Inning: 1 Oakland Bruce Hancock pitching. Dave Blackburn doubles to right field. Pop Leppert strikes out. Ray Harlow grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Brucker singles to center field. Dave Blackburn scores. Epps Mattox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Rico Moore pitching. Jim Turner flies out to the center fielder. Sandy Hutto flies out to the center fielder. Orie Bunker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ken Stromme walks. Billy Shirley walks. Barry McGunnigle strikes out. Rico Moore lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Cotton Durham singles to left field. Skip Crowell pops out to the shortstop. Jim Wood strikes out. Makoto Ishii flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Pop Leppert reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sandy Hutto. Ray Harlow grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Brucker flies out to the center fielder. Epps Mattox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Fred Nelson flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Hancock reached on a 2-base throwing error by Steve Brucker. Jim Turner strikes out. Sandy Hutto walks. Orie Bunker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Ken Stromme grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Shirley doubles to left field. Barry McGunnigle pops out to the shortstop. Rico Moore flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Cotton Durham reached on a fielding error by Rico Moore. Skip Crowell strikes out. Jim Wood grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave Blackburn grounds out to the third baseman. Pop Leppert grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Harlow walks. Steve Brucker walks. Epps Mattox doubles to left field. Ray Harlow scores. Steve Brucker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ken Stromme flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Makoto Ishii strikes out. Fred Nelson pops out to the second baseman. Bruce Hancock flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Billy Shirley walks. Barry McGunnigle flies out to the center fielder. Rico Moore lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Jim Turner grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Sandy Hutto doubles past the left fielder. Orie Bunker pops out to the third baseman. Cotton Durham pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Pop Leppert walks. Mike Gardner 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 1st. Ray Harlow pops out to the third baseman. Steve Brucker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Skip Crowell singles to right field. Jim Wood walks. Makoto Ishii grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Skip Crowell advances to third on the play. Fred Nelson walks. Billy Sosa is pinch hitting for Mike Gardner. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Billy Sosa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Walt Johnson pitching. Epps Mattox flies out to the center fielder. Ken Stromme flies out to the left fielder. Billy Shirley hits a home run. Barry McGunnigle singles to right field. John Konnick is pinch hitting for Rico Moore. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. John Konnick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Bobo Riles pitching. Jim Turner grounds out to the pitcher. Sandy Hutto strikes out. Orie Bunker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Dave Blackburn strikes out. Pop Leppert walks. Ray Harlow flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Cotton Durham grounds out to the second baseman. Skip Crowell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jim Wood pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 9 New York total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Dave Blackburn (30), Epps Mattox (22), Billy Shirley (27).HR - Billy Shirley (20).GIDP - Steve Brucker. Fielding: E - Steve Brucker, Rico Moore.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in velocity Andre Wehmeier did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Williams improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Bader did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sam Wood did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ron Muniz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Andre Wehmeier did not respond to coaching in 3B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Vin Raines did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Birdsall did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Johnny Coogan did not respond to coaching in range John Coleman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jimmy Coleman did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Smyres did not respond to coaching in control