Win: Cap Hargrave (4-0) Loss: Bernie Fonville (6-6)
Inning: 1 Oakland Tadashi Sasaki pitching. Roger Broglio flies out to the left fielder. Ron Purtell flies out to the center fielder. Ed Grimes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Bernie Fonville pitching. Eddie Dickson hits a home run. Al Skiff walks. George Torrez flies out to the left fielder. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Al Skiff steals second. Art Robles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland George Romano grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chan Kelly strikes out. Ariel Fisher grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Rod Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Brown lines out to the third baseman. Katsuyuki Higasa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Juan Poholsky strikes out. Steve Mieske triples. Bernie Fonville walks. Roger Broglio hits an infield single to the second baseman. Steve Mieske scores. Ron Purtell grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Roger Broglio is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Grimes walks. George Romano singles to right field. Bernie Fonville scores. Ron Purtell scores. Ed Grimes advances to third on the hit. Chan Kelly flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Tadashi Sasaki strikes out. Eddie Dickson grounds out to the shortstop. Al Skiff flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ariel Fisher strikes out. Juan Poholsky grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Steve Mieske flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit George Torrez strikes out. Bernie Salkeld singles to right field. Art Robles flies out to the center fielder. Rod Johnson singles to center field. Bernie Salkeld advances to third on the hit. Eddie Brown singles to left field. Bernie Salkeld scores. Katsuyuki Higasa grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Eddie Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Bernie Fonville flies out to the center fielder. Roger Broglio strikes out. Ron Purtell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Tadashi Sasaki grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Dickson hits a home run. Al Skiff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Torrez doubles to left field. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ed Grimes walks. George Romano doubles past the first baseman. Ed Grimes scores. Chan Kelly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Romano advances to third on the play. Ariel Fisher pops out to the first baseman. Cap Hargrave 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. Juan Poholsky grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Art Robles hits a home run. Rod Johnson strikes out. Eddie Brown flies out to the left fielder. Katsuyuki Higasa hits a home run. Howie Stanek comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cap Hargrave grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Steve Mieske strikes out. Sal Santiago is pinch hitting for Howie Stanek. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sal Santiago strikes out. Roger Broglio flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Don Lowery pitching. Eddie Dickson lines out to the third baseman. Al Skiff singles to center field. George Torrez singles to center field. Al Skiff advances to third on the hit. Bernie Salkeld grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Ron Purtell strikes out. Ed Grimes flies out to the center fielder. George Romano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Art Robles singles to left field. John Shea is pinch hitting for Rod Johnson. John Shea strikes out. Eddie Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Hunkey Butera enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Shea at C. Chan Kelly grounds out to the pitcher. Ariel Fisher walks. Juan Poholsky walks. Steve Mieske flies out to the right fielder. Tom Runnells is pinch hitting for Don Lowery. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Runnells grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Rucker improves in velocity Butch Tessmer did not respond to coaching in control Gus Wilkinson improves in contact_vs_righty Pinky Andrus did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Rucker did not respond to coaching in velocity John Kelly improves in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Russ Lowery improves in arm Jim Speed did not respond to coaching in control Bert Hendricks did not respond to coaching in endurance Ed Kasko did not respond to coaching in speed Bert Hendricks did not respond to coaching in control Jim Speed did not respond to coaching in control Wayne Bertaina did not respond to coaching in SS