Inning: 1 Minnesota Heinie Wickersham pitching. John Shannon flies out to the left fielder. Ed McNair lines out to the shortstop. Emil Tauscher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Tetsuya Aoki pitching. Walt Santovenia hits a home run. Stu Morgan strikes out. Hiroshi Hamikamika doubles to left field. Jim Butler grounds out to the third baseman. Kurt Winkel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Wally Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Frank Nelson grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Nye strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Duane Loynd pops out to the second baseman. Masaharu Oshimoto flies out to the right fielder. Harlond Allison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Elmore doubles to center field. Arthur Blair grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Elmore advances to third on the play. Tetsuya Aoki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Elmore scores. John Shannon singles to center field. Ed McNair lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Heinie Wickersham strikes out. Walt Santovenia grounds out to the third baseman. Stu Morgan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Emil Tauscher strikes out. Wally Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Nelson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Hiroshi Hamikamika singles to left field. Jim Butler singles to center field. Hiroshi Hamikamika is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Kurt Winkel flies out to the left fielder. Duane Loynd singles to left field. Jim Butler advances to third on the hit. Masaharu Oshimoto singles to right field. Jim Butler scores. Harlond Allison strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Eric Nye strikes out. Bill Elmore strikes out. Arthur Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Heinie Wickersham strikes out. Walt Santovenia flies out to the center fielder. Stu Morgan hits a home run. Hiroshi Hamikamika reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Nelson. Jim Butler singles to right field. Hiroshi Hamikamika scores. Kurt Winkel reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Shannon. Duane Loynd singles to center field. Jim Butler scores. Kurt Winkel scores. Masaharu Oshimoto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tetsuya Aoki strikes out. John Shannon pops out to the second baseman. Ed McNair walks. Emil Tauscher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Harlond Allison grounds out to the third baseman. Heinie Wickersham grounds out to the second baseman. Walt Santovenia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Wally Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Frank Nelson grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Nye grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Stu Morgan grounds out to the second baseman. Hiroshi Hamikamika strikes out. Jim Butler walks. Kurt Winkel walks. Rodrigo Kellert 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. Duane Loynd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Elmore flies out to the right fielder. Arthur Blair grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Terufumi Ikebe is pinch hitting for Rodrigo Kellert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Terufumi Ikebe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ricky Danner pitching. Zip Otis is pinch hitting for Masaharu Oshimoto. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Zip Otis pops out to the second baseman. Harlond Allison strikes out. Heinie Wickersham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota John Shannon strikes out. Ed McNair grounds out to the shortstop. Emil Tauscher walks. Wally Thompson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Emil Tauscher is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Bill Elmore is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Orestes Mankowski improves in power_vs_righty Wattie Hurst did not respond to coaching in speed Lew Matthias did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Harry Shotton did not respond to coaching in velocity
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: J.J. Suggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in arm Hisashi Sasaki did not respond to coaching in control Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dean Brodowski did not respond to coaching in 3B