Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Earl Sweeney pitching. Joe Williams strikes out. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Hedlund grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Jose Pike pitching. Ray Harlow lines out to the shortstop. Pop Leppert flies out to the center fielder. Harry Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Les Bryden grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Mercado triples. John Gajkowski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave Blackburn walks. Epps Mattox walks. Gil Basinski walks. Joe Reis pops out to the second baseman. Mike Cobb strikes out. Earl Sweeney strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett strikes out. Jose Pike strikes out. Joe Williams hits a home run. Bob Pruett hits a home run. Bill Hedlund pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ray Harlow grounds out to the pitcher. Pop Leppert walks. Pop Leppert steals second. Harry Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Dave Blackburn walks. Epps Mattox singles to left field. Pop Leppert scores. Dave Blackburn advances to third on the hit. Gil Basinski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Les Bryden strikes out. Kenji Imazeki singles to center field. John Mercado walks. John Gajkowski flies out to the left fielder. Dwight Hackett walks. Jose Pike flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Oakland Joe Reis strikes out. Mike Cobb flies out to the center fielder. Earl Sweeney walks. Ray Harlow grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Williams doubles to left field. Bob Pruett flies out to the right fielder. Bill Hedlund singles to right field. Joe Williams scores. Les Bryden grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Pop Leppert grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Renteria strikes out. Dave Blackburn reached on a fielding error by Les Bryden. Epps Mattox grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dave Blackburn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman. John Mercado grounds out to the pitcher. John Gajkowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Gil Basinski hits a home run. Joe Reis singles to center field. Mike Cobb singles past the second baseman. Earl Sweeney lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Harlow singles to right field. Joe Reis scores. Pop Leppert singles to right field. Mike Cobb scores. Ray Harlow advances to third on the hit. Pop Leppert is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Harry Renteria hits a home run. Ray Harlow scores. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett strikes out. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Jose Pike. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Akinobu Kono walks. Akinobu Kono steals second. Joe Williams strikes out. Bob Pruett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Tim McCarver pitching. Epps Mattox singles to left field. Gil Basinski strikes out. Joe Reis singles to left field. Mike Cobb grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Joe Reis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Herm White is pinch hitting for Earl Sweeney. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Herm White strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Huck Crist pitching. Bill Hedlund grounds out to the second baseman. Les Bryden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kenji Imazeki singles to left field. John Mercado pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Ray Harlow grounds out to the shortstop. Pop Leppert strikes out. Harry Renteria singles to left field. Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay John Gajkowski flies out to the left fielder. Dwight Hackett hits a home run. Vinnie Hammonds is pinch hitting for Tim McCarver. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the center fielder. Joe Williams walks. Bob Pruett walks. Bill Hedlund doubles to right field. Joe Williams scores. Les Bryden strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8 Oakland total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Joe Williams (11), Bill Hedlund (13).3B - John Mercado (2).HR - Joe Williams (3), Bob Pruett (12), Dwight Hackett (3).GIDP - Les Bryden. Baserunning: SB - Akinobu Kono (6). Fielding: E - Les Bryden.
Game Notes Gil Basinski is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dave Lopez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Geronimo Conroy improves in speed Frank Bergamo did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Luis Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in velocity Francisco Pickrel did not respond to coaching in control Razor McCarthy improves in contact_vs_righty Ron Magrane did not respond to coaching in velocity Francisco Pickrel did not respond to coaching in endurance Francisco Pickrel did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C