Win: Ed Clark (3-2) Loss: Zeke Villegas (7-4)
Save: Bert Anderson (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bob Sweeney pitching. Rick O Shea flies out to the right fielder. Woody Hilton pops out to the second baseman. Chet Thornton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Baltimore Fritz Castino pitching. Jorge Cater flies out to the left fielder. Cy Wade pops out to the shortstop. Bobby McLaughlin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Zeke Wright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Frank Harrell flies out to the center fielder. Tetsuji Sano doubles to right field. Art Gwynn strikes out. Charlie Laydon pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Mike Lowenstein grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Singleton walks. Fritz Castino lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Rick O Shea strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Ryan Sakata singles to right field. Bob Sweeney lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jorge Cater doubles to center field. Ryan Sakata scores. Cy Wade strikes out. Bobby McLaughlin walks. Frank Harrell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Woody Hilton flies out to the left fielder. Chet Thornton grounds out to the shortstop. Zeke Wright walks. George Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Tetsuji Sano flies out to the right fielder. Art Gwynn flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Laydon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jimmy Baker reached on a 2-base fielding error by Cy Wade. Mike Lowenstein grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Baker advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Ernie Singleton singles to center field. Jimmy Baker scores. Fritz Castino lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick O Shea lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Ryan Sakata reached on a fielding error by George Schmidt. Bob Sweeney lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Ryan Sakata forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Jorge Cater flies out to the left fielder. Cy Wade singles to center field. Bobby McLaughlin grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Cy Wade is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Woody Hilton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chet Thornton flies out to the left fielder. Zeke Wright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Frank Harrell walks. Tetsuji Sano hits a home run. Frank Harrell scores. Art Gwynn grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Laydon strikes out. Ryan Sakata strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland George Schmidt walks. Jimmy Baker strikes out. Mike Lowenstein grounds out to the third baseman. George Schmidt advances to second on the play. Ernie Singleton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Ed Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bob Cooney is pinch hitting for Bob Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bob Cooney walks. Jorge Cater pops out to the second baseman. Cy Wade grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Cooney advances to second on the play. Bobby McLaughlin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Zeke Villegas pitching. Al Valdes is pinch hitting for Ed Clark. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Valdes singles to left field. Rick O Shea doubles to left field. Al Valdes uses his aggressiveness and scores. Woody Hilton singles to left field. Rick O Shea scores. Chet Thornton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Woody Hilton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chet Thornton steals second. Zeke Wright singles past the second baseman. Chet Thornton scores. George Schmidt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Bert Anderson pitching. Frank Harrell reached on a 2-base throwing error by George Schmidt. Tetsuji Sano strikes out. Art Gwynn strikes out. Charlie Laydon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Jimmy Baker singles to center field. Mike Lowenstein walks. Ernie Singleton strikes out. Bert Anderson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick O Shea grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Baltimore Ryan Sakata grounds out to the shortstop. Sultan Holle is pinch hitting for Zeke Villegas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Sultan Holle flies out to the left fielder. Jorge Cater flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Baltimore total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Marcell Reese did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Miller improves in power_vs_righty Brian Priest did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Sivess did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Juan Burton did not respond to coaching in speed Ubaldo Morales improves in speed Fizz Feldman did not respond to coaching in 2B
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bert Houtteman improves in velocity Mel Pentz did not respond to coaching in control Bill Moser did not respond to coaching in velocity Jason Corwin improves in velocity Walt McLarney improves in velocity Hugh Law did not respond to coaching in control Bob Fajardo did not respond to coaching in CF