Win: Sizzle Tomko (5-6) Loss: Nick Johnson (5-5)
Save: A.J. Dell (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland John Bowman pitching. Dick Eddy walks. Raymond Kaden grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Eddy advances to second on the play. Henry Marshall flies out to the right fielder. Steve Kamieniecki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago John Lennon pitching. Carl Witt strikes out. Fred Murakami walks. Fred Murakami steals second. Chris Edwards flies out to the left fielder. Harry Grover grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Steve Diggs flies out to the center fielder. Buggy Pizzamiglio flies out to the right fielder. Masato Ota triples. Jose Reed strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago John Guerra flies out to the left fielder. Dan Schaefer grounds out to the third baseman. Abe Kamandi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland John Lennon flies out to the right fielder. Dick Eddy lines out to the third baseman. Raymond Kaden pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Randy Kern doubles to center field. John Bowman lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carl Witt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Kern scores. Fred Murakami strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Henry Marshall strikes out. Steve Kamieniecki singles to center field. Steve Diggs singles to right field. Steve Kamieniecki advances to third on the hit. Buggy Pizzamiglio grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Kamieniecki scores. Steve Diggs advances to second on the play. Masato Ota flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Chris Edwards grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Grover walks. John Guerra grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jose Reed strikes out. John Lennon grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Eddy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Dan Schaefer grounds out to the pitcher. Abe Kamandi walks. Randy Kern bunts for a base hit. John Bowman fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Bowman pops out to the first baseman. Carl Witt grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Raymond Kaden strikes out. Henry Marshall hits an infield single to the pitcher. Steve Kamieniecki walks. Steve Diggs is hit by a pitch. Chick Lankford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Buggy Pizzamiglio grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Fred Murakami flies out to the left fielder. Chris Edwards hits a home run. Harry Grover grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Guerra strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Masato Ota pops out to the third baseman. Jose Reed singles to right field. Vic Daubach is pinch hitting for John Lennon. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Vic Daubach pops out to the second baseman. Sid Macias is pinch hitting for Dick Eddy. Jose Reed steals second. Sid Macias singles to right field. Jose Reed scores. Raymond Kaden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Sizzle Tomko pitching. Dan Schaefer grounds out to the second baseman. Abe Kamandi pops out to the first baseman. Randy Kern grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Henry Marshall flies out to the center fielder. Steve Kamieniecki grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Diggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Fred Kolp is pinch hitting for Chick Lankford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Fred Kolp grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Witt strikes out. Fred Murakami walks. Fred Murakami steals second. Chris Edwards flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Nick Johnson pitching. Buggy Pizzamiglio walks. Buggy Pizzamiglio steals second. Masato Ota pops out to the first baseman. Jose Reed singles to center field. Buggy Pizzamiglio scores. Al Lutzke is pinch hitting for Sizzle Tomko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Lutzke walks. Sid Macias singles past the shortstop. Jose Reed uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Lutzke advances to third on the hit. Raymond Kaden strikes out. Henry Marshall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago A.J. Dell pitching. Harry Grover flies out to the right fielder. John Guerra grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Schaefer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Chicago total runners LOB: 4
Game Notes Steve Kamieniecki is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Wilson improves in power_vs_lefty Bruce Asadoor improves in contact_vs_lefty Fred Meeler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Jelincich improves in contact_vs_lefty Fred Meeler did not respond to coaching in speed Armando Knauss did not respond to coaching in speed Randy Munoz did not respond to coaching in 1B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Springer improves in speed Steve Harris improves in power_vs_lefty Greg Bremer did not respond to coaching in control Billy Rondeau improves in power_vs_lefty Hod Malay improves in arm Norm Gideon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Cruz did not respond to coaching in CF