Win: Bill Hall (3-1) Loss: Robo Rodriguez (2-4)
Save: Pete Carden (6)
Inning: 1 Oakland Robo Rodriguez pitching. Luis Loftus doubles to center field. Buddy Lyden singles to right field. Luis Loftus scores. Buck Benedict hits a home run. Buddy Lyden scores. Charley Lewis grounds out to the pitcher. Efrain Kalahan pops out to the shortstop. Earl Hosey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Hall pitching. BobbyBobJimBo flies out to the center fielder. Jim Bowie singles to right field. Boog Williams pops out to the third baseman. Yadier Molina walks. Dale Murphy grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jim Bowie is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Slim Cram flies out to the right fielder. Tommie Sinclair reached on a fielding error by Dippo Hippo. Bill Hall lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Loftus doubles to center field. Tommie Sinclair scores. Buddy Lyden lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dippo Hippo pops out to the third baseman. Boogie Woogie singles to right field. Tim Nieman strikes out. Robo Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Buck Benedict grounds out to the shortstop. Charley Lewis doubles to right field. Efrain Kalahan walks. Earl Hosey flies out to the center fielder. Slim Cram walks. Tommie Sinclair flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo walks. Jim Bowie strikes out. BobbyBobJimBo steals second. Boog Williams walks. Yadier Molina doubles past the third baseman. BobbyBobJimBo scores. Dale Murphy flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Boog Williams is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill Hall pops out to the third baseman. Luis Loftus grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Lyden singles to left field. Buck Benedict flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dippo Hippo flies out to the left fielder. Boogie Woogie grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Nieman singles to right field. Robo Rodriguez walks. BobbyBobJimBo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Charley Lewis flies out to the right fielder. Efrain Kalahan grounds out to the third baseman. Earl Hosey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jim Bowie flies out to the right fielder. Boog Williams pops out to the second baseman. Yadier Molina pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Slim Cram walks. Tommie Sinclair grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Dale Murphy singles to center field. Dippo Hippo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dale Murphy is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dippo Hippo steals second. Boogie Woogie singles to left field. Dippo Hippo scores. Tim Nieman singles to center field. Gabe Egan is pinch hitting for Robo Rodriguez. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Gabe Egan grounds out to the third baseman. Boogie Woogie advances to third on the play. Tim Nieman advances to second on the play. BobbyBobJimBo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Keith McELean pitching. Luis Loftus flies out to the left fielder. Buddy Lyden strikes out. Buck Benedict walks. Charley Lewis walks. Efrain Kalahan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jim Bowie grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Boog Williams walks. Tenn Pounds is pinch hitting for Yadier Molina. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tenn Pounds strikes out. Dale Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Troy Candiotti comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Walker is pinch hitting for Earl Hosey. Bruce Walker strikes out. Slim Cram pops out to the first baseman. Tommie Sinclair hits a home run. Dan Wilkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Thompson is pinch hitting for Bill Hall. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Pete Carden pitching. Neal Tolson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bruce Walker at C. Dippo Hippo flies out to the center fielder. Boogie Woogie grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Cortazzo is pinch hitting for Tim Nieman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Cortazzo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Luis Loftus flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Lyden grounds out to the third baseman. Buck Benedict strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Mark Lane is pinch hitting for Dan Wilkins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mark Lane grounds out to the third baseman. BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Bowie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ron Jones did not respond to coaching in control Bob Kinney did not respond to coaching in arm Jay Dalrymple did not respond to coaching in range Tomas Vogelsong improves in power_vs_righty Fred Poffenberger improves in arm Fred Poffenberger improves in speed Erv Morgan did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rabbit Brickner did not respond to coaching in arm Hank McELray did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Art Cissell did not respond to coaching in control Lou Fernandez did not respond to coaching in range Art Cissell did not respond to coaching in velocity Rabbit Brickner did not respond to coaching in arm