yoshiro Kitano flies out to the center fielder. Fred Blackwell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Andres Bague strikes out. Rick Batiste grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Hudson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jack Stanley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Barrett walks. Deacon Bentley flies out to the left fielder. Vance Spencer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Marcelino Grimes pops out to the catcher. Dutch Wynn singles to center field. Onan Snopek flies out to the center fielder. Lee Orndorff flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hiroki Eto grounds out to the shortstop. Ariel Aroche singles to left field. Fred Walker singles to center field. Yoshiro Kitano singles to center field. Ariel Aroche scores. Fred Walker advances to third on the hit. Fred Blackwell singles to right field. Fred Walker scores. Jack Stanley is hit by a pitch. Mike Barrett doubles to right field. Yoshiro Kitano scores. Fred Blackwell scores. Dan Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Deacon Bentley doubles to center field. Jack Stanley scores. Mike Barrett scores. Vance Spencer doubles to left field. Deacon Bentley scores. Hiroki Eto strikes out. Ariel Aroche flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Terry reached on a 2-base throwing error by Yoshiro Kitano. Bobby Sandt strikes out. Andres Bague singles past the shortstop. Bill Terry scores. Dan Lee lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Hudson doubles to center field. Andres Bague scores. Marcelino Grimes singles to right field. Dutch Wynn walks. Onan Snopek flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Minnesota Fred Walker strikes out. March Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rey Cox is pinch hitting for Yoshiro Kitano. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rey Cox pops out to the shortstop. Fred Blackwell singles to right field. Hardy Arellanes is pinch hitting for Jack Stanley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hardy Arellanes grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Blackwell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Lee Orndorff flies out to the center fielder. Bill Terry hits a home run. Bobby Sandt singles to right field. Andres Bague strikes out. Rod Smith is pinch hitting for March Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Rod Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Lee Welch pitching. Mike Barrett walks. Jennys Soriano is pinch hitting for Deacon Bentley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jennys Soriano grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Vance Spencer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ed Jorgensen is pinch hitting for Ray Hudson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Jorgensen grounds out to the second baseman. Marcelino Grimes flies out to the center fielder. Woody Zavaras is pinch hitting for Dutch Wynn. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Woody Zavaras flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sammy Perticia improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Rochefort did not respond to coaching in control Tom Brady did not respond to coaching in arm Wes Purdin improves in arm
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bobby Pagnozzi did not respond to coaching in control John Hetzel did not respond to coaching in velocity Porter Jeffcoat did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Dunn did not respond to coaching in control