Win: Morris Anson (10-8) Loss: Bob Horton (6-14)
Save: Angel Link (5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bob Horton pitching. Ray Harlow singles past the second baseman. Ray Harlow steals second. Pop Leppert grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn singles to center field. Ray Harlow is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Epps Mattox singles to left field. Dave Blackburn advances to third on the hit. Ken Stromme strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Morris Anson pitching. Akinobu Kono singles to center field. Akinobu Kono is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tom Breton pops out to the catcher. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Chris Cote grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Renteria flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brucker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Vinnie Hammonds singles to left field. Johnny Hafey hits a home run. Vinnie Hammonds scores. Dave Lopez strikes out. Dwight Hackett singles to left field. Dwight Hackett steals second. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the center fielder. Bob Horton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Morris Anson flies out to the right fielder. Ray Harlow singles to right field. Pop Leppert flies out to the right fielder. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Akinobu Kono flies out to the center fielder. Tom Breton singles to left field. Alan Kantlehner grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Epps Mattox singles past the shortstop. Ken Stromme grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Epps Mattox is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chris Cote flies out to the left fielder. Ken Stromme is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hafey lines out to the shortstop. Dave Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Harry Renteria walks. Steve Brucker singles to right field. Morris Anson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Harlow walks. Pop Leppert singles to center field. Harry Renteria scores. Steve Brucker scores. Ray Harlow advances to third on the hit. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Pop Leppert steals second. Epps Mattox singles to right field. Ray Harlow scores. Pop Leppert scores. Ken Stromme hits an infield single to the first baseman. Chris Cote flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett grounds out to the third baseman. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the center fielder. Bob Horton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Harry Renteria grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Brucker strikes out. Morris Anson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Akinobu Kono strikes out. Tom Breton flies out to the right fielder. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bob Head comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ray Harlow strikes out. Pop Leppert grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Vinnie Hammonds walks. Johnny Hafey flies out to the left fielder. Dave Lopez pops out to the shortstop. Dwight Hackett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Vinnie Hammonds is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Epps Mattox grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Stromme strikes out. Chris Cote flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Geronimo Conroy strikes out. Mickey Young is pinch hitting for Bob Head. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mickey Young flies out to the right fielder. Akinobu Kono grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Rene Pasquella pitching. Harry Renteria lines out to the shortstop. Steve Brucker grounds out to the shortstop. John Konnick is pinch hitting for Morris Anson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. John Konnick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Angel Link pitching. Tom Breton singles to right field. Alan Kantlehner singles to center field. Tom Breton advances to third on the hit. Vinnie Hammonds grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tom Breton scores. Johnny Hafey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 2
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Earl Harper did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ryan Jones improves in arm Tod Gomez did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Perkins did not respond to coaching in control Barry McGunnigle did not respond to coaching in arm Bobo Riles improves in control Andre Wehmeier did not respond to coaching in LF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in arm Chujiro Tanaka did not respond to coaching in arm Chujiro Tanaka did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Salas improves in range Pug Hollins did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Salas improves in contact_vs_righty