Inning: 1 Oakland Chuck Knotts pitching. Roy Peacock grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Acosta grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Nomar Garciappara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Clayton Kershaw pitching. Ray Stanton grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Landrum grounds out to the third baseman. Elvis Hoeft walks. Tom Thoney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Nolan Arenado grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Nick Punto strikes out. Harmon Killebrew strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Eddy Hendrix grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Quirk grounds out to the pitcher. Marty Lachemann pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bobby Barr flies out to the center fielder. Royce Lewis walks. Clayton Kershaw fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Clayton Kershaw grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Butch Zeiser grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Knotts grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Stanton hits a home run. Brian Landrum flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Peacock singles to right field. Hal Acosta hits a home run. Roy Peacock scores. Nomar Garciappara singles to right field. Nolan Arenado flies out to the center fielder. Nick Punto flies out to the center fielder. Harmon Killebrew grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Elvis Hoeft grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Thoney singles to right field. Eddy Hendrix flies out to the center fielder. Phil Quirk pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bobby Barr grounds out to the shortstop. Royce Lewis strikes out. Clayton Kershaw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Marty Lachemann singles past the shortstop. Marty Lachemann is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Butch Zeiser singles to center field. Chuck Knotts lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Butch Zeiser steals third. Ray Stanton flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Butch Zeiser scores. Brian Landrum grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chuck Knotts is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Peacock flies out to the center fielder. Hal Acosta flies out to the left fielder. Nomar Garciappara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Elvis Hoeft strikes out. Tom Thoney grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Guardado. comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Eddy Hendrix walks. Eddy Hendrix steals second. Eddy Hendrix steals third. Phil Quirk singles to left field. Eddy Hendrix scores. Joe Nathan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marty Lachemann grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Phil Quirk is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Nolan Arenado flies out to the center fielder. Nick Punto reached on a fielding error by Eddy Hendrix. Harmon Killebrew walks. Bobby Barr pops out to the second baseman. Royce Lewis grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Butch Zeiser flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Knotts flies out to the right fielder. Ray Stanton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Pedro Cahill is pinch hitting for Joe Nathan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Pedro Cahill grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Peacock flies out to the center fielder. Hal Acosta singles to left field. Nomar Garciappara singles to right field. Hal Acosta advances to third on the hit. Nolan Arenado doubles to center field. Hal Acosta scores. Nomar Garciappara uses his aggressiveness and scores. Felix Montoya comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nick Punto singles past the shortstop. Nolan Arenado scores. Harmon Killebrew singles to right field. Bobby Barr grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit George Langsford pitching. Ken Griffey Jr. enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hal Acosta at CF. Bob Yount enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobby Barr at LF. Brian Landrum strikes out. Elvis Hoeft singles to right field. Tom Thoney grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Royce Lewis singles to center field. Chase Tanner is pinch hitting for George Langsford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Chase Tanner singles to right field. Royce Lewis advances to third on the hit. Roy Peacock pops out to the shortstop. Ken Griffey Jr. strikes out. Nomar Garciappara singles to center field. Royce Lewis scores. Chase Tanner advances to third on the hit. Takeo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nolan Arenado walks. Nick Punto singles to left field. Chase Tanner scores. Harmon Killebrew grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Detroit Carlos Silva pitching. Eddy Hendrix flies out to the right fielder. Phil Quirk grounds out to the shortstop. Marty Lachemann strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Aroldis Chapman did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Dowse did not respond to coaching in control Bill Frasier improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Kohlmeier improves in contact_vs_righty Kent Herbek did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jesse Gogolewski improves in range Del Howard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Brady did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Sullivan did not respond to coaching in arm