Win: Nanny Grant (2-1) Loss: Madd Hatter (0-3)
Save: Alf T Gardner (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Madd Hatter pitching. Chet K Daviault flies out to the left fielder. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Dutch K Young pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Nanny Grant pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche reached on a fielding error by Nanny Grant. Sudden Sam LaRoche is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). John Souza strikes out. Tim Yonke grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ed K Fain singles to center field. Tomokazu T Kuzava singles to left field. Ed K Fain advances to third on the hit. Terry W Carr grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ed K Fain scores. Claude TK Estalella bunts for a base hit. Chris Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Marsh White grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Terry Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Nanny Grant strikes out. Chet K Daviault strikes out. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dan Cunningham flies out to the center fielder. Hal Plank walks. Madd Hatter lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Hal Plank forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dutch K Young singles to center field. Ed K Fain walks. Tomokazu T Kuzava walks. Terry W Carr singles to left field. Dutch K Young scores. Ed K Fain scores. Tomokazu T Kuzava advances to third on the hit. Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Chris Stewart grounds out to the shortstop. Tomokazu T Kuzava scores. Terry W Carr advances to second on the play. Nanny Grant pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland John Souza singles to center field. Tim Yonke grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! John Souza is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Marsh White strikes out. Joe Hoffman walks. Terry Johnson doubles to left field. Tim Yonke scores. Joe Hoffman uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dan Cunningham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Chet K Daviault singles to right field. Ralph W Brow pops out to the shortstop. Chet K Daviault steals second. Dutch K Young singles to right field. Chet K Daviault scores. Yasumitsu Fujisawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed K Fain strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava singles to right field. Terry W Carr pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Hal Plank grounds out to the second baseman. Yasumitsu Fujisawa pops out to the third baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella pops out to the first baseman. Chris Stewart grounds out to the third baseman. Nanny Grant grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland John Souza grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Yonke singles to center field. Marsh White pops out to the first baseman. Joe Hoffman grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tim Yonke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Chet K Daviault flies out to the left fielder. Ralph W Brow singles to center field. Dutch K Young walks. Ed K Fain strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Terry Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Cunningham singles to right field. Hal Plank grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Terry W Carr pops out to the shortstop. Claude TK Estalella singles to left field. Chris Stewart strikes out. Nanny Grant grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Grady Sizemore enters the game as a defensive replacement for Claude TK Estalella at LF. Steve Detweiler is pinch hitting for Yasumitsu Fujisawa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Detweiler strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Souza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Buccaneer Gordinier pitching. Chet K Daviault pops out to the first baseman. Ralph W Brow grounds out to the third baseman. Dutch K Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Alf T Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tim Yonke flies out to the center fielder. Marsh White strikes out. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dick TK Barnes did not respond to coaching in range Pinky K Womack did not respond to coaching in control Bo K Taylor did not respond to coaching in endurance Paul K Levy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim K Brito did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Bay improves in power_vs_righty Bob Stein improves in range Lenny Buehrle did not respond to coaching in range Bill Hutchinson did not respond to coaching in velocity Carr Thornton improves in 2B