Win: Freddy Maier (9-3) Loss: Pepe Davis (2-8)
Save: Pete Carden (22)
Inning: 1 Minnesota David Whitted pitching. Lou Davison hits a home run. Jose Bobb strikes out. Matt Mitchell triples. Danny Birtsas flies out to the right fielder. Bill Tuttle singles to center field. Matt Mitchell scores. Hugh Dent strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Billy Hertz pitching. Buddy Lyden singles to right field. Bruce Walker flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Lyden steals second. Pinky Javier grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Buddy Lyden advances to third on the play. Fred Poffenberger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Billy Gardner singles to right field. Bill Roper walks. Billy Hertz lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lou Davison strikes out. Jose Bobb singles to left field. Billy Gardner scores. Bill Roper scores. Matt Mitchell grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jose Bobb is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Luis Loftus triples. Tommie Sinclair grounds out to the shortstop. Luis Loftus scores. Brady Kirkland strikes out. Efrain Kalahan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Danny Birtsas grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Tuttle grounds out to the second baseman. Hugh Dent walks. Billy Gardner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland David Whitted lines out to the third baseman. Buddy Lyden walks. Bruce Walker strikes out. Pinky Javier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Roper strikes out. Billy Hertz singles to right field. Lou Davison grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Billy Hertz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Bobb walks. Matt Mitchell walks. Danny Birtsas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Oakland Fred Poffenberger strikes out. Luis Loftus walks. Luis Loftus steals second. Tommie Sinclair singles to left field. Luis Loftus scores. Brady Kirkland singles to center field. Tommie Sinclair advances to third on the hit. Efrain Kalahan singles to center field. Tommie Sinclair scores. Brady Kirkland advances to third on the hit. David Whitted strikes out. Buddy Lyden strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bill Tuttle doubles to left field. Hugh Dent singles to left field. Bill Tuttle scores. Billy Gardner doubles to center field. Freddy Maier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Roper reached on a fielding error by Brady Kirkland. Hugh Dent scores. Billy Hertz walks. Lou Davison flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Billy Gardner scores. Jose Bobb singles to left field. Bill Roper scores. Matt Mitchell strikes out. Danny Birtsas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Bruce Walker singles to right field. Pinky Javier walks. Fred Poffenberger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bruce Walker advances to third on the play. Pinky Javier advances to second on the play. Luis Loftus strikes out. Tommie Sinclair grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bill Tuttle grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Hugh Dent grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Billy Gardner walks. Bill Roper grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Billy Gardner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Brady Kirkland doubles to left field. Efrain Kalahan flies out to the center fielder. Freddy Maier strikes out. Buddy Lyden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Billy Hertz strikes out. Lou Davison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Bobb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bruce Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pinky Javier walks. Fred Poffenberger flies out to the right fielder. Luis Loftus lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Matt Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Birtsas strikes out. Thomas Pfister is pinch hitting for Bill Tuttle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Thomas Pfister singles to right field. Hugh Dent walks. Jim Borbon is pinch hitting for Billy Gardner. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Borbon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hugh Dent is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Tommie Sinclair walks. Brady Kirkland strikes out. Efrain Kalahan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tommie Sinclair is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Neal Tolson is pinch hitting for Freddy Maier. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Neal Tolson hits a home run. Efrain Kalahan scores. Pepe Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Lyden triples. Bruce Walker singles to center field. Buddy Lyden scores. Pinky Javier singles to right field. Bruce Walker advances to third on the hit. Fred Poffenberger hits a home run. Bruce Walker scores. Pinky Javier scores. Ted Sadowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Luis Loftus flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Pete Carden pitching. Bill Roper walks. Joe Boyer is pinch hitting for Ted Sadowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Boyer flies out to the center fielder. Lou Davison singles to center field. Jose Bobb strikes out. Matt Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners left on base: 13 Oakland total runners left on base: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Moore did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Rambert did not respond to coaching in velocity Les Malone did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roy Eibel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Skeeter Rigdon improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Rambert did not respond to coaching in endurance
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ron Jones improves in velocity Jay Dalrymple did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Don Shokes did not respond to coaching in velocity Art Phillips did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Shokes did not respond to coaching in velocity Gary Figueroa did not respond to coaching in velocity Erv Morgan did not respond to coaching in 2B