Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mickey Creeden pitching. Porter Crews flies out to the center fielder. George Davis flies out to the right fielder. Juan Rosario hits a home run. Julio Burris singles past the shortstop. Gary Saunders flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Jack Ostendorf pitching. Tony Abbaticchio grounds out to the second baseman. Young Lew singles to right field. Bill Cooper walks. Ron Hughes is hit by a pitch. Cap Tolman reached on a fielding error by Rudy Holke. Young Lew scores. Davey Earl grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Riku Yanishoba hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rudy Holke grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Pud Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Al Model strikes out. Hairy Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Creeden walks. Tony Abbaticchio hits a home run. Mickey Creeden scores. Young Lew doubles to right field. Bill Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jack Ostendorf pops out to the first baseman. Porter Crews singles to center field. George Davis strikes out. Juan Rosario strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ron Hughes strikes out. Cap Tolman singles past the shortstop. Davey Earl pops out to the shortstop. Al Model reached on a 2-base throwing error by Riku Yanishoba. Hairy Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Julio Burris walks. Gary Saunders strikes out. Riku Yanishoba strikes out. Rudy Holke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Mickey Creeden singles to center field. Tony Abbaticchio singles to center field. Mickey Creeden advances to third on the hit. Tony Abbaticchio steals second. Young Lew grounds out to the shortstop. Mickey Creeden scores. Tony Abbaticchio advances to third on the play. Bill Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Abbaticchio scores. Ron Hughes lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pud Smith flies out to the center fielder. Jack Ostendorf strikes out. Porter Crews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Cap Tolman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Davey Earl singles past the third baseman. Al Model strikes out. Hairy Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay George Davis is hit by a pitch. Juan Rosario grounds out to the third baseman. George Davis advances to second on the play. Julio Burris flies out to the center fielder. Gary Saunders reached on a 2-base fielding error by Cap Tolman. George Davis scores. Riku Yanishoba grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Miranda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mickey Creeden flies out to the left fielder. Tony Abbaticchio lines out to the second baseman. Young Lew strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Rudy Holke hits a home run. Pud Smith flies out to the right fielder. John Miranda strikes out. Porter Crews pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Cooper hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Cooper steals second. Ron Hughes singles to right field. Bill Cooper is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Cap Tolman grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay John Chapman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Davis hits a home run. Juan Rosario flies out to the left fielder. Julio Burris grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Saunders grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Davey Earl strikes out. Al Model strikes out. Hairy Weaver singles to right field. John Chapman singles to right field. Hairy Weaver advances to third on the hit. Tony Abbaticchio singles to left field. Hairy Weaver scores. Young Lew strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Frankly Walking comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Riku Yanishoba strikes out. Rudy Holke grounds out to the shortstop. Pud Smith singles to center field. John Miranda grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Pud Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Young Lew (16).HR - Tony Abbaticchio (30).GIDP - Cap Tolman, Davey Earl.HBP - Ron Hughes (1). Baserunning: SB - Tony Abbaticchio (20), Bill Cooper (13). Fielding: E - Cap Tolman.
Game Notes Gary Saunders is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jax Adams improves in velocity Bill Kaiserling improves in power_vs_righty Hal Rocco improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Mauney improves in velocity Romello Warren did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dutch Fritz did not respond to coaching in speed Jo-Jo Murphy improves in power_vs_righty Darren Turner did not respond to coaching in velocity B Hizzie improves in power_vs_righty B Hizzie did not respond to coaching in C