Inning: 1 Oakland Tony Bigelow pitching. Epps Mattox singles to center field. Epps Mattox steals second. Pop Leppert hits a home run. Epps Mattox scores. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Harlow reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Hedlund. Mike Cobb walks. Harry Renteria walks. Gil Basinski grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Joe Kissinger pitching. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Pruett grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Hedlund walks. Les Bryden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Joe Reis strikes out. Joe Kissinger grounds out to the third baseman. Epps Mattox walks. Epps Mattox steals second. Pop Leppert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ox Morlan singles to left field. Kenji Imazeki flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Kennedy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ox Morlan advances to second on the play. Tom Breton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Ray Harlow flies out to the right fielder. Mike Cobb singles to center field. Harry Renteria grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tony Bigelow strikes out. Jerry Mitchell pops out to the shortstop. Bob Pruett hits an infield single to the second baseman. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Gil Basinski doubles to right field. Joe Reis singles to left field. Gil Basinski scores. Joe Kissinger lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Epps Mattox strikes out. Pop Leppert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Les Bryden doubles to center field. Ox Morlan flies out to the left fielder. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Charlie Kennedy hits a home run. Les Bryden scores. Tom Breton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Ray Harlow strikes out. Mike Cobb flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tony Bigelow grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Mitchell pops out to the catcher. Huck Crist comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bob Pruett grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Harry Renteria flies out to the center fielder. Gil Basinski grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Reis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund strikes out. Les Bryden grounds out to the second baseman. Ox Morlan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for Huck Crist. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Otie Shepherd flies out to the center fielder. Epps Mattox grounds out to the second baseman. Pop Leppert walks. Dave Blackburn walks. Ray Harlow grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Earl Sweeney pitching. Kenji Imazeki singles to right field. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Charlie Kennedy. Akinobu Kono grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Kenji Imazeki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Vinnie Hammonds is pinch hitting for Tom Breton. Akinobu Kono is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Vinnie Hammonds flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mike Cobb flies out to the left fielder. Harry Renteria singles to left field. Harry Renteria steals second. Gil Basinski flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Joe Reis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett is pinch hitting for Tony Bigelow. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Mitchell singles to left field. Jerry Mitchell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bob Pruett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Mike Ruffcorn pitching. Harry Caldwell is pinch hitting for Earl Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Caldwell grounds out to the pitcher. Epps Mattox walks. Pop Leppert strikes out. Dave Blackburn walks. Ray Harlow flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hilly Brubaker pitching. Bill Hedlund flies out to the left fielder. Les Bryden grounds out to the third baseman. Truck Perezchica is pinch hitting for Ox Morlan. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 3
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Giovanola did not respond to coaching in control Razor McCarthy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Barry McGunnigle improves in contact_vs_lefty Barry McGunnigle improves in range Francisco Pickrel did not respond to coaching in velocity Rico Moore improves in velocity 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: Danny Embrey improves in control Joe Davis did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Lopez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mark Bradley did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Atkinson improves in contact_vs_lefty Toji Sudo did not respond to coaching in control Geronimo Conroy did not respond to coaching in SS