Win: Rube Lassetter (2-1) Loss: Jim Brookens (1-2)
Inning: 1 Oakland J D Selkirk pitching. Murphy Strange grounds out to the shortstop. Alvaro Boone hits a home run. Bob Elliott doubles to right field. Norihiro Egawa singles to center field. Bob Elliott scores. Joe Cameron walks. Babe Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Harry Alcantara singles to left field. Norihiro Egawa scores. Joe Cameron advances to third on the hit. Pat Poole pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Mitch Blankenship pitching. Rich Carter reached on a fielding error by Harry Alcantara. Rich Carter is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jim Hensiek flies out to the left fielder. Bob Ward flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Mitch Blankenship grounds out to the shortstop. Murphy Strange singles to right field. Alvaro Boone grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Murphy Strange is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Elliott pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Jim Gillespie hits a home run. Rick Drew strikes out. Ed Kelleher walks. Bill Hopper grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Kelleher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chet Drabek singles to right field. Bill Hopper advances to third on the hit. J D Selkirk strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Norihiro Egawa pops out to the third baseman. Joe Cameron singles to right field. Babe Wilson walks. Harry Alcantara strikes out. Pat Poole flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Rich Carter lines out to the third baseman. Jim Hensiek flies out to the left fielder. Bob Ward grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Mitch Blankenship strikes out. Murphy Strange walks. Alvaro Boone strikes out. Bob Elliott strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Jim Gillespie flies out to the center fielder. Rick Drew singles to left field. Ed Kelleher flies out to the center fielder. Bill Hopper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Norihiro Egawa walks. Joe Cameron grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Norihiro Egawa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Babe Wilson walks. Harry Alcantara walks. Pat Poole grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Joe Cameron is out at home. Mitch Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 New York Chet Drabek flies out to the center fielder. J D Selkirk lines out to the second baseman. Rich Carter pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Murphy Strange flies out to the center fielder. Alvaro Boone strikes out. Bob Elliott walks. Darin Contreras comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Norihiro Egawa lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Jim Hensiek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Ward grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Gillespie grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Cameron grounds out to the shortstop. Babe Wilson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Hopper. Harry Alcantara grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Poole flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Rick Drew singles to center field. Ed Kelleher grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rick Drew is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Hopper hits an infield single to the shortstop. Chet Drabek walks. Dave Graham is pinch hitting for Darin Contreras. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Graham strikes out. Rich Carter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Rube Lassetter pitching. Mitch Blankenship grounds out to the second baseman. Murphy Strange grounds out to the third baseman. Alvaro Boone grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Jim Hensiek walks. Bob Ward doubles to right field. Jim Hensiek uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mudcat Greene 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. Jim Gillespie lines out to the third baseman. Rick Drew flies out to the right fielder. Ed Kelleher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bob Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cameron grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Jim Brookens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Hopper lines out to the second baseman. Chet Drabek singles to center field. Jocko Mizerock is pinch hitting for Rube Lassetter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jocko Mizerock hits a home run. Chet Drabek scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 11 New York total runners left on base: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Groskloss improves in range Roy House improves in power_vs_righty John Geronimo improves in speed Chris Kinney did not respond to coaching in velocity William Spiezio improves in range Bob Hall improves in contact_vs_lefty William Spiezio did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bats Belfry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Munninghoff did not respond to coaching in control Dee Cheadle did not respond to coaching in control Steve Richert did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Porter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Barney Courtright did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Porter did not respond to coaching in 1B