Win: Henry Bragg (6-4) Loss: Wayne Burke (7-7)
Save: Jay Miller (18)
Inning: 1 Oakland Wayne Burke pitching. Don Friday strikes out. Steve Tovar strikes out. Pascual Elston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Baltimore Henry Bragg pitching. Billy Listach flies out to the center fielder. Al LaCoss grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Tipple strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Kevin Carroll pops out to the shortstop. Mike Romero is hit by a pitch. Pat Jones grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mike Romero is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mickey Kahdot grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Claude West singles to right field. Manny Berger pops out to the catcher. Ernie Hanlon grounds out to the third baseman. Claude West advances to second on the play. Jeff Gochnauer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Scott Newsome pops out to the first baseman. Henry Bragg strikes out. Don Friday flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Ken Pappas grounds out to the shortstop. Wayne Burke grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Listach walks. Al LaCoss grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Billy Listach is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Steve Tovar singles to left field. Pascual Elston grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Steve Tovar is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pascual Elston steals second. Kevin Carroll singles to right field. Mike Romero singles to right field. Pascual Elston scores. Pat Jones grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Danny Tipple flies out to the left fielder. Claude West doubles to right field. Claude West is out trying to steal third. Manny Berger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Mickey Kahdot walks. Scott Newsome flies out to the left fielder. Henry Bragg lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Don Friday grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Ernie Hanlon flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Gochnauer singles to right field. Ken Pappas grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Steve Tovar flies out to the center fielder. Pascual Elston doubles to center field. Kevin Carroll flies out to the right fielder. Mike Romero strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Wayne Burke flies out to the center fielder. Billy Listach flies out to the right fielder. Al LaCoss singles to center field. Danny Tipple singles to right field. Al LaCoss advances to third on the hit. Claude West grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Pat Jones flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Kahdot pops out to the catcher. Scott Newsome walks. Ron Regan is pinch hitting for Henry Bragg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Regan pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Ted Spencer pitching. Manny Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Hanlon pops out to the first baseman. Hal Gardner is pinch hitting for Jeff Gochnauer. Hal Gardner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Masahiro Yamanaka enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hal Gardner at LF. Don Friday grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Tovar grounds out to the second baseman. Pascual Elston flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Ken Pappas flies out to the center fielder. Bill McCloskey is pinch hitting for Wayne Burke. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill McCloskey singles to right field. Billy Listach pops out to the second baseman. Al LaCoss grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Curly Cox pitching. Kevin Carroll grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Romero grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Jones pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Jay Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Danny Tipple flies out to the center fielder. Claude West walks. Manny Berger strikes out. Ernie Hanlon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Claude West is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Baltimore total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Pat Jones is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Marvell Cruz did not respond to coaching in control Sparky Kuhaulua did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jimmie Dockins improves in range Larry Eaton did not respond to coaching in arm Ossee Fischer did not respond to coaching in C
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Denny Gannon improves in arm Elmer Taylor did not respond to coaching in endurance Jack Cabrera did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Elder Stanton improves in 1B