Inning: 1 Oakland Grover Stevens pitching. Rick O Shea singles to right field. Chet Thornton pops out to the shortstop. Rick O Shea steals second. Woody Hilton walks. Al Valdes flies out to the right fielder. Zeke Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Washington Paul Willard pitching. Gene Ginter grounds out to the pitcher. Satoshi Nishi strikes out. Harry Mountain strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Jimmy Baker singles to center field. Jimmy Baker is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Lowenstein singles to center field. Max Runschorer walks. Paul Willard fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Paul Willard singles to left field. Mike Lowenstein scores. Rick O Shea grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Max Runschorer advances to third on the play. Paul Willard advances to second on the play. Chet Thornton hits a home run. Max Runschorer scores. Paul Willard scores. Woody Hilton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Doug Kearns singles past the shortstop. Shintaro Nagao singles to left field. Gene Miller flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Don Bowman walks. Jim Scott strikes out. Grover Stevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Al Valdes walks. Zeke Wright strikes out. Jimmy Baker flies out to the center fielder. Mike Lowenstein flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Gene Ginter singles to left field. Satoshi Nishi pops out to the shortstop. Gene Ginter is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Harry Mountain grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Max Runschorer strikes out. Paul Willard strikes out. Rick O Shea flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Doug Kearns reached on a fielding error by Al Valdes. Shintaro Nagao strikes out. Gene Miller walks. Don Bowman triples. Doug Kearns scores. Gene Miller scores. Jim Scott walks. Grover Stevens grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Jim Scott advances to second on the play. Gene Ginter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Chet Thornton lines out to the second baseman. Woody Hilton strikes out. Al Valdes hits a home run. Todd Berry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Zeke Wright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Satoshi Nishi pops out to the third baseman. Harry Mountain strikes out. Doug Kearns strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Jimmy Baker walks. Jimmy Baker is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Lowenstein strikes out. Max Runschorer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Shintaro Nagao pops out to the first baseman. Gene Miller walks. Don Bowman singles to center field. Gene Miller advances to third on the hit. Ben Ricci 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. Jim Scott pops out to the first baseman. Todd Berry singles to left field. Gene Miller scores. Don Bowman advances to third on the hit. Gene Ginter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Robert Heving is pinch hitting for Ben Ricci. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Robert Heving walks. Rick O Shea grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Chet Thornton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Ron Rhyne pitching. Satoshi Nishi strikes out. Harry Mountain grounds out to the third baseman. Doug Kearns grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Woody Hilton strikes out. Al Valdes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Zeke Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Shintaro Nagao walks. Gene Miller grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Don Bowman hits a home run. Adonis Lara is pinch hitting for Jim Scott. Adonis Lara walks. Faneuil Hall is pinch hitting for Todd Berry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Faneuil Hall grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Roy Pena pitching. Bill Leiter enters the game as a defensive replacement for Adonis Lara at C. Jimmy Baker walks. Mike Lowenstein walks. Max Runschorer grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Baker advances to third on the play. Mike Lowenstein advances to second on the play. Jerry Blume is pinch hitting for Ron Rhyne. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jerry Blume grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Baker scores. Mike Lowenstein advances to third on the play. Rick O Shea flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Augie McCarthy pitching. Gene Ginter strikes out. Satoshi Nishi pops out to the first baseman. Harry Mountain walks. Doug Kearns grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Harry Mountain is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Washington total runners LOB: 9
Batting:HR - Chet Thornton (14), Al Valdes (30).GIDP - Rick O Shea. Baserunning: SB - Rick O Shea (41).CS - Jimmy Baker 2 (8). Fielding: E - Al Valdes.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ubaldo Morales improves in arm David Gomez improves in range Carleton Fort did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Sivess did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Cidi Schlei improves in range Kerby McAndrew did not respond to coaching in velocity Cidi Schlei did not respond to coaching in CF
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mark Sutcliffe did not respond to coaching in velocity George Holt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Andy Gallagher did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jerry Nichols did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Stobbs did not respond to coaching in control Andy Gallagher improves in contact_vs_lefty