Inning: 1 Oakland Terry Moreno pitching. Murphy Strange grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Mullen walks. Tom Meyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Mullen advances to second on the play. Pepper Mays strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Mike Smith pitching. Rich Carter flies out to the left fielder. Bill Hopper hits a home run. Chet Drabek flies out to the right fielder. Dave Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Gary Keisler strikes out. Bill Torres strikes out. Babe Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Rick Drew flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Sullivan singles to center field. Jim Hensiek singles to right field. Lefty Sullivan is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Jim Hensiek steals second. Jim Gillespie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Pat Poole singles past the second baseman. Mike Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Smith flies out to the center fielder. Murphy Strange strikes out. Bob Mullen singles to center field. Pat Poole advances to third on the hit. Tom Meyer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Terry Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Carter doubles to left field. Bill Hopper hits an infield single to the second baseman. Chet Drabek grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Pepper Mays strikes out. Gary Keisler grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Torres grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Dave Graham flies out to the left fielder. Rick Drew pops out to the first baseman. Lefty Sullivan reached on a fielding error by Bill Torres. Jim Hensiek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Babe Wilson strikes out. Pat Poole walks. Mike Smith pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Pat Poole is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Jim Gillespie singles to right field. Terry Moreno fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Terry Moreno strikes out. Rich Carter pops out to the second baseman. Bill Hopper walks. Chet Drabek singles to center field. Jim Gillespie scores. Dave Graham singles to left field. Bill Hopper scores. Chet Drabek advances to third on the hit. Rick Drew singles to left field. Chet Drabek scores. Dave Graham advances to third on the hit. Lefty Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Murphy Strange walks. Murphy Strange steals second. Bob Mullen doubles to right field. Murphy Strange scores. Tom Meyer grounds out to the third baseman. Pepper Mays strikes out. Gary Keisler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Jim Hensiek singles to center field. Jim Gillespie doubles to center field. Jim Hensiek uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ken Coquillette comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Terry Moreno lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rich Carter triples. Jim Gillespie scores. Bill Hopper flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Rich Carter scores. Chet Drabek walks. Dave Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Torres pops out to the shortstop. Babe Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Pat Poole walks. Irv Brittin is pinch hitting for Ken Coquillette. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Poole steals second. Irv Brittin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Jim Brookens pitching. Rick Drew flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Sullivan singles to center field. Jim Hensiek walks. Jim Gillespie grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Sullivan advances to third on the play. Jim Hensiek advances to second on the play. Terry Moreno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Murphy Strange flies out to the center fielder. Bob Mullen strikes out. Tom Meyer singles to right field. Pepper Mays strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Rich Carter walks. Bill Hopper flies out to the right fielder. Chet Drabek doubles to left field. Rich Carter uses his aggressiveness and scores. Eddie Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Ward is pinch hitting for Dave Graham. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Ward walks. Rick Drew flies out to the center fielder. Lee Koons is pinch hitting for Lefty Sullivan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lee Koons singles to center field. Chet Drabek scores. Jim Hensiek pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Gary Keisler walks. Bill Torres flies out to the center fielder. Babe Wilson singles past the shortstop. Gary Keisler advances to third on the hit. Pat Poole pops out to the first baseman. Joe Cameron is pinch hitting for Eddie Williams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Cameron grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 New York total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Rich Carter (26), Chet Drabek (23), Jim Gillespie (26).3B - Rich Carter (10).HR - Bill Hopper (15).SF - Bill Hopper.GIDP - Chet Drabek. Baserunning: SB - Jim Hensiek (14).
Game Notes Mike Smith is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jake Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Groskloss did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Harry Alcantara did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roy House improves in power_vs_righty Johnny Groskloss improves in speed Xavier Skalski improves in arm William Spiezio did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Enright did not respond to coaching in control Irish Gibson did not respond to coaching in control Irish Gibson improves in velocity Bats Belfry improves in contact_vs_righty Jeff Pierce did not respond to coaching in control Bats Belfry did not respond to coaching in range