Inning: 1 Oakland Shad Chance pitching. Bob Yount singles to right field. Nick Punto pops out to the shortstop. Chase Tanner grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Jim Beattie pitching. Jay Mazzera grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! MJ Schmidt strikes out. Bobby Dykstra strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Nomar Garciappara singles to center field. Bobby Barr walks. Roy Peacock walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Nolan Arenado pops out to the first baseman. Harmon Killebrew flies out to the center fielder. Jim Beattie singles past the shortstop. Nomar Garciappara scores. Bobby Barr scores. Bob Yount triples. Roy Peacock scores. Jim Beattie scores. Red Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nick Punto hits a home run. Bob Yount scores. Chase Tanner singles to center field. Nomar Garciappara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Al Yde strikes out. Joe Millwood flies out to the center fielder. Bill Allietta grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bobby Barr pops out to the third baseman. Roy Peacock flies out to the right fielder. Nolan Arenado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Pat Solomon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Akers grounds out to the second baseman. Red Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Harmon Killebrew singles to center field. Jim Beattie lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Bob Yount flies out to the right fielder. Nick Punto grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Jay Mazzera pops out to the shortstop. MJ Schmidt walks. Bobby Dykstra pops out to the third baseman. Al Yde pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Chase Tanner walks. Nomar Garciappara singles to left field. Bobby Barr lines out to the shortstop. Roy Peacock grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Nomar Garciappara is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy Peacock steals second. Nolan Arenado pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Joe Millwood flies out to the center fielder. Bill Allietta grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Pat Solomon pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Harmon Killebrew flies out to the right fielder. Jim Beattie grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Yount doubles to center field. Nick Punto grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Terry Akers singles to right field. Wayne Breining is pinch hitting for Red Thomas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Wayne Breining singles to right field. Terry Akers advances to third on the hit. Jay Mazzera flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Terry Akers scores. MJ Schmidt singles to right field. Bobby Dykstra singles to center field. Wayne Breining scores. MJ Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Al Yde flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, MJ Schmidt scores. Joe Millwood singles to center field. Bobby Dykstra advances to third on the hit. Bill Allietta strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Nat Hale pitching. Chase Tanner singles to center field. Nomar Garciappara pops out to the second baseman. Bobby Barr strikes out. Roy Peacock flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Joe Nathan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Pat Solomon reached on a fielding error by Bobby Barr. Terry Akers strikes out. Takashi Nakamura is pinch hitting for Nat Hale. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Takashi Nakamura flies out to the center fielder. Jay Mazzera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Kevin Chamberlain pitching. Nolan Arenado grounds out to the second baseman. Harmon Killebrew flies out to the center fielder. Ken Griffey Jr. is pinch hitting for Joe Nathan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ken Griffey Jr. flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Luis Tapia pitching. MJ Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bobby Dykstra grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Yde singles to right field. Joe Millwood grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Yde is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bob Yount hits a home run. Nick Punto flies out to the right fielder. Chase Tanner walks. Nomar Garciappara singles to right field. Bobby Barr singles to right field. Roy Peacock walks. Chase Tanner scores. Nolan Arenado singles to right field. Nomar Garciappara scores. Bobby Barr scores. Roy Peacock advances to third on the hit. Harmon Killebrew singles to right field. Roy Peacock scores. Bill Sudakis is pinch hitting for Luis Tapia. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Bill Sudakis walks. Bob Yount walks. Nolan Arenado scores. Nick Punto grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Carlos Silva pitching. Bill Allietta grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Solomon strikes out. Terry Akers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Chicago total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Bob Yount (14).3B - Bob Yount (5).HR - Bob Yount (5), Nick Punto (5).GIDP - Nick Punto 2, Chase Tanner. Baserunning: SB - Roy Peacock (5). Fielding: E - Bobby Barr.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doug Taylor improves in velocity Robinson Cano did not respond to coaching in range Brad Radke did not respond to coaching in control Daff Lochhead did not respond to coaching in control George Chervinko did not respond to coaching in 1B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gene Garibaldi did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Burke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Burke improves in range Matty Lafitte improves in power_vs_lefty Dave Burke did not respond to coaching in C