Win: Chris Romano (5-8) Loss: Vic Gullickson (6-11)
Save: Huck Crist (5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Vic Gullickson pitching. Epps Mattox strikes out. Pop Leppert doubles to center field. Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Ray Harlow strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Chris Romano pitching. Jerry Mitchell walks. Bob Pruett grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Hedlund grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Mike Cobb is hit by a pitch. Harry Renteria singles to left field. Mike Cobb advances to third on the hit. Gil Basinski flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Cobb scores. Joe Reis walks. Chris Romano pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Epps Mattox flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Les Bryden singles to left field. Ox Morlan walks. Kenji Imazeki grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Les Bryden advances to third on the play. Charlie Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Pop Leppert lines out to the third baseman. Dave Blackburn singles to left field. Dave Blackburn steals second. Ray Harlow strikes out. Mike Cobb strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tom Breton flies out to the left fielder. Vic Gullickson strikes out. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Harry Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Gil Basinski walks. Joe Reis singles past the second baseman. Gil Basinski advances to third on the hit. Chris Romano grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Reis advances to second on the play. Epps Mattox pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett triples. Bill Hedlund pops out to the shortstop. Les Bryden walks. Ox Morlan flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Pruett scores. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Pop Leppert singles to left field. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pop Leppert advances to second on the play. Ray Harlow singles to right field. Pop Leppert scores. Mike Cobb pops out to the first baseman. Ray Harlow steals second. Harry Renteria singles to center field. Ray Harlow scores. Gil Basinski walks. Joe Reis singles to left field. Harry Renteria scores. Gil Basinski advances to third on the hit. Chris Romano pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Kennedy singles to center field. Charlie Kennedy steals second. Tom Breton doubles to center field. Charlie Kennedy scores. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Vic Gullickson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Akinobu Kono lines out to the shortstop. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Bob Pruett singles to right field. Tom Breton scores. Bill Hedlund singles to left field. Bob Pruett advances to third on the hit. Les Bryden walks. Ox Morlan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Butler pitching. Epps Mattox grounds out to the shortstop. Pop Leppert flies out to the right fielder. Dave Blackburn walks. Ray Harlow hits an infield single to the third baseman. Mike Cobb flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Kennedy lines out to the third baseman. Tom Breton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Harry Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Gil Basinski grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Reis triples. Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for Chris Romano. 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. Otie Shepherd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Angel Link pitching. Vinnie Hammonds is pinch hitting for Tom Butler. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Bob Pruett grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bob Head pitching. Epps Mattox singles to right field. Pop Leppert singles to right field. Epps Mattox advances to third on the hit. Dave Blackburn pops out to the shortstop. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Epps Mattox scores. Pop Leppert advances to second on the play. Mike Cobb flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund flies out to the right fielder. Les Bryden singles to left field. Ox Morlan grounds out to the pitcher. Les Bryden advances to second on the play. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Harry Renteria singles to left field. Gil Basinski flies out to the center fielder. Joe Reis lines out to the shortstop. Herb Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Eric Stephenson is pinch hitting for Angel Link. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Eric Stephenson walks. Epps Mattox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Huck Crist pitching. Charlie Kennedy reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pop Leppert. Tom Breton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Kennedy advances to third on the play. Dwight Hackett is pinch hitting for Herb Jones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 14 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Pop Leppert (22).3B - Joe Reis (3).SF - Gil Basinski.HBP - Mike Cobb (2). Baserunning: SB - Dave Blackburn (14), Ray Harlow (16). Fielding: E - Pop Leppert.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Razor McCarthy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rico Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Francisco Pickrel did not respond to coaching in control Morris Anson did not respond to coaching in control Jack Moore improves in power_vs_lefty Barry McGunnigle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Guy Crane did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hank Atkinson improves in power_vs_righty Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Danny Embrey did not respond to coaching in velocity George Long did not respond to coaching in speed Toji Sudo did not respond to coaching in endurance Bobby Reese did not respond to coaching in 1B