Win: Frank Liefer (4-2) Loss: Rangel Martinez (4-3)
Save: Steve Harris (2)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Banmei Mori pitching. John Heiserman strikes out. John Sherry walks. Augie Davis grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Herm Pena pitching. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Dunier Ibanez singles to left field. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Dian Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Yoshiyuki Masumoto flies out to the center fielder. Masuho Nomaguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Andres Hernandez doubles to center field. Rick Decker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Shuichi Taguchi singles to left field. Pete Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Henry Erickson flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Herm Pena singles to center field. John Heiserman walks. John Sherry singles to right field. Augie Davis walks. Herm Pena scores. Yoshiyuki Masumoto strikes out. Masuho Nomaguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Banmei Mori flies out to the left fielder. Dan Barthelson flies out to the left fielder. Dunier Ibanez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Andres Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Decker grounds out to the second baseman. Henry Erickson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Yasushi Makino strikes out. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Herm Pena strikes out. John Heiserman singles to center field. John Heiserman steals second. John Sherry strikes out. Jiro Watanabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Augie Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Shuichi Taguchi flies out to the right fielder. Pete Delgado is hit by a pitch. Yorelvis Barroso singles to center field. Jiro Watanabe fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jiro Watanabe strikes out. Dan Barthelson doubles to left field. Pete Delgado scores. Yorelvis Barroso uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Yoshiyuki Masumoto grounds out to the second baseman. Masuho Nomaguchi strikes out. Andres Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Yasushi Makino grounds out to the shortstop. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Rick Decker singles to center field. Henry Erickson flies out to the center fielder. Bill Henriquez is pinch hitting for Herm Pena. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Henriquez grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Decker advances to second on the play. John Heiserman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Tommy Coveney pitching. Shuichi Taguchi singles to left field. Pete Delgado strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso walks. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Jiro Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shoji Kasai walks. Dan Barthelson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Shuichi Taguchi scores. Akihito Nakajima comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dunier Ibanez singles to right field. Yorelvis Barroso scores. Shoji Kasai steals third. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Baltimore Bob Johnson pitching. John Sherry grounds out to the shortstop. Augie Davis singles to center field. Yoshiyuki Masumoto lines out to the first baseman. Masuho Nomaguchi singles to right field. Andres Hernandez doubles to center field. Augie Davis scores. Masuho Nomaguchi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kennie Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Decker singles to center field. Andres Hernandez scores. Henry Erickson singles to center field. Rick Decker advances to third on the hit. Bob Estelle is pinch hitting for Akihito Nakajima. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Estelle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Frank Liefer pitching. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Shuichi Taguchi walks. Shuichi Taguchi steals second. Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore John Heiserman flies out to the right fielder. John Sherry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Augie Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the center fielder. Pat Morrison is pinch hitting for Kennie Davis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Morrison strikes out. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Baltimore Rangel Martinez pitching. Yoshiyuki Masumoto strikes out. Masuho Nomaguchi reached on a fielding error by Yasushi Makino. Masuho Nomaguchi steals second. Andres Hernandez walks. Rick Decker grounds out to the shortstop. Masuho Nomaguchi advances to third on the play. Andres Hernandez advances to second on the play. Henry Erickson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Oakland Dunier Ibanez grounds out to the second baseman. Yasushi Makino pops out to the first baseman. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Baltimore Jay Mays is pinch hitting for Frank Liefer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jay Mays strikes out. John Heiserman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Sherry walks. Augie Davis walks. Yoshiyuki Masumoto singles to left field. John Sherry scores. Fred Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masuho Nomaguchi singles to center field. Augie Davis scores. Yoshiyuki Masumoto advances to third on the hit. Andres Hernandez singles to right field. Yoshiyuki Masumoto scores. Rick Decker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Oakland Steve Harris pitching. Brian Hunter enters the game as a defensive replacement for Masuho Nomaguchi at 3B. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Shuichi Taguchi strikes out. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 12 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Amado Leifield improves in arm Raul Oana improves in arm Joe Beard did not respond to coaching in speed
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Weldon Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Andy Warthen did not respond to coaching in control Danny Manning did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty