Inning: 1 Minnesota Matt Dunning pitching. Pat Regalado pops out to the shortstop. Jeff Viau pops out to the third baseman. Kyle Reese walks. Randy Sveum grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kyle Reese is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Billy Fansler pitching. Joan Lugo grounds out to the shortstop. Bryan Loretta hits a home run. Francisco Madrigo walks. Tim Suazo strikes out. Billy Richardson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jim Kostro walks. John Strickland pops out to the second baseman. Jesse Treadway grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jim Kostro is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jesse Treadway steals second. Mike Herndon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Samuel Tinto flies out to the right fielder. Donel Augustin strikes out. Cedric Keener flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Billy Fansler flies out to the left fielder. Pat Regalado grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Jeff Viau pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Matt Dunning strikes out. Joan Lugo singles to center field. Bryan Loretta strikes out. Francisco Madrigo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Kyle Reese singles to center field. Randy Sveum strikes out. Jim Kostro grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kyle Reese is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Strickland hits a home run. Jim Kostro scores. Jesse Treadway strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Tim Suazo grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Richardson strikes out. Samuel Tinto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Herndon singles to right field. Billy Fansler lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Mike Herndon forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Pat Regalado strikes out. Jeff Viau singles to left field. Kyle Reese pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Donel Augustin flies out to the center fielder. Cedric Keener flies out to the right fielder. Matt Dunning strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Randy Sveum grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Kostro strikes out. John Strickland singles to right field. Jesse Treadway singles to right field. Mike Herndon singles to right field. John Strickland scores. Billy Fansler strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Joan Lugo flies out to the center fielder. Bryan Loretta walks. Francisco Madrigo strikes out. Tim Suazo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Pat Regalado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Carrilo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jeff Viau doubles to center field. Kyle Reese is hit by a pitch. Randy Sveum singles to right field. Jeff Viau scores. Kyle Reese advances to third on the hit. Jim Kostro grounds out to the shortstop. Kyle Reese scores. Randy Sveum advances to second on the play. Carlos Ramirez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Strickland walks. Jesse Treadway singles to center field. Randy Sveum scores. John Strickland advances to third on the hit. Mike Herndon singles to center field. John Strickland scores. Jesse Treadway advances to third on the hit. Billy Fansler strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Billy Richardson grounds out to the third baseman. Samuel Tinto pops out to the third baseman. Donel Augustin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Pat Regalado singles to center field. Jeff Viau singles to center field. Pat Regalado advances to third on the hit. Kyle Reese grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pat Regalado scores. Dave Shuman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Randy Sveum pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Cedric Keener flies out to the left fielder. Benny Mora is pinch hitting for Dave Shuman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Benny Mora strikes out. Joan Lugo singles to center field. Bryan Loretta flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Turkey Doyle pitching. Jim Kostro singles past the third baseman. John Strickland singles to left field. Jim Kostro advances to third on the hit. Jesse Treadway grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Kostro scores. John Strickland advances to second on the play. Mike Herndon doubles to left field. John Strickland scores. Paul Mr Wonderful Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Billy Fansler walks. Pat Regalado flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Viau hits a home run. Mike Herndon scores. Billy Fansler scores. Kyle Reese flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Francisco Madrigo reached on a fielding error by Kyle Reese. Tim Suazo walks. Danny Sheridan is pinch hitting for Billy Richardson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Danny Sheridan singles to right field. Francisco Madrigo scores. Samuel Tinto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Danny Sheridan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Donel Augustin singles past the third baseman. Tim Suazo scores. Samuel Tinto advances to third on the hit. Cedric Keener grounds out to the third baseman. Samuel Tinto scores. Donel Augustin advances to second on the play. Paul Mr Wonderful Orndorff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Harrison did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Agnew did not respond to coaching in speed Ron Agnew improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Bankhead improves in arm Ron Agnew did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Napoleon Garcia improves in power_vs_lefty Rafa Garcia improves in speed Johnny Caballo improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Caballo improves in power_vs_righty Napoleon Garcia did not respond to coaching in 2B