Win: D Stroyer (16-7) Loss: Gary Clay (7-11)
Save: Frankly Walking (33)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay D Stroyer pitching. Scott Tedrow walks. Porter Crews grounds out to the catcher. Scott Tedrow advances to second on the play. Romello Warren grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Scott Tedrow advances to third on the play. Jose Dustal grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Gary Clay pitching. JK Kelly hits a home run. Jim Rath singles to left field. J Baked strikes out. Tony Abbaticchio grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Rath advances to second on the play. Alfonso Hidalgo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay George Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Yovanny McNally flies out to the left fielder. Paxton Kowitz walks. Pud Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Bill Cooper singles to right field. Bill Cooper steals second. Pud Smith throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Leo DeCinces strikes out. GG SiSi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! D Stroyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Gary Clay grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Tedrow grounds out to the second baseman. Porter Crews flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland JK Kelly pops out to the second baseman. Jim Rath singles past the second baseman. Jim Rath steals second. J Baked pops out to the third baseman. Tony Abbaticchio grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Romello Warren singles to center field. Jose Dustal flies out to the center fielder. George Davis singles to right field. Romello Warren advances to third on the hit. George Davis steals second. Yovanny McNally singles to right field. Romello Warren scores. George Davis scores. Paxton Kowitz strikes out. Pud Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Alfonso Hidalgo walks. Bill Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alfonso Hidalgo advances to second on the play. Leo DeCinces singles to left field. Alfonso Hidalgo scores. GG SiSi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Gary Clay strikes out. Scott Tedrow flies out to the center fielder. Porter Crews grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland D Stroyer grounds out to the third baseman. JK Kelly flies out to the right fielder. Jim Rath grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Romello Warren strikes out. Jose Dustal grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland J Baked singles to right field. J Baked is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tony Abbaticchio grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Alfonso Hidalgo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Yovanny McNally strikes out. Calvin Smith is pinch hitting for Paxton Kowitz. Calvin Smith walks. Pud Smith grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Cooper walks. B Hizzie is pinch hitting for Leo DeCinces. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. B Hizzie flies out to the center fielder. Bill Cooper steals second. GG SiSi singles past the second baseman. Bill Cooper scores. Jack Ostendorf comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Al Model is pinch hitting for D Stroyer. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Al Model strikes out. JK Kelly hits a home run. GG SiSi scores. Jim Rath pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Narciso Bowen pitching. Ike Hines is pinch hitting for Jack Ostendorf. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ike Hines grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Tedrow lines out to the second baseman. Porter Crews hits a home run. Romello Warren grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tom Byrnes pitching. J Baked hits a home run. Tony Abbaticchio flies out to the left fielder. Alfonso Hidalgo grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Cooper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Frankly Walking comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jose Dustal flies out to the left fielder. George Davis doubles to left field. Yovanny McNally grounds out to the shortstop. Calvin Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Oakland total runners left on base: 3
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Turk Wolfe did not respond to coaching in speed Babe Stahl improves in speed Bill Kaiserling did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Kaiserling did not respond to coaching in speed Rich Vargas did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: B Fredo improves in contact_vs_lefty Don Davis improves in power_vs_righty Be B Bee did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Niekro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty