Win: Ray Barthelson (1-8) Loss: Brian White (8-10)
Save: Wayne Eyrich (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Brian White pitching. Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ray Harlow flies out to the right fielder. Epps Mattox lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ray Barthelson pitching. Debs Westlake reached on a 2-base fielding error by Epps Mattox. Ronn Moreno flies out to the center fielder. Ed Gregory doubles past the right fielder. Debs Westlake scores. Ian McNulty flies out to the right fielder. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave Blackburn singles to left field. Herm White flies out to the center fielder. Dave Blackburn gets picked off first. Marshall Dickson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Dick Holt grounds out to the third baseman. Yuuji Iwadate singles to left field. Joe Blue reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gil Basinski. Brian White flies out to the right fielder. Debs Westlake grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Gil Basinski singles to center field. Mike Cobb grounds out to the pitcher. Gil Basinski advances to second on the play. Ray Barthelson singles to center field. Gil Basinski scores. Harry Renteria lines out to the shortstop. Ray Harlow grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ray Barthelson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ronn Moreno walks. Ed Gregory grounds out to the shortstop. Ronn Moreno advances to second on the play. Ian McNulty flies out to the right fielder. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Epps Mattox doubles to right field. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the shortstop. Herm White grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Marshall Dickson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dick Holt grounds out to the pitcher. Yuuji Iwadate singles to left field. Joe Blue strikes out. Brian White flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Gil Basinski pops out to the first baseman. Mike Cobb grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Barthelson pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Debs Westlake grounds out to the shortstop. Ronn Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Gregory doubles to center field. Ian McNulty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Harry Renteria triples. Ray Harlow strikes out. Epps Mattox flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Renteria scores. Dave Blackburn pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joseph Orwell lines out to the third baseman. Dick Holt doubles to right field. Yuuji Iwadate 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. Joe Blue pops out to the shortstop. Eric Kroll is pinch hitting for Brian White. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Eric Kroll grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yuuji Iwadate is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Yoshio Kaneko pitching. Herm White grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Marshall Dickson flies out to the left fielder. Gil Basinski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Debs Westlake grounds out to the third baseman. Ronn Moreno singles to right field. Ed Gregory strikes out. Ronn Moreno steals second. Ian McNulty grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Joe Reis is pinch hitting for Mike Cobb. Joe Reis strikes out. 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 pops out to the third baseman. Harry Renteria pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota George Marsh pitching. Mike Brady enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Reis at C. Joseph Orwell grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Holt strikes out. Yuuji Iwadate flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ray Harlow reached on a fielding error by Yuuji Iwadate. Epps Mattox flies out to the right fielder. Dave Blackburn singles to left field. Ray Harlow aggressively advances to third on the hit. Dave Blackburn steals second. Herm White singles to left field. Ray Harlow scores. Dave Blackburn scores. Alec Worrell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Herm White steals second. Marshall Dickson strikes out. Gil Basinski pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Cal Castro enters the game as a defensive replacement for Marshall Dickson at RF. Wayne Eyrich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Blue singles to left field. Carl McElveen is pinch hitting for Alec Worrell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carl McElveen doubles to center field. Joe Blue uses his aggressiveness and scores. Debs Westlake strikes out. Ronn Moreno flies out to the left fielder. Ed Gregory grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 3 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in control Harry Caldwell improves in power_vs_righty Eric Stephenson improves in power_vs_righty Ken Stromme improves in speed Bill Giovanola improves in control Morris Anson improves in control Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Constable improves in velocity Mike Benitez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Steve Kipper did not respond to coaching in control Howie Spognardi did not respond to coaching in control Aurelio Brideweser did not respond to coaching in endurance Marty Cruz improves in arm