Win: Pinky Marlowe (1-0) Loss: Mark Lundgren (0-3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Mort Bodie pitching. Woody Zavaras grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Battle strikes out. Marcelino Grimes singles to center field. Craig Smith lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Mark Lundgren pitching. Steve Hale singles to left field. Buster Posey doubles to right field. Steve Hale uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bruce Huff walks. Biddy Greene singles to right field. Gene Miles walks. Buster Posey scores. Ralph Gumpert flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bruce Huff is thrown out at the plate. Adoni mitchell hits a home run. Biddy Greene scores. Gene Miles scores. Mickey Kent comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Howie Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Lee Orndorff flies out to the right fielder. Shinji Ishida singles to right field. Ron Cross pops out to the catcher. Johnny Hockenbery strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Mort Bodie strikes out. Steve Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Buster Posey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Mickey Kent grounds out to the second baseman. Woody Zavaras walks. Woody Zavaras steals second. Kevin Battle strikes out. Marcelino Grimes doubles to right field. Woody Zavaras scores. Craig Smith doubles to right field. Marcelino Grimes scores. Lee Orndorff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Bruce Huff grounds out to the second baseman. Biddy Greene walks. Gene Miles grounds out to the pitcher. Biddy Greene advances to second on the play. Ralph Gumpert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Shinji Ishida strikes out. Ron Cross hits a home run. Johnny Hockenbery walks. Mickey Kent fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mickey Kent flies out to the left fielder. Woody Zavaras singles to left field. Johnny Hockenbery advances to third on the hit. Woody Zavaras is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Adoni mitchell reached on a fielding error by Shinji Ishida. Howie Smith doubles to center field. Adoni mitchell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mort Bodie lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Howie Smith is thrown out at third. Steve Hale pops out to the second baseman. Buster Posey singles to left field. Mort Bodie aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bruce Huff singles to left field. Mort Bodie scores. Biddy Greene grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Kevin Battle walks. Marcelino Grimes grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Kevin Battle advances to second on the play. Craig Smith triples. Kevin Battle scores. Lee Orndorff flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Craig Smith scores. Pinky Marlowe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shinji Ishida flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Gene Miles strikes out. Ralph Gumpert strikes out. Adoni mitchell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Cross grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hockenbery singles to right field. Mickey Kent fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mickey Kent flies out to the right fielder. Woody Zavaras strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Howie Smith flies out to the center fielder. Pinky Marlowe reached on a fielding error by Woody Zavaras. Steve Hale singles to left field. Buster Posey grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Kevin Battle singles to left field. Kevin Battle is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Marcelino Grimes strikes out. Craig Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Bruce Huff grounds out to the pitcher. Biddy Greene flies out to the left fielder. Gene Miles walks. Ralph Gumpert triples. Gene Miles scores. March Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Adoni mitchell walks. Howie Smith singles to right field. Ralph Gumpert scores. Bobby Coffman is pinch hitting for Pinky Marlowe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bobby Coffman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Ricky vaughn pitching. Lee Orndorff flies out to the right fielder. Shinji Ishida strikes out. Ron Cross singles to center field. Ray Hudson is pinch hitting for Johnny Hockenbery. Ray Hudson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Andres Bague enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ray Hudson at C. Steve Hale grounds out to the second baseman. Buster Posey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bruce Huff strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ed Jorgensen is pinch hitting for March Taylor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Jorgensen strikes out. Woody Zavaras strikes out. Kevin Battle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Steve Hale is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Dunn did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Pagnozzi improves in control Norm Mallicoat improves in speed Norm Mallicoat improves in speed
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paul skenes improves in control Lefty Houtteman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lefty Houtteman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Heismann did not respond to coaching in arm