Win: Charlie Swoboda (2-10) Loss: Kennie Davis (5-3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Joe Snyder pitching. Masato Tani grounds out to the second baseman. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson doubles to left field. Yasushi Makino grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Marvin Benard pitching. Chuck Fulton walks. Flint Snow strikes out. Bob Kline strikes out. Rod Trout flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita grounds out to the shortstop. Coot Higgins grounds out to the third baseman. Dian Gonzalez reached on a fielding error by Charles Roebuck. Pete Delgado grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Jim Foytack strikes out. Al Lundstedt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joey Berres grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Marvin Benard grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Masato Tani flies out to the right fielder. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Charles Roebuck strikes out. Joe Snyder lines out to the first baseman. Chuck Fulton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dan Barthelson pops out to the first baseman. Yasushi Makino singles to center field. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Coot Higgins hits a home run. Yasushi Makino scores. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Flint Snow strikes out. Bob Kline walks. Rod Trout grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Bob Kline advances to second on the play. Jim Foytack doubles to center field. Bob Kline scores. Al Lundstedt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Pete Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Marvin Benard grounds out to the third baseman. Masato Tani walks. Patrick Dubois hits a home run. Masato Tani scores. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Joey Berres grounds out to the third baseman. Charles Roebuck singles to left field. Joe Snyder lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chuck Fulton walks. Flint Snow reached on a fielding error by Dian Gonzalez. Bob Kline walks. Charles Roebuck scores. Rod Trout walks. Chuck Fulton scores. Jim Foytack singles to center field. Flint Snow scores. Bob Kline uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Lundstedt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Yasushi Makino grounds out to the second baseman. Al Lindsey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. So Yamashita strikes out. Coot Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Joey Berres flies out to the right fielder. Charles Roebuck singles to center field. Al Lindsey fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Al Lindsey strikes out. Chuck Fulton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Delgado doubles to center field. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Marvin Benard. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Shoji Kasai singles to center field. Pete Delgado scores. Charlie Swoboda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shoji Kasai steals second. Shoji Kasai steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Masato Tani grounds out to the pitcher. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Kennie Davis pitching. Flint Snow grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Kline singles to right field. Rod Trout singles past the second baseman. Jim Foytack singles to right field. Al Lundstedt doubles past the first baseman. Bob Kline scores. Rod Trout scores. Jiro Watanabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joey Berres walks. Charles Roebuck lines out to the shortstop. Dutch Henry is pinch hitting for Charlie Swoboda. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dutch Henry singles to center field. Jim Foytack scores. Al Lundstedt scores. Chuck Fulton walks. Flint Snow walks. Joey Berres scores. Bob Kline grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Phenomenal Hershberger pitching. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the shortstop. Yorelvis Barroso is pinch hitting for Yasushi Makino. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the shortstop. So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Rod Trout grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Foytack strikes out. Javier Daly is pinch hitting for Al Lundstedt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Javier Daly walks. Mike Poepping is pinch hitting for Joey Berres. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Poepping walks. Charles Roebuck strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Coot Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Dian Gonzalez singles to right field. Dian Gonzalez steals second. Pete Delgado grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Morrison is pinch hitting for Fred Orndorff. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Pat Morrison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 4 Detroit total runners left on base: 10
Game Notes Jiro Watanabe is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Pless did not respond to coaching in control Mike Morris improves in endurance Mike Morris did not respond to coaching in control Bob Schalk did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lou Manning did not respond to coaching in velocity Ned Stapleton improves in power_vs_righty Harry Perkins did not respond to coaching in control Ned Stapleton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty