Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Craig Spongberg pitching. Willard Michalak singles to right field. Jim Roberson strikes out. Mel Taylor grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Zip Durrett pitching. Jimmy Enwright flies out to the left fielder. Jiggs Kerr flies out to the left fielder. Steve Scott pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dmitri Phelps strikes out. Marlon Fields grounds out to the second baseman. Denny Crandall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Tom Duryea grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Berberet flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Carlos Prescott grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Shorty Canseco grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Asadoor singles to center field. Zip Durrett lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Willard Michalak walks. Jim Roberson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Wally Kress singles to left field. Manuel Saverine flies out to the left fielder. Craig Spongberg pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Wally Kress steals second. Jimmy Enwright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Mel Taylor pops out to the second baseman. Dmitri Phelps flies out to the center fielder. Marlon Fields grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Jiggs Kerr singles to left field. Steve Scott singles to left field. Tom Duryea flies out to the right fielder. Sam Berberet singles to center field. Jiggs Kerr scores. Steve Scott advances to third on the hit. Carlos Prescott doubles to left field. Steve Scott scores. Wally Kress strikes out. Manuel Saverine grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Denny Crandall flies out to the right fielder. Shorty Canseco strikes out. Ed Asadoor walks. Zip Durrett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Craig Spongberg grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Enwright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jiggs Kerr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Willard Michalak flies out to the center fielder. Jim Roberson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mel Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Steve Scott strikes out. Tom Duryea grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Berberet flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dmitri Phelps strikes out. Marlon Fields lines out to the second baseman. Denny Crandall flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Carlos Prescott singles to right field. Wally Kress grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Carlos Prescott is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Manuel Saverine strikes out. Milt Shires is pinch hitting for Craig Spongberg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Milt Shires grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Wally Kress is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Riesgo pitching. Shorty Canseco grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Asadoor singles to right field. Dino Manush is pinch hitting for Zip Durrett. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Dino Manush singles to left field. Ed Asadoor is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Willard Michalak grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland David Putnam pitching. Jimmy Enwright pops out to the third baseman. Jiggs Kerr hits a home run. Steve Scott singles to left field. Tom Duryea flies out to the center fielder. Sam Berberet singles to left field. Steve Scott advances to third on the hit. Carlos Prescott walks. Wally Kress flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Wayne Brewer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Carlos Prescott at LF. Enrique Duarte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Roberson grounds out to the third baseman. Mel Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Dmitri Phelps pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Reilley did not respond to coaching in velocity Addie Piersall did not respond to coaching in speed Tetsuya Fukui did not respond to coaching in range Joe Santiago did not respond to coaching in speed
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ray Bacsik improves in control Joe Pernoll did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Pernoll improves in arm Andy Minshall did not respond to coaching in velocity Lee Swacina did not respond to coaching in C