Inning: 1 Oakland J D Selkirk pitching. Irv Brittin singles to center field. Murphy Strange grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Irv Brittin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Meyer strikes out. Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann singles to center field. Satoshi Watanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York John LaRue pitching. Rick Drew singles to right field. Dave Graham singles to center field. Rick Drew advances to third on the hit. Dave Graham steals second. Jim Hensiek singles to center field. Rick Drew scores. Dave Graham scores. Jim Gillespie strikes out. Rich Carter singles to right field. Jim Hensiek advances to third on the hit. Carl Buelow singles to left field. Jim Hensiek scores. Rich Carter advances to third on the hit. Bill Hopper pops out to the second baseman. Ken Sprinz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Pepper Mays strikes out. Duke Voiselle singles to center field. Bob Elliott singles to left field. John LaRue lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Irv Brittin grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York J D Selkirk singles to left field. Rick Drew hits a home run. J D Selkirk scores. Dave Graham strikes out. Jim Hensiek strikes out. Jim Gillespie walks. Rich Carter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Murphy Strange walks. Tom Meyer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann doubles past the third baseman. Satoshi Watanabe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Carl Buelow grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Hopper strikes out. Ken Sprinz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Pepper Mays pops out to the first baseman. Duke Voiselle singles past the third baseman. Bob Elliott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Duke Voiselle advances to second on the play. John LaRue flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York J D Selkirk strikes out. Rick Drew flies out to the center fielder. Dave Graham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Irv Brittin flies out to the right fielder. Murphy Strange strikes out. Tom Meyer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Mudcat Greene comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Hensiek pops out to the third baseman. Jim Gillespie singles to right field. Jim Gillespie steals second. Jim Gillespie is out trying to steal third. Rich Carter walks. Carl Buelow walks. Bill Hopper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann walks. Satoshi Watanabe singles to center field. Pepper Mays singles to right field. Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann scores. Satoshi Watanabe advances to third on the hit. Duke Voiselle grounds out to the second baseman. Satoshi Watanabe scores. Pepper Mays advances to second on the play. Bob Elliott singles to right field. Pepper Mays scores. Mudcat Greene lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Irv Brittin singles to right field. Bob Elliott scores. Johnny Madrid comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Murphy Strange walks. Tom Meyer singles to left field. Irv Brittin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Ken Sprinz singles to left field. Johnny Madrid lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Drew singles to right field. Tuck Wagner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Dave Graham strikes out. Jim Hensiek pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Satoshi Watanabe grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pepper Mays hits a home run. Duke Voiselle singles to right field. Bob Elliott reached on a fielding error by Johnny Madrid. Norihiro Egawa is pinch hitting for Tuck Wagner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the pitcher. Duke Voiselle advances to third on the play. Bob Elliott advances to second on the play. Irv Brittin pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Bob Flores pitching. Jim Gillespie strikes out. Rich Carter grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Buelow singles to center field. Bill Hopper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Murphy Strange walks. Tom Meyer singles to center field. Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann pops out to the first baseman. Satoshi Watanabe strikes out. Pepper Mays walks. John Perry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Duke Voiselle strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 New York Ken Sprinz grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Ward is pinch hitting for John Perry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Ward grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Drew walks. Dave Graham reached on a 2-base throwing error by Irv Brittin. Jim Hensiek grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Thurman Sunday pitching. Bob Elliott grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Flores flies out to the center fielder. Irv Brittin hits an infield single to the shortstop. Irv Brittin steals second. Murphy Strange strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Jim Gillespie singles to left field. Rich Carter strikes out. Carl Buelow flies out to the right fielder. Jim Gillespie steals second. Bill Hopper singles to right field. Jim Gillespie scores. Ken Sprinz grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Tom Meyer strikes out. Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann strikes out. Satoshi Watanabe singles to center field. Satoshi Watanabe is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 New York Thurman Sunday strikes out. Rick Drew walks. Dave Graham singles to left field. Rick Drew advances to third on the hit. Jim Hensiek strikes out. Jim Gillespie strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Oakland Pepper Mays singles to center field. Duke Voiselle grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bob Elliott walks. Bob Flores strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 New York Rich Carter singles to right field. Rich Carter steals second. Carl Buelow strikes out. Bill Hopper strikes out. Ken Sprinz walks. Chester Zesty Lemon is pinch hitting for Thurman Sunday. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chester Zesty Lemon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 12 Oakland Al Closter pitching. Irv Brittin singles to right field. Murphy Strange grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Irv Brittin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Meyer strikes out. Johnny Pee Wee Herrmann grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 New York Rick Drew flies out to the right fielder. Dave Graham hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jim Hensiek pops out to the second baseman. Jim Gillespie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 13 Oakland Satoshi Watanabe flies out to the right fielder. Pepper Mays singles to left field. Duke Voiselle strikes out. Bob Elliott hits a home run. Pepper Mays scores. Ossie Evans comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Flores strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 New York Rich Carter hits a home run. Carl Buelow walks. Bill Hopper strikes out. Ken Sprinz singles to center field. Carl Buelow advances to third on the hit. Ossie Evans singles to center field. Carl Buelow scores. Rick Drew singles to center field. Ken Sprinz scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 16 New York total runners left on base: 16
Batting:HR - Rick Drew (9), Rich Carter (20). Baserunning: SB - Dave Graham (19), Jim Gillespie 2 (8), Rich Carter (14).CS - Jim Gillespie (4). Fielding: E - Johnny Madrid.
Game Notes John LaRue is injured and is expected to be out 19 days. Bob Flores is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Bankhead did not respond to coaching in control Stu Moore did not respond to coaching in control Jim Christman did not respond to coaching in arm Beiker Reimer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Zipfel did not respond to coaching in control Frank Bankhead did not respond to coaching in control
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bats Belfry improves in arm Lee Koons did not respond to coaching in range Lee Koons did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tom Guetterman did not respond to coaching in velocity Galen Ordenana improves in range Carl Bell improves in arm Gene Fulmer did not respond to coaching in C