Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rico Moore pitching. Tom Breton walks. Alan Kantlehner pops out to the catcher. Tom Breton steals second. Johnny Hafey grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Lopez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Ray Kernek pitching. Dave Blackburn singles to center field. Pop Leppert strikes out. Dave Blackburn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ray Harlow reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dave Lopez. Steve Brucker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dwight Hackett strikes out. Bill Hudson grounds out to the second baseman. Blix Telgheder flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Epps Mattox singles to right field. Chris Cote singles to center field. Epps Mattox advances to third on the hit. Billy Shirley hits a home run. Epps Mattox scores. Chris Cote scores. Barry McGunnigle walks. Rico Moore lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Blackburn hits a home run. Barry McGunnigle scores. Pop Leppert flies out to the right fielder. Ray Harlow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jerry Kruger grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Kernek flies out to the center fielder. Tom Breton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Steve Brucker grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Epps Mattox walks. Epps Mattox steals second. Chris Cote walks. Billy Shirley strikes out. Barry McGunnigle flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Alan Kantlehner doubles to right field. Johnny Hafey singles to center field. Alan Kantlehner scores. Dave Lopez strikes out. Johnny Hafey steals second. Dwight Hackett flies out to the right fielder. Bill Hudson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Rico Moore singles past the second baseman. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Pop Leppert strikes out. Ray Harlow strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Blix Telgheder strikes out. Jerry Kruger flies out to the center fielder. Ray Kernek strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Steve Brucker flies out to the right fielder. Epps Mattox flies out to the left fielder. Chris Cote grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tom Breton grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Kantlehner strikes out. Johnny Hafey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Billy Shirley grounds out to the shortstop. Barry McGunnigle flies out to the left fielder. Rico Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dave Lopez lines out to the first baseman. Dwight Hackett singles to left field. Bill Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Blix Telgheder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dave Blackburn singles to left field. Pop Leppert doubles to right field. Ray Harlow grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Brucker grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn scores. Pop Leppert advances to third on the play. Epps Mattox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bobo Riles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jerry Kruger walks. Mickey Young is pinch hitting for Ray Kernek. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mickey Young lines out to the second baseman. Mark Milstead is pinch hitting for Tom Breton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Milstead pops out to the shortstop. Alan Kantlehner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Mike Ruffcorn pitching. Chris Cote flies out to the right fielder. Billy Shirley grounds out to the pitcher. Barry McGunnigle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Lopez grounds out to the third baseman. Geronimo Conroy is pinch hitting for Dwight Hackett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Geronimo Conroy pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chujiro Tanaka did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bobby Reese did not respond to coaching in speed Daisuke Nakayama improves in power_vs_righty Hiroshi Kubota did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chujiro Tanaka did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chujiro Tanaka did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Earl Harper did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Bader improves in arm John Lyons did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ron Muniz did not respond to coaching in range Tom Bader did not respond to coaching in arm Ken Perkins did not respond to coaching in control Mike Williams did not respond to coaching in CF