Inning: 1 Oakland Tony Benjamin pitching. Kevin Faeth doubles to center field. Naoyuki Takatsuki lines out to the shortstop. Ed Knepper strikes out. Willie Phelan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Roy Haddix pitching. Frank Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron McCracken singles to center field. Rod Vasbinder singles to left field. Ron McCracken advances to third on the hit. Jimmy Ostrowski doubles to left field. Ron McCracken scores. Rod Vasbinder uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chuck Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Jack Woods strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ed Bellarino strikes out. Dave Beecher strikes out. Ned Matteson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Lyle Lankford grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Hines singles to right field. Tony Benjamin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Jackson walks. Ron McCracken flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Luis Orace pops out to the shortstop. Roy Haddix strikes out. Kevin Faeth flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Rod Vasbinder walks. Jimmy Ostrowski singles to left field. Rod Vasbinder advances to third on the hit. Chuck Johnson walks. Jack Woods grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Vasbinder scores. Jimmy Ostrowski advances to third on the play. Chuck Johnson advances to second on the play. Lyle Lankford grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Hines flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Naoyuki Takatsuki hits a home run. Ed Knepper flies out to the center fielder. Willie Phelan strikes out. Ed Bellarino doubles to center field. Dave Beecher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Tony Benjamin flies out to the center fielder. Frank Jackson doubles to right field. Walter Mitchell 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. Ron McCracken walks. Rod Vasbinder hits a home run. Frank Jackson scores. Ron McCracken scores. Soup Korince comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Ostrowski hits a home run. Chuck Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Woods pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ned Matteson flies out to the right fielder. Luis Orace hits a home run. Steven St. John is pinch hitting for Soup Korince. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Steven St. John walks. Steven St. John is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kevin Faeth flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Tyler Besse pitching. Lyle Lankford singles to center field. Mike Hines reached on a fielding error by Ed Bellarino. Tony Benjamin lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Mike Hines advances to second on the play. Mike Hines advances to second on the play. Frank Jackson doubles to right field. Mike Hines scores. Ron McCracken triples. Tony Benjamin scores. Frank Jackson scores. Rod Vasbinder singles to right field. Ron McCracken scores. Rod Vasbinder steals second. Jimmy Ostrowski singles to right field. Rod Vasbinder scores. Jimmy Ostrowski steals second. Chuck Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Woods grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Naoyuki Takatsuki walks. Naoyuki Takatsuki is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ed Knepper flies out to the center fielder. Willie Phelan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Lyle Lankford grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Hines singles to right field. Tony Benjamin lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Jackson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ed Bellarino singles to left field. Dave Beecher walks. Ned Matteson grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Bellarino advances to third on the play. Dave Beecher advances to second on the play. Luis Orace singles past the shortstop. Ed Bellarino scores. Dave Beecher scores. Harry Garcia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ellis Barry is pinch hitting for Tyler Besse. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Ellis Barry strikes out. Kevin Faeth grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Luis Orace is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Steven Crowder pitching. Ron McCracken grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Rod Vasbinder grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Ostrowski doubles to left field. Chuck Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Naoyuki Takatsuki walks. Ed Knepper walks. Willie Phelan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Naoyuki Takatsuki advances to third on the play. Ed Bellarino pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Jack Woods strikes out. Lyle Lankford pops out to the third baseman. Mike Hines hits a home run. Harry Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Dave Beecher grounds out to the shortstop. Ned Matteson singles to center field. Garland Clay is pinch hitting for Luis Orace. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Garland Clay pops out to the pitcher. Theodore Teddrick is pinch hitting for Steven Crowder. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Theodore Teddrick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Kevin Faeth (17), Ed Bellarino (13).HR - Naoyuki Takatsuki (11), Luis Orace (6).GIDP - Willie Phelan. Baserunning: CS - Naoyuki Takatsuki (6), Steven St. John (2). Fielding: E - Ed Bellarino.
Batting:2B - Frank Jackson 2 (14), Jimmy Ostrowski 2 (19).3B - Ron McCracken (2).HR - Rod Vasbinder (7), Jimmy Ostrowski (12), Mike Hines (3). Baserunning: SB - Rod Vasbinder (5), Jimmy Ostrowski (18).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C Improvements: Ken Beville did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Beville did not respond to coaching in control Joaquin Arias improves in velocity Joaquin Arias did not respond to coaching in control Harry Ramirez did not respond to coaching in SS
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bret Miller improves in control Bobby Warsack did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Hall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jose Sarcona improves in arm