Inning: 1 Detroit Walter Easterly pitching. Oscar Dotterer singles to center field. Oreste Smith grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Walter Haney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ron Acre pitching. Dave Blackburn singles to center field. Ray Harlow grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Andre Wehmeier singles to center field. Epps Mattox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Joe Minutelli grounds out to the third baseman. Howie Fitzmorris singles to right field. Howie Fitzmorris steals second. Reid McMullin strikes out. Jack Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Chris Cote pops out to the shortstop. Steve Brucker grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Shirley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit John Mattis walks. Ron Acre lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Oscar Dotterer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Oreste Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Barry McGunnigle walks. Walter Easterly fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Walter Easterly grounds out to the second baseman. Barry McGunnigle advances to second on the play. Dave Blackburn walks. Ray Harlow singles to left field. Barry McGunnigle scores. Dave Blackburn advances to third on the hit. Ray Harlow steals second. Andre Wehmeier flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dave Blackburn scores. Epps Mattox singles to center field. Ray Harlow scores. Chris Cote flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Walter Haney grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Minutelli strikes out. Howie Fitzmorris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Steve Brucker strikes out. Billy Shirley lines out to the second baseman. Barry McGunnigle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Reid McMullin pops out to the second baseman. Jack Moore singles to center field. John Mattis flies out to the left fielder. Ron Acre grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jack Moore is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Walter Easterly grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Blackburn walks. Ray Harlow singles to center field. Dave Blackburn advances to third on the hit. Andre Wehmeier singles to left field. Dave Blackburn scores. Ray Harlow advances to third on the hit. Epps Mattox hits a home run. Ray Harlow scores. Andre Wehmeier scores. Cookie Schepner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Cote flies out to the right fielder. Steve Brucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Oscar Dotterer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Steve Brucker. Oreste Smith singles to right field. Walter Haney strikes out. Joe Minutelli singles to right field. Oscar Dotterer scores. Howie Fitzmorris doubles to center field. Oreste Smith scores. Joe Minutelli uses his aggressiveness and scores. Reid McMullin doubles to center field. Howie Fitzmorris scores. Jack Moore pops out to the shortstop. John Mattis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Billy Shirley strikes out. Barry McGunnigle strikes out. Harry Renteria is pinch hitting for Walter Easterly. 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. Harry Renteria hits a home run. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Huck Crist pitching. Ron Johnson is pinch hitting for Cookie Schepner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ron Johnson walks. Oscar Dotterer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ron Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Oreste Smith strikes out. Walter Haney walks. Joe Minutelli walks. Howie Fitzmorris grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Oscar Dotterer is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Dillon pitching. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Andre Wehmeier singles to center field. Andre Wehmeier steals second. Epps Mattox grounds out to the second baseman. Andre Wehmeier advances to third on the play. Chris Cote singles to left field. Andre Wehmeier scores. Jackie Snell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Brucker grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chris Cote is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Carlos Klinger is pinch hitting for Reid McMullin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carlos Klinger walks. Jack Moore flies out to the center fielder. John Mattis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Billy Shirley doubles to center field. Barry McGunnigle flies out to the right fielder. Pop Leppert is pinch hitting for Huck Crist. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pop Leppert flies out to the center fielder. Dave Blackburn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Rico Moore pitching. Harry Smith is pinch hitting for Jackie Snell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Harry Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Huck Kelb is pinch hitting for Oscar Dotterer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Huck Kelb strikes out. Oreste Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Billy Shirley (25).HR - Epps Mattox (19), Harry Renteria (7).SF - Andre Wehmeier.GIDP - Ray Harlow. Baserunning: SB - Ray Harlow (14), Andre Wehmeier (15). Fielding: E - Steve Brucker.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gordon Blankenship did not respond to coaching in arm Greg Hart did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Randy Davis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Johnny Arft did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Reed did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Taylor improves in contact_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Maggert did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in control Billy Rohde did not respond to coaching in velocity John Lyons did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tom Bader improves in power_vs_righty Bill Seelbach did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Williams did not respond to coaching in CF