Inning: 1 Oakland Chick Kolb pitching. Ken Griffey Jr. walks. Nomar Garciappara flies out to the right fielder. Hal Acosta flies out to the center fielder. Nick Punto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Luis Castro pitching. Joe Drake lines out to the third baseman. Randy Zmich singles to right field. Bud Figga grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Randy Zmich is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Piggy Huffman walks. Paul Walters singles to right field. Bud Figga scores. Doug Garland reached on a fielding error by Luis Castro. Jake Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Harmon Killebrew grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Peacock grounds out to the shortstop. Nolan Arenado reached on a 2-base fielding error by Randy Zmich. Royce Lewis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Pete Wasem pops out to the third baseman. Chick Kolb flies out to the center fielder. Joe Drake grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Luis Castro grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Griffey Jr. strikes out. Nomar Garciappara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Randy Zmich grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Figga walks. Bud Figga is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Piggy Huffman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Hal Acosta singles to right field. Nick Punto singles to center field. Hal Acosta advances to third on the hit. Harmon Killebrew flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Hal Acosta scores. Roy Peacock pops out to the shortstop. Nolan Arenado lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Paul Walters walks. Paul Walters steals second. Doug Garland grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jake Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Pete Wasem strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Royce Lewis strikes out. Luis Castro pops out to the third baseman. Ken Griffey Jr. grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Chick Kolb singles to left field. Joe Drake grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Randy Zmich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Nomar Garciappara singles to center field. Hal Acosta strikes out. Nick Punto walks. Harmon Killebrew grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Bud Figga pops out to the second baseman. Piggy Huffman flies out to the center fielder. Paul Walters flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Roy Peacock flies out to the center fielder. Nolan Arenado flies out to the left fielder. Royce Lewis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Doug Garland flies out to the right fielder. Jake Wilson walks. Pete Wasem strikes out. Chick Kolb grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jake Wilson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bobby Barr is pinch hitting for Luis Castro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bobby Barr triples. John Joost 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 2nd. Ken Griffey Jr. singles to right field. Bobby Barr scores. Nomar Garciappara walks. Hal Acosta singles to left field. Nick Punto doubles to left field. Ken Griffey Jr. scores. Nomar Garciappara scores. Hal Acosta uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Cooper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harmon Killebrew singles to right field. Nick Punto scores. Roy Peacock singles to center field. Robinson Cano is pinch hitting for Nolan Arenado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Robinson Cano grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Roy Peacock is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Royce Lewis grounds out to the pitcher. Robinson Cano advances to second on the play. Bobby Barr grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Andrew Heaney pitching. Joe Drake grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Zmich singles to center field. Bud Figga flies out to the center fielder. Randy Zmich is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ken Griffey Jr. flies out to the left fielder. Nomar Garciappara strikes out. Hal Acosta strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Piggy Huffman singles to center field. Paul Walters strikes out. Doug Garland grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Piggy Huffman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jake Wilson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 New York total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Coco Crisp improves in speed Kent Herbek improves in contact_vs_righty Barry Williams improves in contact_vs_righty Coco Crisp did not respond to coaching in RF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Castillo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Maurer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Shears did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Walt Howard improves in power_vs_righty Ray Koupal did not respond to coaching in 3B