Inning: 1 Minnesota Tom Sasser pitching. Bill Carroll grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Austin grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Belden singles to center field. Miguel Driscoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Phil Zanni pitching. Turkey McCrea strikes out. Bud Yvars singles past the shortstop. Dave Riggs strikes out. Mike Shea walks. Charlie Downey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Joe Blake flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Hart singles to center field. Bruce Hart steals second. Jack Nielsen flies out to the left fielder. Fran Malinosky singles to left field. Bruce Hart scores. Phil Zanni grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Scott Auker walks. Van Baines grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Cecil Aitchison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Carroll singles past the third baseman. Gary Austin singles to right field. Bill Carroll advances to third on the hit. Gary Austin steals second. Dan Belden strikes out. Miguel Driscoll pops out to the first baseman. Joe Blake grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Tom Sasser pops out to the third baseman. Turkey McCrea strikes out. Bud Yvars strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bruce Hart walks. Bruce Hart steals second. Jack Nielsen grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Hart advances to third on the play. Fran Malinosky walks. Phil Zanni grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bruce Hart scores. Fran Malinosky advances to second on the play. Bill Carroll lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dave Riggs flies out to the left fielder. Mike Shea flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Downey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gary Austin walks. Dan Belden reached on a 2-base fielding error by Mike Shea. Miguel Driscoll strikes out. Joe Blake grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Hart grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Scott Auker strikes out. Van Baines flies out to the center fielder. Cecil Aitchison flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jack Nielsen singles to right field. Fran Malinosky flies out to the right fielder. Phil Zanni lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Carroll singles to right field. Jack Nielsen scores. Ruben Gremminger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Carroll is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ruben Gremminger strikes out. Turkey McCrea strikes out. Bud Yvars grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gary Austin doubles to center field. Dan Belden walks. Miguel Driscoll singles to right field. Gary Austin scores. Dan Belden advances to third on the hit. Harry Ruhle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Blake singles to left field. Dan Belden scores. Miguel Driscoll advances to third on the hit. Joe Blake steals second. Bruce Hart doubles to right field. Miguel Driscoll scores. Joe Blake scores. Jack Nielsen singles to right field. Bruce Hart scores. Fran Malinosky pops out to the shortstop. Phil Zanni lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Carroll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dave Riggs strikes out. Mike Shea singles to left field. Charlie Downey strikes out. Scott Auker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gary Austin triples. Sohichiro Hirayama is pinch hitting for Dan Belden. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sohichiro Hirayama singles to right field. Gary Austin scores. Miguel Driscoll grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Blake grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Van Baines strikes out. Cecil Aitchison pops out to the second baseman. Jim Richards is pinch hitting for Harry Ruhle. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Richards flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Chick Rusch pitching. Bruce Hart strikes out. Jack Nielsen singles to left field. Fran Malinosky grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Turkey McCrea grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Yvars strikes out. Dave Riggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - Gary Austin (8), Bruce Hart (17).3B - Gary Austin (3).GIDP - Miguel Driscoll, Fran Malinosky. Baserunning: SB - Gary Austin (10), Joe Blake (19), Bruce Hart 2 (11).CS - Bill Carroll (14).
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Hovlik did not respond to coaching in arm Mack Bruggy improves in speed Buddy Barnicle did not respond to coaching in speed Charlie Witte improves in range Buddy Barnicle did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Milliard did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Critz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Newt Jones improves in arm Cloy Tollberg did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Grimes did not respond to coaching in 1B