Win: So Watanabe (4-5) Loss: Jose Aberson (9-14)
Save: Red Hardin (25)
Inning: 1 Oakland Norio Konishi pitching. Catfish Haslin grounds out to the shortstop. Tsuneyuki Sato hits a home run. Marsh White strikes out. Terry Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Jose Aberson pitching. Tommie Converse grounds out to the second baseman. Woody Meche singles to right field. Max Jackson walks. Art Jakucki flies out to the center fielder. Sol Spongberg reached on a fielding error by Tsuneyuki Sato. Charlie Green strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Tim Yonke doubles to left field. Joe Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Plank strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Claude Sinclair hits a home run. Gene Brown hits a home run. Norio Konishi flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Tommie Converse singles to center field. Woody Meche flies out to the center fielder. Max Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jose Aberson strikes out. Catfish Haslin pops out to the third baseman. Tsuneyuki Sato flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Art Jakucki flies out to the center fielder. Sol Spongberg strikes out. Charlie Green reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tim Yonke. Claude Sinclair strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Marsh White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Tim Yonke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Gene Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Norio Konishi strikes out. Tommie Converse singles to left field. Woody Meche flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Joe Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Plank grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Max Jackson walks. Art Jakucki singles to left field. Max Jackson advances to third on the hit. Sol Spongberg pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Green flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Max Jackson scores. Claude Sinclair flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Jose Aberson strikes out. Catfish Haslin flies out to the center fielder. Tsuneyuki Sato doubles to center field. Marsh White hits a home run. Tsuneyuki Sato scores. Terry Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Gene Brown flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Norio Konishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tommie Converse strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Tim Yonke singles to right field. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Tim Yonke steals second. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Plank singles to right field. Tim Yonke scores. So Watanabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Aberson singles to left field. Catfish Haslin walks. Tsuneyuki Sato grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Woody Meche grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Max Jackson doubles to left field. Art Jakucki strikes out. Sol Spongberg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Marsh White hits a home run. Terry Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Yonke is hit by a pitch. Joe Hoffman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Charlie Green strikes out. Claude Sinclair walks. Gene Brown singles to right field. Phil Porter is pinch hitting for So Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Phil Porter walks. Frank Flair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tommie Converse strikes out. Woody Meche hits a home run. Claude Sinclair scores. Gene Brown scores. Phil Porter scores. Max Jackson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Red Hardin pitching. Dwayne Murray flies out to the center fielder. Hal Plank grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Detweiler is pinch hitting for Frank Flair. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Detweiler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 4 Detroit total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Tsuneyuki Sato (12), Tim Yonke (36).HR - Tsuneyuki Sato (5), Marsh White 2 (33).GIDP - Joe Hoffman.HBP - Tim Yonke (2). Baserunning: SB - Tim Yonke (21). Fielding: E - Tsuneyuki Sato, Tim Yonke.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lenny Buehrle improves in speed Dan Christenson improves in range Carr Thornton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Miller did not respond to coaching in range Harry Skowron did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill McCarver did not respond to coaching in range Boone Logan improves in velocity Bill McCarver did not respond to coaching in speed Milton McGinn improves in range Milton McGinn did not respond to coaching in 2B