Win: Rob Heist (1-1) Loss: Mike Ponce (0-1)
Save: Joe Willoughby (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Rob Heist pitching. Jimmy Enwright singles to left field. Mike Allen strikes out. Steve Scott flies out to the right fielder. Tom Duryea bunts for a base hit. Sam Berberet flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mike Ponce pitching. Willard Michalak walks. Bun Todd strikes out. Mel Taylor singles to right field. Willard Michalak advances to third on the hit. Dmitri Phelps singles to center field. Willard Michalak scores. Mel Taylor advances to third on the hit. Jay Barr strikes out. Denny Crandall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Jiggs Kerr grounds out to the pitcher. Rusney Ramirez doubles to right field. Carlos Prescott strikes out. Mike Ponce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Lednier Aguila grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Asadoor pops out to the shortstop. Rob Heist grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Jimmy Enwright flies out to the left fielder. Mike Allen strikes out. Steve Scott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Willard Michalak flies out to the right fielder. Bun Todd grounds out to the second baseman. Mel Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Tom Duryea flies out to the center fielder. Sam Berberet strikes out. Jiggs Kerr walks. Rusney Ramirez doubles to right field. Jiggs Kerr is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dmitri Phelps walks. Dmitri Phelps is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jay Barr is hit by a pitch. Denny Crandall flies out to the left fielder. Lednier Aguila strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Carlos Prescott singles to left field. Carlos Prescott steals second. Mike Ponce lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jimmy Enwright flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Carlos Prescott scores. Mike Allen walks. Steve Scott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ed Asadoor strikes out. Rob Heist strikes out. Willard Michalak hits a home run. Bun Todd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Duryea strikes out. Sam Berberet walks. Jiggs Kerr flies out to the center fielder. Rusney Ramirez walks. Carlos Prescott lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mel Taylor singles to right field. Mel Taylor steals second. Dmitri Phelps strikes out. Jay Barr grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Denny Crandall walks. Lednier Aguila doubles to center field. Mel Taylor scores. Denny Crandall uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Dean comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Asadoor walks. Dino Manush is pinch hitting for Rob Heist. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dino Manush flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Lou Brittain pitching. Frank Kolb is pinch hitting for Joe Dean. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Kolb walks. Jimmy Enwright flies out to the center fielder. Mike Allen strikes out. Steve Scott walks. Tom Duryea strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Vic Jacobson pitching. Willard Michalak strikes out. Bun Todd pops out to the third baseman. Mel Taylor pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Sam Berberet flies out to the left fielder. Jiggs Kerr flies out to the left fielder. Bill Bragan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rusney Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dmitri Phelps flies out to the center fielder. Jay Barr singles to center field. Denny Crandall strikes out. Lednier Aguila singles past the third baseman. Ed Asadoor walks. Les Moren is pinch hitting for Bill Bragan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Les Moren strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Oakland Joe Willoughby pitching. Carlos Prescott strikes out. Red Boucher is pinch hitting for Vic Jacobson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Red Boucher singles to right field. Jimmy Enwright grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Red Boucher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Allen singles to center field. Jimmy Enwright advances to third on the hit. Steve Scott grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 11 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Bill Bragan is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Javier Perez improves in speed Javier Perez did not respond to coaching in arm Andy Minshall did not respond to coaching in control Ray Bacsik did not respond to coaching in velocity John Nolan did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Reilley did not respond to coaching in velocity Spider Easler did not respond to coaching in range Addie Piersall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Harley Draper did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty