Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rich Ganzel pitching. Joe Williams doubles to left field. Bob Pruett flies out to the center fielder. Bill Hedlund flies out to the center fielder. Les Bryden singles to center field. Joe Williams scores. Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. John Mercado lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Tony Bigelow pitching. Ray Harlow singles to center field. Pop Leppert grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Harry Renteria walks. Dave Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay John Gajkowski singles to right field. Truck Perezchica grounds out to the pitcher. John Gajkowski advances to second on the play. Tony Bigelow pops out to the catcher. Joe Williams singles to right field. John Gajkowski scores. Joe Williams steals second. Bob Pruett walks. Bill Hedlund walks. Les Bryden strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Epps Mattox hits a home run. Gil Basinski flies out to the right fielder. Joe Reis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Cobb grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki flies out to the left fielder. John Mercado singles to left field. John Gajkowski pops out to the first baseman. Truck Perezchica doubles to center field. John Mercado uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tony Bigelow reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rich Ganzel. Truck Perezchica scores. Joe Williams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Rich Ganzel strikes out. Ray Harlow flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Pop Leppert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett singles to center field. Bill Hedlund grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Pruett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Les Bryden strikes out. Kenji Imazeki pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Epps Mattox singles to center field. Gil Basinski singles to center field. Epps Mattox advances to third on the hit. Joe Reis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay John Mercado singles to right field. John Gajkowski grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Truck Perezchica walks. Tony Bigelow grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Mike Cobb grounds out to the third baseman. Rich Ganzel strikes out. Ray Harlow flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Joe Williams pops out to the shortstop. Bob Pruett singles to right field. Jack Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Pruett steals second. Bill Hedlund grounds out to the third baseman. Les Bryden flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Pop Leppert strikes out. Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki hits a home run. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for John Mercado. Akinobu Kono singles to center field. John Gajkowski strikes out. Truck Perezchica grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jerry Kruger enters the game as a defensive replacement for Akinobu Kono at C. Epps Mattox grounds out to the shortstop. Gil Basinski strikes out. Joe Reis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tony Bigelow reached on a fielding error by Jack Jones. Joe Williams singles to center field. Tony Bigelow advances to third on the hit. Bob Pruett singles to right field. Tony Bigelow scores. Joe Williams advances to third on the hit. Dwight Hackett is pinch hitting for Bill Hedlund. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dwight Hackett singles to right field. Joe Williams scores. Alan Kantlehner is pinch hitting for Les Bryden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alan Kantlehner walks. Jerry Hatcher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kenji Imazeki grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Bob Pruett scores. Dwight Hackett advances to third on the play. Jerry Kruger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bill Patterson is pinch hitting for Mike Cobb. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Patterson strikes out. Herm White is pinch hitting for Jerry Hatcher. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Herm White grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Caldwell is pinch hitting for Ray Harlow. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Caldwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hilly Brubaker pitching. John Gajkowski grounds out to the pitcher. Truck Perezchica flies out to the right fielder. Vinnie Hammonds is pinch hitting for Tony Bigelow. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vinnie Hammonds walks. Joe Williams pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Rene Pasquella pitching. Pop Leppert grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Renteria flies out to the center fielder. Eric Stephenson is pinch hitting for Dave Blackburn. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Eric Stephenson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - Joe Williams (10), Truck Perezchica (8).HR - Kenji Imazeki (10).GIDP - Kenji Imazeki, John Gajkowski, Truck Perezchica. Baserunning: SB - Joe Williams (13), Bob Pruett (10).
Game Notes Rich Ganzel is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Luis Brown did not respond to coaching in control Bill Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Pug Hollins did not respond to coaching in arm Danny Embrey did not respond to coaching in control Tom Breton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Francisco Pickrel improves in control Walter Easterly did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Giovanola did not respond to coaching in control Billy Rohde improves in control Razor McCarthy did not respond to coaching in range Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C