Win: Marty Pena (6-9) Loss: Pete Hildebrand (9-8)
Save: Major Payne (29)
Inning: 1 Oakland Pete Hildebrand pitching. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Detweiler grounds out to the pitcher. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Marty Pena pitching. Andy Yount singles to left field. Joe Selph pops out to the catcher. Daryl Kosman pops out to the first baseman. Cod Yadilloh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Terry Johnson hits a home run. Magglio Kida hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bob Rawley walks. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Magglio Kida advances to third on the play. Hal Plank doubles to right field. Magglio Kida scores. Marty Pena grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Pat Cuthbert strikes out. Tom Shearer strikes out. Tom Rudolph grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dwayne Murray pops out to the second baseman. Steve Detweiler hits a home run. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Terry Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Erv Bichette grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Hildebrand strikes out. Andy Yount grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Magglio Kida flies out to the center fielder. Bob Rawley strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche doubles to left field. Hal Plank grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Joe Selph grounds out to the shortstop. Daryl Kosman walks. Cod Yadilloh singles to left field. Daryl Kosman advances to third on the hit. Pat Cuthbert grounds out to the shortstop. Daryl Kosman scores. Cod Yadilloh advances to second on the play. Cod Yadilloh is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Marty Pena strikes out. Dwayne Murray hits a home run. Steve Detweiler singles to center field. Steve Detweiler is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tom Shearer bunts for a base hit. Tom Shearer steals second. Tom Rudolph grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Shearer advances to third on the play. Erv Bichette walks. Kirtley Dougherty is pinch hitting for Pete Hildebrand. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Kirtley Dougherty strikes out. Andy Yount walks. Joe Selph strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Leo Dougherty pitching. Terry Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Magglio Kida grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Rawley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Daryl Kosman strikes out. Cod Yadilloh strikes out. Pat Cuthbert walks. Tom Shearer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Plank flies out to the center fielder. Marty Pena grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tom Rudolph singles to left field. Erv Bichette grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tom Rudolph is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Billings is pinch hitting for Leo Dougherty. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Billings flies out to the center fielder. Erv Bichette steals second. Andy Yount strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Katsushi Mochizuki pitching. Dwayne Murray strikes out. Steve Detweiler doubles to center field. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Selph is hit by a pitch. Daryl Kosman grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Selph advances to second on the play. Cod Yadilloh doubles to right field. Joe Selph scores. Pat Cuthbert pops out to the shortstop. Tom Shearer singles to center field. Cod Yadilloh scores. Rich Napoleon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tom Rudolph singles past the shortstop. Erv Bichette flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Magglio Kida lines out to the shortstop. Bob Rawley strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Joe Hoffman is pinch hitting for Hal Plank. Joe Hoffman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Gabe McGee enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Hoffman at C. Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Eddie Fullis is pinch hitting for Katsushi Mochizuki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Fullis lines out to the shortstop. Andy Yount lines out to the second baseman. Joe Selph pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Steve Detweiler (10), Sudden Sam LaRoche (23), Hal Plank (11).HR - Dwayne Murray (13), Steve Detweiler (1), Terry Johnson (24).GIDP - Sudden Sam LaRoche. Baserunning: CS - Steve Detweiler (2).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harry Skowron did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Harry Skowron did not respond to coaching in range John Young did not respond to coaching in control Rube Semproch did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Stein did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cobalt Samms did not respond to coaching in control Jim Slocumb did not respond to coaching in control Jim Slocumb improves in control Bill Kolb improves in contact_vs_righty Ted Adams did not respond to coaching in 3B