Win: Lee Kelly (7-8) Loss: Henry Bragg (11-10)
Save: Rick Lefebvre (6)
Inning: 1 Oakland Lee Kelly pitching. Don Friday grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Tovar strikes out. Pascual Elston singles to left field. Kevin Carroll singles to center field. Mike Romero singles to left field. Mickey Kahdot walks. Pascual Elston scores. Pat Jones lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Minnesota Henry Bragg pitching. Gabe Bomback grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Fisher singles to right field. Clarence Hernandez is hit by a pitch. Ezra Birmingham flies out to the right fielder. Greg Pepper strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Charlie Orr walks. Henry Bragg fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Henry Bragg strikes out. Don Friday pops out to the second baseman. Steve Tovar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the second baseman. Denny Pirkl pops out to the third baseman. Jim Brady grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Pascual Elston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Carroll doubles past the third baseman. Mike Romero strikes out. Mickey Kahdot grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Lee Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Gabe Bomback flies out to the center fielder. Rick Fisher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Pat Jones flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Orr singles to center field. Henry Bragg lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Charlie Orr forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Don Friday grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clarence Hernandez walks. Clarence Hernandez steals second. Ezra Birmingham singles past the shortstop. Clarence Hernandez scores. Ezra Birmingham steals second. Greg Pepper reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kevin Carroll. Ezra Birmingham scores. Greg Pepper steals third. Chuck Kaiser lines out to the third baseman. Denny Pirkl walks. Jim Brady singles to left field. Greg Pepper scores. Denny Pirkl aggressively advances to third on the hit. Lee Kelly grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Steve Tovar strikes out. Pascual Elston grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Carroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gabe Bomback walks. Gabe Bomback is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rick Fisher doubles to right field. Clarence Hernandez pops out to the third baseman. Ezra Birmingham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Mike Romero hits an infield single to the shortstop. Mickey Kahdot walks. Rick Lefebvre 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. Pat Jones strikes out. Ron Regan is pinch hitting for Charlie Orr. Ron Regan singles to left field. Henry Bragg flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Romero scores. Don Friday grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Scott Newsome enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ron Regan at C. Greg Pepper grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Kaiser strikes out. Denny Pirkl grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Steve Tovar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pascual Elston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Carroll singles to left field. Mike Romero strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Brady grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rick Lefebvre grounds out to the pitcher. Gabe Bomback grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Eddie Bateman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Greg Pepper at RF. Mickey Kahdot grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Scott Newsome lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rick Fisher strikes out. Clarence Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Ezra Birmingham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Steve Rightnowar is pinch hitting for Henry Bragg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Rightnowar grounds out to the pitcher. Don Friday strikes out. Steve Tovar grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 9 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Haney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jeff Huskey did not respond to coaching in range Lew Crosetti did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pat Sunday improves in range Ossee Fischer did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ralph Cipriani improves in contact_vs_lefty Ralph Cipriani improves in range John Connatser did not respond to coaching in control Steve Ritterson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C