Inning: 1 Oakland Joaquin Ibanez pitching. Ray Hudson pops out to the catcher. Dutch Astacio strikes out. Bill Terry walks. Craig Smith hits a home run. Bill Terry scores. Dale Thacker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Lee Welch pitching. Ivey Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Jim Smith flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Taylor Mahay flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ron Cross singles to center field. Ron Cross is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ed Jorgensen flies out to the center fielder. Onan Snopek flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Masatoshi Tsuchiya walks. Glenn Tomko flies out to the center fielder. Nobuhiro Matsushima strikes out. Charlie Clyburn walks. Kevin Grimes hits a home run. Masatoshi Tsuchiya scores. Charlie Clyburn scores. Joaquin Ibanez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Lee Welch walks. Ray Hudson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lee Welch advances to second on the play. Dutch Astacio reached on a fielding error by Nobuhiro Matsushima. Bill Terry strikes out. Craig Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ivey Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Smith pops out to the second baseman. Taylor Mahay grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dale Thacker flies out to the right fielder. Ron Cross strikes out. Ed Jorgensen singles to center field. Onan Snopek strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Masatoshi Tsuchiya grounds out to the shortstop. Glenn Tomko strikes out. Nobuhiro Matsushima strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Woody Zavaras is pinch hitting for Lee Welch. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Woody Zavaras grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Hudson strikes out. Dutch Astacio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Vern Hearn pitching. Charlie Clyburn lines out to the second baseman. Kevin Grimes singles to center field. Kevin Grimes steals second. Joaquin Ibanez walks. Ivey Taylor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Onan Snopek. Kevin Grimes scores. Jim Smith walks. Taylor Mahay strikes out. Masatoshi Tsuchiya singles to right field. Joaquin Ibanez scores. Ivey Taylor scores. Glenn Tomko flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Bill Terry strikes out. Craig Smith walks. Dale Thacker singles to left field. Craig Smith advances to third on the hit. Dale Thacker steals second. Ron Cross doubles to center field. Craig Smith scores. Dale Thacker scores. Toshihisa Kato comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ed Jorgensen doubles to center field. Ron Cross scores. Onan Snopek flies out to the right fielder. Larry Pratt is pinch hitting for Vern Hearn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Larry Pratt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jim Dyer pitching. Nobuhiro Matsushima pops out to the first baseman. Charlie Clyburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Grimes singles to center field. Toshihisa Kato grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kevin Grimes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ray Hudson walks. Dutch Astacio strikes out. Bill Terry strikes out. Craig Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ivey Taylor strikes out. Jim Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Taylor Mahay doubles to right field. Masatoshi Tsuchiya lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Dale Thacker singles to left field. Ron Cross grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ed Jorgensen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Glenn Tomko grounds out to the second baseman. Nobuhiro Matsushima strikes out. Charlie Clyburn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Vic Roche comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Onan Snopek grounds out to the shortstop. Lou McAleese is pinch hitting for Jim Dyer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lou McAleese grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Hudson grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Ron Cross (10), Ed Jorgensen (20).HR - Craig Smith (20).GIDP - Ron Cross. Baserunning: SB - Dale Thacker (24).CS - Ron Cross (9). Fielding: E - Onan Snopek.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Porter Jeffcoat did not respond to coaching in velocity Andres Bague did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dan Navarro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Hetzel did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Adam Crouch did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chris Knotts did not respond to coaching in control Jim Uhl improves in velocity Rube Croushore did not respond to coaching in control Dwain Russell did not respond to coaching in C