Win: Shun Arisawa (2-0) Loss: Jerry Gross (0-3)
Save: Robert Ritchie (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jerry Gross pitching. Stephen Richards grounds out to the shortstop. Norm Matias strikes out. Jason Stollsteimer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Shun Arisawa pitching. Kirby Dropo grounds out to the shortstop. Dion Baptist singles to left field. Charlie Maxwell doubles to right field. Dion Baptist uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lonnie Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Haru strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Scott Asheton singles to right field. John Oquist singles to left field. Scott Asheton advances to third on the hit. Sam Stone flies out to the left fielder. Toshikazu Suzuki doubles to right field. Scott Asheton scores. John Oquist scores. James Osterberg strikes out. Shun Arisawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Al Horan strikes out. Gordy Heffner strikes out. Floyd Parson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Stephen Richards strikes out. Norm Matias flies out to the left fielder. Jason Stollsteimer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Jerry Gross walks. Kirby Dropo strikes out. Dion Baptist grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Scott Asheton strikes out. John Oquist flies out to the left fielder. Sam Stone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Charlie Maxwell grounds out to the shortstop. Lonnie Nichols is hit by a pitch. Kenji Haru strikes out. Al Horan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Toshikazu Suzuki singles to right field. James Osterberg strikes out. Shun Arisawa lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Stephen Richards strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Gordy Heffner grounds out to the second baseman. Floyd Parson flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Gross strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Norm Matias flies out to the right fielder. Jason Stollsteimer singles to center field. Scott Asheton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jason Stollsteimer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Oquist doubles to right field. Sam Stone pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Kirby Dropo flies out to the left fielder. Dion Baptist grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Charlie Maxwell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Toshikazu Suzuki flies out to the center fielder. James Osterberg flies out to the center fielder. Shun Arisawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Lonnie Nichols strikes out. Kenji Haru walks. Al Horan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kenji Haru is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gordy Heffner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Stephen Richards flies out to the center fielder. Norm Matias strikes out. Jason Stollsteimer walks. Scott Asheton walks. Buttercup Rodriguez 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. John Oquist strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Floyd Parson singles to left field. Gene Aguirre is pinch hitting for Buttercup Rodriguez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Gene Aguirre walks. Robert Torphy 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. Kirby Dropo flies out to the left fielder. Dion Baptist grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gene Aguirre is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Charlie Maxwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Bob Brenly pitching. Sam Stone triples. Toshikazu Suzuki singles to right field. Sam Stone scores. James Osterberg singles to center field. Toshikazu Suzuki advances to third on the hit. Cliff Cocreham is pinch hitting for Robert Torphy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Cliff Cocreham grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Toshikazu Suzuki scores. Andy Milacki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Stephen Richards strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Robert Ritchie pitching. Lonnie Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Kenji Haru grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Al Horan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Chicago total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Kvasnak did not respond to coaching in arm Pete Taylor improves in control Tommy Hagen improves in speed Ted Stoviak did not respond to coaching in speed Brendan Benson did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Kohlman improves in contact_vs_righty Dean Fertita improves in power_vs_righty Amos Lamabe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Santiago improves in speed Mark Watrous did not respond to coaching in speed Tommy Hagen did not respond to coaching in C
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Hugh Garrett improves in range Erik Warmoth did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Amaury Malone did not respond to coaching in control Bob Schacht did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Rincon improves in power_vs_lefty Hugh Garrett improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Rincon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Marlin Vazquez did not respond to coaching in range Bob Schacht did not respond to coaching in arm Myron Spriggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Hartsel did not respond to coaching in SS