Win: Chet Oulliber (6-3) Loss: Joe Nathan (12-6)
Save: Dave Rueter (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Millan pitching. Roy Peacock grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Acosta strikes out. Nomar Garciappara grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Luis Castro pitching. Ed Wenz flies out to the left fielder. Edgar Muffett flies out to the center fielder. Aaron Adams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Nolan Arenado hits a home run. Pedro Cahill singles to center field. Ken Griffey Jr. walks. Royce Lewis strikes out. Robinson Cano singles to center field. Luis Castro grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Jim Thevenow grounds out to the pitcher. John Hildebrand singles to center field. Jack Kuhn flies out to the center fielder. Dave Sixsmith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Roy Peacock grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Hal Acosta pops out to the first baseman. Nomar Garciappara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Matt Aber doubles to right field. Ed Millan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ed Millan grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Wenz reached on a fielding error by Pedro Cahill. Edgar Muffett strikes out. Aaron Adams singles to center field. Matt Aber scores. Ed Wenz advances to third on the hit. Jim Thevenow singles to center field. Ed Wenz scores. Aaron Adams advances to third on the hit. John Hildebrand flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Nolan Arenado strikes out. Pedro Cahill walks. Ken Griffey Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Pedro Cahill advances to second on the play. Royce Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Jack Kuhn singles to left field. Jack Kuhn steals second. Dave Sixsmith pops out to the pitcher. Matt Aber grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Ed Millan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Robinson Cano grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Castro grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Peacock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Ed Wenz singles to right field. Edgar Muffett grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Aaron Adams pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Hal Acosta grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Nomar Garciappara singles to center field. Nomar Garciappara steals second. Nolan Arenado grounds out to the shortstop. Pedro Cahill strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Jim Thevenow pops out to the shortstop. John Hildebrand flies out to the left fielder. Jack Kuhn is hit by a pitch. Dave Sixsmith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ken Griffey Jr. strikes out. Royce Lewis grounds out to the second baseman. Robinson Cano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Matt Aber strikes out. Ed Millan strikes out. Ed Wenz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Makoto Ogata enters the game as a defensive replacement for Edgar Muffett at C. Nick Punto is pinch hitting for Luis Castro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Nick Punto triples. Chet Oulliber 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. Roy Peacock flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Nick Punto scores. Hal Acosta grounds out to the second baseman. Nomar Garciappara lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Joe Nathan pitching. Makoto Ogata triples. Aaron Adams flies out to the left fielder. Jim Thevenow lines out to the pitcher. John Hildebrand hits an infield single to the pitcher. Makoto Ogata scores. Carlos Silva comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Kuhn singles to left field. Dave Sixsmith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Roy Sawyer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Nolan Arenado walks. Pedro Cahill strikes out. Ken Griffey Jr. flies out to the right fielder. Royce Lewis singles to left field. Robinson Cano walks. Dave Rueter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harmon Killebrew is pinch hitting for Carlos Silva. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Harmon Killebrew flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Washington total runners left on base: 7
Batting:3B - Nick Punto (4).HR - Nolan Arenado (23).SF - Roy Peacock.GIDP - Luis Castro. Baserunning: SB - Nomar Garciappara (10). Fielding: E - Pedro Cahill.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Frankie Esser did not respond to coaching in endurance Walt Dowse did not respond to coaching in control Bill Frasier improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Funk did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Coco Crisp improves in RF
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Joyce did not respond to coaching in range Bob MacCormack improves in speed Frank Thompson did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Kocher did not respond to coaching in control